Patent ID: 9462186
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A smart device for communicating with one or more cameras, the smart device comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the smart device to: establish a connection between the smart device and one or more cameras configured to communicate with the smart device, each of the one or more cameras configured to operate in an initial mode, the initial mode comprising a mode of the camera before the camera receives communications from the smart device; receive, from each of the one or more cameras while the camera is configured to operate in the initial mode, a communication identifying the initial mode of the camera; store each identified initial mode at the smart device; after establishing the connection between the smart device and the one or more cameras, change, for each camera of a portion of the one or more cameras, the mode of the camera from the initial mode of the camera to a second mode; and in response to receiving a request from a camera of the portion of the one or more cameras to disconnect from the smart device: