Patent ID: 9396634
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G08B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a digital camera associated with a security system; a processor; a takeover module having multiple pairs of terminals, one terminal of each pair of the terminals connected to a voltage strip for supplying a voltage, and another terminal of the each pair of the terminals connected to electrical ground; and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving direct current electrical power at connector terminals in a female connector of the digital camera, the female connector mating with a male plug of a cable; receiving Ethernet signals at other connector terminals in the female connector that mates with the male plug of the cable; electrically powering the digital camera using the direct current electrical power; receiving the Ethernet signals by an Ethernet interface in the digital camera; receiving a terminal identifier sent from a current sensor detecting an open circuit between a pair of terminals of the multiple pairs of the terminals of the takeover module; querying an electronic intrusion database for the terminal identifier received from the current sensor, the electronic intrusion database having electronic associations between different camera addresses and different terminal identifiers including the terminal identifier received from the current sensor; retrieving a camera address from the electronic intrusion database, the camera address having an electronic association with the terminal identifier received from the current sensor; and retrieving video data sent from the camera address retrieved from the electronic intrusion database that is associated with the digital camera.