Patent ID: 9191632
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F,G08B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital data processing system for managing access to surveillance video, comprising: at least one processor; a memory; at least one network adapter for communicating over at least one network with at least one requesting device; a video access authorization function embodied as a plurality of instructions recordable in said memory and executable on said at least one processor, said video access authorization function accessing at least one previously recorded authorization record responsive to a request on behalf of a remote requestor to access surveillance video generated by a surveillance domain in real-time to determine whether access by the requestor is authorized, said at least one previously recorded authorization record including a conditional authorization record specifying at least one automatically detectable condition for granting, to a remote requestor not having unconditional real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain, real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain; wherein, responsive to receiving a request on behalf of said requestor to access surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain in real-time, said video access authorization function determines whether said at least one automatically detectable condition for granting access is met, and responsive to determining that said at least one automatically detectable condition is met, automatically authorizes real-time access by said requestor to the requested surveillance video.