IP Library Granted Patent US 11,540,025
Granted Patent B2
US 11,540,025 · App. 16/832,831 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Video feed access determination

Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Nathan J. Peterson (Oxford, NC); Mark Patrick Delaney (Raleigh, NC); Arnold S. Weksler (Raleigh, NC); John Carl Mese (Cary, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04N21/647G06F16/784G06F21/6218H04L63/102H04N21/2187
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Patent No.
US 11,540,025
App. No.
16/832,831
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a request from a user to access a video feed; determining, using a processor, whether: an authorized association exists between the user and an object associated with the video feed; and a predetermined condition is satisfied; and granting, responsive to determining that the authorized associations exists and that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the user access to the video feed. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (51)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an information handling device, a request from a requestor device of a user to access a video feed being captured at the information handling device;

determining, using a processor, whether:

an authorized association exists between the user and an object associated with the video feed; and

a predetermined condition is satisfied; and

granting, from the information handling device to the requestor device, responsive to determining that the authorized associations exists and that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the user access to view the video feed captured by the information handling device upon the requestor device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object is selected from the group consisting of a person, a pet, and an inanimate object.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authorized association is a relationship selected from the group consisting of a familial relationship, a supervisorial relationship, and an ownership relationship.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining whether the authorized association exists comprises:

identifying an identity of the user and an identity of the object;

accessing a database of identity associations; and

determining whether an association match exists in the database between the identity of the user and the identity of the object.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when at least the object is determined to be in the video feed.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when substantially only the object is determined to be in the video feed.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when the object is determined to be in a location that the video feed is captured.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when the user is determined to be in a location that the video feed is captured.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video feed is one of a plurality of video feeds and wherein:

the receiving the request comprises identifying in which of the plurality of video feeds the object is detected; and

the granting comprises automatically granting the user access to the identified video feed where the object is detected.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video feed is one of a plurality of video feeds and wherein:

the receiving the request comprises receiving a command to identify in which of the plurality of video feeds the object was most recently detected in; and

the granting comprises granting the user access to a recorded video clip from the identified video feed that the object was most recently detected in.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

at least one sensor;

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

receive a request from a requestor device of a user to access a video feed being captured at the information handling device;

determine whether:

an authorized association exists between the user and an object associated with the video feed; and

a predetermined condition is satisfied; and

grant, from the information handling device to the requestor device, responsive to determining that the authorized associations exists and that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the user access to view the video feed captured by the information handling device upon the requestor device.

12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the object is selected from the group consisting of a person, a pet, and an inanimate object.

13. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the authorized association is a relationship selected from the group consisting of a familial relationship, a supervisorial relationship, and an ownership relationship.

14. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine whether the authorized association exists comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

identify an identity of the user and an identity of the object;

access a database of identity associations; and

determine whether an association match exists in the database between the identity of the user and the identity of the object.

15. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when at least the object is determined to be in the video feed.

16. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when substantially only the object is determined to be in the video feed.

17. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when the object is determined to be in a location that the video feed is captured.

18. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when the user is determined to be in a location that the video feed is captured.

19. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the video feed is one of a plurality of video feeds and wherein:

the instructions executable by the processor to receive the request comprise instructions executable by the processor to identify in which of the plurality of video feeds the object is detected; and

the instructions executable by the processor to grant comprise instructions executable by the processor to automatically grant the user access to the identified video feed where the object is detected.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that receives a request from a requestor device of a user to access a video feed being captured at the information handling device;

code that determines whether:

an authorized association exists between the user and an object associated with the video feed; and

a predetermined condition is satisfied; and

code that grants, from the information handling device to the requestor device, responsive to determining that the authorized associations exists and that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the user access to view the video feed captured by the information handling device upon the requestor device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2020
From: VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; PETERSON, NATHAN J.; DELANEY, MARK PATRICK; WEKSLER, ARNOLD S.; MESE, JOHN CARL
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 052248/0384 →
Continuity (1)
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