Patent ID: 9253521
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image streaming system for minimizing resource usage of a Network Video Recorder (NVR), comprising: an access information manager configured to store, in a database, access information of a plurality of IP cameras registered in the NVR; an information provider configured to provide streaming service related NVR information to at least one client device, wherein the streaming service related NVR information contains a list of the plurality of IP cameras registered in the NVR; an image receiver configured to, in response to an image streaming request from a client device that has received the streaming service related NVR information, receive data of images from a particular IP camera of the plurality of IP cameras by accessing the particular IP camera registered in the NVR with reference to the access information stored by the access information manager; and an image transmitter configured to transmit the received data of images to the client device at a remote location, which has received the streaming service related NVR information, wherein the image streaming system is wirely/wirelessly connected to the NVR, the IP cameras, and the client device; accesses the IP cameras registered in the NVR to receive the images from the IP cameras and stream the received images to the client device at the remote location such that the image streaming system does not manage the IP cameras nor require resources of the NVR; and is located discrete from the NVR.