US Patent Application 18351370. Video Integration with Home Assistant simplified abstract

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Video Integration with Home Assistant

Organization Name

Google LLC


Inventor(s)

Jessica Yuan of Union City CA (US)

James Stewart of San Mateo CA (US)

Rajeev Nongpiur of Mountain View CA (US)

Patrick Lister of Mountain View CA (US)

Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng of San Francisco CA (US)

Video Integration with Home Assistant - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18351370 titled 'Video Integration with Home Assistant

Simplified Explanation

This patent application describes a system for managing video recording using a network-enabled video camera and a cloud-based home assistant integration platform.

  • The system includes a video camera that captures a video stream of a location and streams it to a cloud-based platform.
  • A home assistant device with a microphone and wireless network interface is used to receive spoken commands requesting video recording.
  • The platform analyzes the video stream to determine the user's identity.
  • Based on the spoken command and user identity, a portion of the video stream is stored in the user's account.


Original Abstract Submitted

Various arrangements are detailed herein related to managing video recording. A system can include a network-enabled video camera that captures a video stream of a location and streams the video stream to a cloud-based home assistant integration platform. The system can include a home assistant device comprising a microphone and wireless network interface, the home assistant device configured to receive, via the microphone, a spoken command that requests video, captured by the network-enabled video camera, be recorded. The cloud-based home assistant integration platform may be configured to analyze the video stream captured using the network-enabled video camera to determine an identity of the user. The platform may be further configured to store a portion of the video stream linked to a user account of the user based on the spoken command and the identity of the user.