Systems and methods for electronic monitoring and protection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11500396-B2
Application number	US-202016941235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2020
Priority date	Jul 28, 2020
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

An electronic monitoring and protection system which obtains permission from each of a plurality of users to access security data from one or more monitoring devices. The electronic monitoring and protection system using the security data to determine a threat level posed to a person to be protected, and initiating an action if the threat level exceeds a predetermined threshold.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic monitoring and protection system, comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
for each user of a plurality of users:
electronically receive an indication from the user granting permission to one or more servers to access security data including one or more of audio security data and video security data resulting from monitoring of an area by at least one respective monitoring device associated with the user;
based on the received indication, electronically receive the security data from the at least one respective monitoring device associated with the user; and
electronically receive an indication from the user identifying at least one person to be protected by the electronic monitoring and protection system;

electronically identify one or more subjects and one or more characteristics of the one or more subjects based on received security data from respective monitoring devices of different users of the plurality of users;
electronically assign a danger index to each of the identified one or more subjects based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more subjects;
electronically modify the danger index of each of the one or more subjects as new security data from respective monitoring devices of different users of the plurality of users are received;
electronically determine, based on one or more of: the received security data received from respective monitoring devices of different users of the plurality of users and the new security data from respective monitoring devices of different users, an interaction is occurring or has occurred between the one or more subjects and the at least one person to be protected by the electronic monitoring and protection system;
electronically determine a threat level for the at least one person to be protected based on the danger index assigned to the one or more subjects and the interaction between the one or more subjects and the at least one person to be protected by the electronic monitoring an protection system; and
electronically initiate an action when the threat level has exceeded a predetermined threshold for the at least one person to be protected by the electronic monitoring and protection system.

2. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is a processor of the one or more servers.

3. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein at least one processor is a processor of at least one respective monitoring device.

4. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the memory further including additional instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to:
electronically determine, based on one or more of: the received security data received from respective monitoring devices of different users of the plurality of users and the new security data from respective monitoring devices of different users, whether the at least one person to be protected can be located by the electronic monitoring and protection system; and
electronically initiate an action when the at least one person to be protected cannot be located by the electronic monitoring and protection system.

5. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to:
electronically determine, based on one or more of: the received security data received from respective monitoring devices of different users of the plurality of users and the new security data from respective monitoring devices of different users, a location of the at least one person to be protected.

6. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 5 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to:
electronically determine, based on one or more of: the received security data and the new security data from respective monitoring devices of different users, that the at least one person to be protected is expected to travel to a geographic location before the at least one person to be protected begins to travel to the geographic location; and
electronically determine an expected time for the at least one person to be protected to arrive at the geographic location based on one or more of: the location of the at least one person to be protected and the geographic location;
electronically determine whether the at least one person to be protected has arrived at the geographic location by the expected time; and
electronically initiate an action based on the determination of whether the at least one person to be protected has arrived at the geographic location by the expected time.

7. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 6 , wherein the electronically determining that the at least one person to be protected is expected to travel to the geographic location based on a conversation detected in one or more of the received security data and the new security data from respective monitoring devices of different users.

8. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 6 , wherein the action is electronically initiated based on the determination that the at least one person to be protected has arrived at the geographic location, including transmitting a confirmation that the at least one person to be protected has arrived at the geographic location by the expected time to at least one user of the plurality of users.

9. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 6 , wherein the electronically initiated action based on the determination that the at least one person to be protected has arrived at the geographic location, includes transmitting a confirmation that the at least one person to be protected has not arrived at the geographic location by the expected time to at least one user of the plurality of users.

10. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more characteristics are based on a subject's interactions with one or more other subjects having an assigned danger index.

11. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more subjects is an animal.

12. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein the action includes electronically transmitting a message to a user device.

13. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein the action includes electronically transmitting security data from the at least one of the respective monitoring devices to a user device.

14. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more characteristics is based on a subject's criminal record.

15. The electronic monitoring and protection system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to:
electronically determine which geographic locations can be monitored by the electronic monitoring and protection system based on one or more of: the security data and the new security data;
electronically determine which geographic locations cannot be monitored by the electronic monitoring and protection system based on one or more

Assignees

• Dish Network Llc

Inventors

• Subramanian Prakash
• Newell Nicholas B

Classifications

• G07C9/20

  involving the use of a pass · CPC title

• G06V40/172

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• H04N7/181

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title

• G06V20/52

  Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title

• G05D1/101 Primary

  specially adapted for aircraft · CPC title