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Viakoo awarded US patent for surveillance data validation

Physical security system performance specialist Viakoo has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), covering methods for independently calculating the actual time period of retention for an individual video data stream on a recording system. Viakoo has implemented this patent in its products to automatically detect, track and validate video retention compliance (VRC) as a key performance metric. The automation replaces methods currently being used which rely on man
December 22, 2016 Read time: 1 min
Physical security system performance specialist Viakoo has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), covering methods for independently calculating the actual time period of retention for an individual video data stream on a recording system. Viakoo has implemented this patent in its products to automatically detect, track and validate video retention compliance (VRC) as a key performance metric.
 
The automation replaces methods currently being used which rely on manual processes, simple checks of time stamps on oldest files, or assertions from the video management software on when it thinks it deleted data. These methods are subject to significant error and are unable to detect tampering.

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