Sharing video footage from audio/video recording and communication devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10796440-B2
Application number	US-201916551469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2019
Priority date	Feb 26, 2016
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

Sharing video footage recorded by audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices, such as video doorbells and security cameras. When an A/V recording and communication device records video footage of suspicious activity, or even criminal activity, a user viewing the footage may alert his or her neighbors by sharing the video. In various embodiments, the user may share the video with anyone of the user's choosing, including neighbors, friends, and family.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a client device, video data generated by a camera of an audio/video recording and communication device (A/V device);
displaying, on a display of the client device, at least a portion of video footage represented by the video data;
displaying, on the display of the client device, a share button that allows sharing of the video footage;
determining that the share button has been selected; and
after determining that the share button has been selected, transmitting a share signal to one or more devices, wherein the share signal enables the one or more devices to notify at least a user that has set an area that includes a location of the A/V device about the video footage.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, displaying, on the display of the client device, share information that indicates that the video footage will be shared with at least the user.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the share information includes a still image from the video footage.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the share information includes a notice that the video footage will be shared along with the location where the video footage was generated.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying, on the display of the client device, a text entry box.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving, using the text entry box, at least one input representing content that describes the video footage.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting, to the one or more devices, text data representing the content that describes the video footage.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying, on the display of the client device, a confirmation that the video footage has been shared.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, displaying, on the display of the client device, a message providing an option to unshare the video footage.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying, on the display of the client device, a user interface associated with shared video footage, the user interface including at least a first entry associated with the video footage and a second entry associated with additional video footage generated by an additional A/V device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an input associated with setting an additional area; and
displaying, on the display of the client device, a user interface associated with shared video footage, the user interface including at least a first entry associated with the video footage and a second entry associated with additional video footage generated by an additional A/V device, the additional A/V device being associated with an additional location that is within the additional area.

12. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a client device to:
receive video data generated by a camera of an audio/video recording and communication device (A/V device);
display, on a display of the client device, at least a portion of video footage represented by the video data;
display, on the display of the client device, a share button that allows sharing the video footage;
determine that the share button has been selected; and
after determining that the share button has been selected, transmit a share signal to one or more devices, the share signal including information to enable the one or more devices to provide the video footage to at least a user that has set an area that includes a location of the A/V device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , storing further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the client device to display, on the display of the client device, share information that indicates that the video footage will be shared.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the share information includes a still image from the video footage.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the share information includes a notice that the video footage will be shared along with the location where the video footage was generated.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , storing further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the client device to display, on the display of the client device, a text entry box.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , storing further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the client device to receive, using the text entry box, at least one input representing content that describes the video footage.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17 , storing further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the client device to transmit, to the one or more devices, text data that represents the content describing the video footage.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , storing further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the client device to display, on the display of the client device, a confirmation that the video footage has been shared.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , storing further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the client device to display, on the display of the client device, an option to unshare the video footage.

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Siminoff James
• Cziment August
• Harpole Aaron
• Lemberger Elliott
• Modestine John
• Sommerlatt Darrell

Classifications

• G06T7/292 Primary

  Multi-camera tracking · CPC title

• H04N23/651 Primary

  for reducing power consumption by affecting camera operations, e.g. sleep mode, hibernation mode or power off of selective parts of the camera · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• H04N7/18

  Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast · CPC title

• H04N23/661

  Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet · CPC title