The schools then either bill the parents who sign up a monthly fee or build the cost into each student's tuition. Among KinderView's clients in San Diego is the Scripps Exploring Academy in Scripps Ranch. Cyber-Signs was started by Grafton about two years ago and is stocked primarily with UCSD graduates. The company has opened an office in Washington, D.C., and is seeking a contract with military day care and hospital operations and to provide a viewing service for military personnel at sea. Security, of course, is a big concern at KinderView.
Parents get passwords that are changed periodically.
And the passwords are only good for their child's classroom. Also, the digital encryption system that kicks in before the feed leaves the classroom is three times stronger than the standard and has an encoding key that changes every 15 minutes. Grafton says the goal with KinderView within three years is to have its cameras in 10 percent of the nation's 100,000 day-care centers.