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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
Applicant:
AT & T Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Belz, Cedar Park, TX (US);
James Pratt, Round Rock, TX (US);
Paul Van Vleck, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); G08B 21/0423 (2013.01); G08B 21/0476 (2013.01); G08B 21/0492 (2013.01);
Abstract
A particular method includes receiving, at a set-top box device, an activation request from a monitoring service associated with activation of a video camera coupled to the set-top box device. The activation request is received when one or more alert conditions are satisfied. The method further includes activating the video camera based on a response to a prompt.