Patent ID: 9124572
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for secure video conferencing to conduct a sensitive transaction, the method comprising: receiving, by a server computing device, a request to establish a video conference for the sensitive transaction from a first client device associated with a user; authenticating, by the server computing device, the first client device using credential information; establishing, by the server computing device, the video conference between the first client device and a second client device associated with a second party to the sensitive transaction; transmitting, by the server computing device, images associated with one or more cameras coupled to the first client device to the second client device, the images comprising a view of the user and an area surrounding the user; determining, by the server computing device, whether any person other than the user is present in the area surrounding the user; and transmitting, by the server computing device, an alert to the second client device if any person other than the user is present in the area surrounding the user, wherein the alert includes display of a prompt on the second client device for the second party to confirm with the user whether the person other than the user is authorized to be present.