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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:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
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 method includes receiving, at a device configured to receive media content from equipment of a service provider, an activation request from a monitoring service. The activation request is associated with activation of a video camera coupled to the device. The activation request is received based on satisfaction of an alert condition. The method also includes activating the video camera based on data responsive to a prompt. The prompt is presented by the device in response to reception of the activation request.