Patent ID: 10631040

Abstract:
A system and method are described for capturing video in an IoT system. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a plurality of IoT devices to be positioned within a user's home or business, each of the IoT devices having a sensor to take measurements of local conditions and to transmit the measurements or related indications to an IoT service and/or a client device of the user; an app or application to be installed on the client device, the user to use the app or application to capture a security code from an Internet of Things (IoT) video camera, the app or application to securely transmit the security code to the IoT service; the IoT service to perform a lookup in a database to identify the security code and to responsively associate the IoT video camera with the user using the security code; and video capture control logic to receive the measurements or related indications from the plurality of IoT devices and to responsively determine whether to turn on video capture of the IoT video camera based on the measurements or related indications in accordance with video capture rules specified by the user.