Method and system to announce or prevent voyeur recording in a monitored environment
OwnerArnaud Robert, Robert Heathinventors
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Abstract
To address the problem of unauthorized recording by one or more recording devices (200), a monitoring system (100) monitors an environment (300). The monitoring can include the broadcast by the monitoring system of a recording device restriction signal to alert each recording device of a recording restriction within the monitored signal. Alternatively the monitoring system upon detecting a recording presence signal transmitted by a recording device to indicate its presence, can broadcast a warning signal and/or a recording device disable signal to inhibit device recording.
Claims24
A method comprising for communicating recording restrictions to at least one recording device comprising the step of broadcasting, within a defined environment, a recording device restriction signal for reception by the at least one recording device to alert the device of at least one recording restriction within the defined environment.
A method for operating a recording device, comprising the steps of:
- receiving within a defined environment, a recording device restriction signal to alert the device of at least one recording restriction within the defined environment;
- and
- transmitting an acknowledgement signal to indicate receipt of the recording device restriction signal.
A method for detecting the presence of least one recording device in a monitored environment comprising the step of receiving from the at least one recording device a recording device presence signal that indicates the presence of a recording device having recording capabilities within the monitored environment.
A method for detecting the presence of a recording device and for disabling recording, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a recording device presence signal from recording device upon the entry of the recording device in a monitored environment;
- and
- broadcasting a recording device disable signal to at least partially inhibit recording by the recording device responsive to receipt of the recording device presence signal.
A monitoring system for preventing unauthorized recording by a recording device comprising:
- means for receiving a recording device presence signal from recording device upon the entry of the recording device in a monitored environment;
- and
- mean is for broadcasting a recording device disable signal to at least partially inhibit recording by the recording device responsive to receipt of die recording device presence signal.
A recording device, comprising:
- means for receiving within a defined environment, a recording device restriction signal to alert the device of at least one recording restriction within the defined environment;
- and
- means for transmitting an acknowledgement signal to indicate receipt of the recording device restriction signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.