Patent ID: 9253520
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of remotely accessing and controlling an image capture device, the method comprising: receiving, at a first computer, user input from a first user; controlling, with the first computer, one or more first image capture devices over a network, based on the user input received from the first user, the one or more first image capture devices being located at a first customer premises associated with the first user, each of the one or more first image capture devices comprising: causing the one or more first image capture devices to capture an image or a video segment; causing the one or more first image capture devices to upload the captured image or video segment to a specified location over the network; creating a public uniform resource locator (“URL”) addressing the uploaded image or video segment; and providing the public URL to the first user; wherein receiving user input comprises receiving user input from the first user from a second image capture device that is associated with a second user and not associated with the first user, wherein, when receiving the user input from the first user, both the first user and the one or more second image capture devices are located at a second customer premises associated with the second user, the second customer premises being different from the first customer premises; wherein the method further comprises: