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US 12,361,805 · App. 17/232,261 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Hyperlinked digital video alarm electronic document

Inventors: Clifford V. Dice (Midland, MI); Gerald L. Corrion (Bay City, MI); Kevin P. Kilborn (Bay City, MI)
Assignee: Dice Corporation
G08B13/19606G06F16/9558G06F21/33G06F21/6209G08B13/19682G08B13/19697
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Patent No.
US 12,361,805
App. No.
17/232,261
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital video alarm electronic document system includes an alarm monitoring server including an alarm monitoring computer having non-transitory memory configured to store machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer. The machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following function: transmitting an electronic document including a digital video frame associated with a digital video alarm event. The digital video frame is selectable and associated with a digital video clip hyperlink configured to activate when the digital video frame is selected. The digital video clip hyperlink is associated with a digital video clip. The functions also include playing the digital video clip in response to an activation of the digital video clip hyperlink associated with the digital video clips via selection of the digital video frame.

Claims (31)

1. A digital video alarm electronic document system including an alarm monitoring server including an alarm monitoring computer having non-transitory memory configured to store machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions:

transmitting an electronic document including a digital video frame associated with a digital video alarm event, the digital video frame is selectable and associated with an embedded digital video clip hyperlink embedded in the electronic document, the embedded digital video clip hyperlink is associated with a digital video clip, the embedded digital video clip hyperlink includes a token representing authentication information and identifying information, the identifying information identifies the digital video clip for retrieval, and the authentication information includes information identifying a web-based portal with access to a database storing the digital video clip;

receiving a selection of the digital video frame;

activating the embedded digital video clip hyperlink in response to receiving the selection of the digital video frame; and

playing the digital video clip in response to the activation of the embedded digital video clip hyperlink and a retrieval of the digital video clip with the authentication information and the identifying information represented by the token.

2. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 1 , wherein the authentication information represents a login credential.

3. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 1 , wherein the token represents the authentication information and/or identifying information in an encoded form.

4. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 1 , wherein the embedded digital video clip hyperlink is a URL.

5. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic document is a portable document format (PDF) and the digital video clip is not embedded in the PDF.

6. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 5 , wherein the playing function is performed by a PDF player software feature.

7. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 1 , wherein the playing function includes:

transmitting the digital video clip in response to the activation of the embedded digital video clip hyperlink; and

playing the digital video clip associated with the embedded digital video hyperlink after the transmitting function is performed.

8. A digital video alarm electronic document system including an alarm monitoring server including an alarm monitoring computer having non-transitory memory configured to store machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions:

playing a digital video clip associated with a digital video alarm event;

receiving a digital video frame input in response to playing the digital video clip, the digital video frame input includes an identification of a digital video frame from the digital video clip; and

generating an electronic document including the digital video frame, the digital video frame is selectable to activate an embedded digital video clip hyperlink embedded in the electronic document to play the digital video clip, the embedded digital video clip hyperlink includes a token representing authentication information and identifying information, the identifying information identifies the digital video clip for retrieval, and the authentication information includes information identifying a web-based portal with access to a database storing the digital video clip.

9. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 8 , wherein the embedded digital video clip hyperlink is embedded in the electronic document such that it is not visible upon displaying the electronic document.

10. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 8 , wherein the electronic document does not include the digital video clip.

11. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 8 , wherein the digital video clip hyperlink is a URL.

12. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 8 , wherein the electronic document is a portable document format (PDF) and the digital video clip is not embedded in the PDF.

13. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 8 , wherein the authentication information represents a login credential.

14. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 8 , wherein the token represents the authentication information and/or identifying information in an encoded form.

15. A digital video alarm electronic document system including an alarm monitoring server including an alarm monitoring computer having non-transitory memory configured to store machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions:

receiving an embedded digital video clip hyperlink embedded in an electronic document in response to receiving a selection of a digital video frame associated with a digital video clip associated with a digital video alarm event, the embedded digital video clip hyperlink includes a token representing authentication information and identifying information, the identifying information identifies the digital video clip for retrieval, and the authentication information includes information identifying a web-based portal with access to a database storing the digital video clip; and

playing the digital video clip in response to receiving the embedded digital video clip hyperlink via a feature of a viewer of the electronic document and a retrieval of the digital video clip with the authentication information and the identifying information represented in the token.

16. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 15 , wherein the embedded digital video clip hyperlink is a URL.

17. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 15 , wherein the embedded digital video clip hyperlink is not visible in the electronic document.

18. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 15 , wherein the embedded digital video clip hyperlink is associated with the digital video frame included in the electronic document.

19. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 15 , wherein the digital video frame is user selectable.

20. The digital video alarm electronic document system of claim 15 , wherein the digital video frame is configured to be selectable to activate the digital video clip.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2021
From: DICE, CLIFFORD V.; CORRION, GERALD L.; KILBORN, KEVIN P.
To: DICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057363/0448 →
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