# US 2018/0027102 A1 · Verification and Membership to Neighborhoods for Sharing of Video Footage from Audio/Video Recording and Communication Devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0027102 A1 - Document ID: US20180027102A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/721,549 - Filed: 2017-09-29 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-26 - Applicants: Ring Inc. - Inventors: James Siminoff; Aviv Gilboa; Mark Troughton; John Modestine; Alex Jacobson; Amanda M. Duda; Kevin Park; John Grimes - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180027102A1 ## CPC - H04N 7/186: {Video door telephones} - G08B 13/19684: {Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely} - G08B 25/08: using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)} - H04L 63/107: {wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals} - H04L 67/04: specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - H04L 67/53: using third party service providers - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - H04M 1/0291: {Door telephones} - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04M 11/025: {Door telephones (adapted for television H04N7/186)} - H04N 7/188: {Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253)} - H04N 21/4424: {Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used (error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04)} - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04L 63/08: {for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32)} - H04M 1/72418: for supporting emergency services - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Systems and methods for verification and membership to neighborhoods for sharing of video footage from audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for verifying a user for access to shared video footage is provided, the method comprising: receiving user input data from a user of a client device; determining whether the client device has enabled location services; upon a determination that the client device has not enabled location services, transmitting the user input data to a third-party verification service and determining that the user is verified upon receiving a confirmation from the third-party verification service that the user input data is accurate; and upon a determination that the client device has enabled location services, identifying a client device location and determining that the user is verified using the user input data and the client device location. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for verifying a user for access to shared video footage captured by a plurality of audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices, the method comprising: receiving user input data from a user of a client device, wherein the user input data includes a user name and a user address; determining whether the client device has enabled location services; upon a determination that the client device has not enabled location services, transmitting the user input data to a third-party verification service and determining that the user is verified upon receiving a confirmation from the third-party verification service that the user input data is accurate; and upon a determination that the client device has enabled location services, identifying a client device location and determining that the user is verified using the user input data and the client device location. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the client device location is identified using triangulation techniques. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the client device location is identified using Global Positioning System (GPS) data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the user is verified using the user input data and the client device location if the client device location is within a first set distance from the user address. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the first set distance is 5 miles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the user is verified using the user input data and client device location by transmitting the user input data to the third-party verification service and determining that the user is verified upon receiving a confirmation from the third-party verification service that the user input data is accurate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the user is verified using the user input data and the client device location if the client device location is within a second set distance from the user address for a set time period. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the second set distance is 0.5 miles and the set time period is 3 hours. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the user is verified using the user input data and the client device location if the client device location is within a second set distance from the user address when the user attempts to comment on shared video footage captured by the plurality of A/V recording and communication devices. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the second set distance is 0.5 miles. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a location services prompt upon a determination that the client device has not enabled location services. ### Claim 12 A method for providing third-party content to a member of a neighborhood, the method comprising: receiving, from a third-party content source, third-party content comprising a plurality of news items; curating the third-party content by selecting a subset of the news items from the plurality of news items; selecting a first news item from the subset; identifying a neighborhood with which the first news item is associated; selecting at least one member of the identified neighborhood to receive the first news item; and transmitting the first news item to the at least one member of the identified neighborhood. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one member provides the identified neighborhood with video footage captured by an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the subset of news items comprises local news related to crime and safety associated with a plurality of neighborhoods. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein curating the third-party content is performed automatically by a backend server. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein curating the third-party content is performed by at least one administrator. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein transmitting the first news item to the at least one member of the neighborhood comprises transmitting the first news item using a push protocol by a backend server. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first news item is configured to be displayed on a client device associated with the at least one member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein selecting the at least one member to receive the first news item comprises selecting the at least one member using a member profile of the at least one member. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the member profile includes neighborhood membership. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the neighborhood comprises identifying the neighborhood using a neighborhood profile. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the neighborhood profile includes a neighborhood location. ### Claim 23 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the neighborhood comprises: identifying a location associated with the first news item; and matching the identified location against a location associated with the neighborhood.