Wireless environmental data capture system and method for mesh networking

A system comprising:

• a plurality of surveillance communication devices each configured to be associated with a plurality of environment sensors, wherein at least one surveillance communication device includes one or more processors, a memory, and a camera as an associated environment sensor, and wherein each surveillance communication device is configured to:
• communicate with at least one environment sensor via a first wireless network;
• communicate with a controlling device via a second wireless network;
• in response to detecting a surveillance event based, at least in part, on a first portion of data captured by at least one of the plurality of environment sensors associated with the surveillance communication device:
• transmitting a second portion of data captured by one or more of the plurality of environment sensors associated with the surveillance communication device to a data storage remote from the surveillance communication device and the controlling device;
• and
• transmitting an alert to the controlling device;
• and
• in response to receiving a first command from the controlling device, change a setting and/or functionality of at least one of the plurality of environment sensors associated with the surveillance communication device,
• wherein the data storage is configured to:
• store the second portion of data in association with the detected surveillance event;
• and
• in response to a second command from the controlling device, transmitting the second portion of data to the controlling device.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a surveillance communication device, a first portion of data captured by at least one of a plurality of environment sensors associated with the surveillance communication device, wherein the surveillance communication device includes a camera as an associated environment sensor;
• in response to detecting a surveillance event based, at least in part, on the first portion of data:
• transmitting a second portion of data captured by one or more of the plurality of environment sensors to a data storage remote from the surveillance communication device;
• and
• wirelessly transmitting an alert to a controller device remote from the surveillance communication device;
• and
• in response to receiving a command from the controller device, changing a setting and/or functionality of at least one of the plurality of environment sensors.

A computing system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory having instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to:
• receive a first portion of data captured by at least one of a plurality of environment sensors;
• in response to detecting a surveillance event based, at least in part, on the first portion of data:
• transmit a second portion of data captured by one or more of the plurality of environment sensors to a data storage remote from the computing system;
• and
• wirelessly transmit an alert to a controller device remote from the computing system;
• and
• in response to receiving a command from the controller device, change a setting and/or functionality of at least one of the plurality of environment sensors.

A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system including at least one processor, cause the computing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a first portion of data captured by at least one of a plurality of environment sensors;
• in response to detecting a surveillance event based, at least in part, on the first portion of data:
• transmitting a second portion of data captured by one or more of the plurality of environment sensors to a data storage remote from the computing system;
• and
• wirelessly transmitting an alert to a controller device remote from the computing system;
• and
• in response to receiving a command from the controller device, changing a setting and/or functionality of at least one of the plurality of environment sensors.