“If you do have a Ring Protect Plan (including a free trial), Ring records and stores videos when motion is detected by your device (including motion detected via Linked Devices), the video doorbell button is pressed, or you initiate Live View.”
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This defines the specific triggers under which Ring creates and retains video recordings, directly determining when footage of users and others is captured and stored.
Interpretive note: The excerpt implies a Protect Plan is required based on context from adjacent clauses (id 51392), but this clause does not itself state that condition explicitly. The canonical claim notes it as a prerequisite based on the surrounding document context.
With a Ring Protect Plan, Ring will automatically record and store video any time motion is detected, the doorbell is pressed, or you initiate Live View.
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This defines the specific triggers under which Ring creates and retains video recordings, directly determining when footage of users and others is captured and stored.
With a Ring Protect Plan, Ring will automatically record and store video any time motion is detected, the doorbell is pressed, or you initiate Live View.
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