Patent ID: 9521550
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G08B,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable memory storing statements and instructions for execution by a mobile communications device processor to perform a method for establishing a configuration connection to a digital video surveillance system (DVSS) element, the processor-implemented method comprising: scanning a scannable device identifier on the DVSS element, the scannable device identifier representing a serial number for the DVSS element, each DVSS element in a digital video surveillance system having a unique scannable device identifier; establishing a network name for the DVSS element, the network name being a derivative of the serial number associated with the scannable device identifier; calculating a network password based on the scannable device identifier; establishing a wireless connection between the mobile communications device and a wireless transceiver at the DVSS element; and displaying an authentication screen to provide access to configuration functions for configuring the DVSS element.