Patent ID: 8934754
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G08B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for authorizing access to video surveillance data, comprising: recording, in a conditional authorization record of a data processing system, at least one pre-specified emergency condition for granting real-time access by a public authority emergency responder to surveillance video generated by a privately-controlled surveillance domain; generating said surveillance video in said privately-controlled surveillance domain, said surveillance video generated in said privately-controlled surveillance domain being generated independently of a detected pre-specified emergency condition, said surveillance video in said privately-controlled surveillance domain being unconditionally accessible to at least one user authorized to said privately-controlled surveillance domain but not unconditionally accessible to public authority emergency responders; receiving, in said data processing system, a request on behalf of said public authority emergency responder to access said surveillance video generated by said privately-controlled surveillance domain in real-time; responsive to receiving said request, automatically accessing, with said data processing system, said conditional authorization record and automatically determining, with said data processing system, whether said at least one pre-specified emergency condition for granting access is met; and responsive to determining that said at least one pre-specified emergency condition is met, automatically authorizing, with said data processing system, real-time access by said public authority emergency responder to the requested surveillance video, wherein said at least one pre-specified emergency condition comprises an alarm condition detected by at least one sensor in said privately-controlled surveillance domain.