Patent ID: 9367617
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F,G08B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A surveillance system comprising: a plurality of IP cameras coupled to a network; a metadata storage device coupled to members of the plurality of IP cameras through the network, the metadata storage device stores metadata reported from the plurality of IP cameras; and a media storage device, physically separate from but coupled to the metadata storage device, and to members of the plurality of IP cameras through the network, wherein each of the plurality of IP cameras identifies and stores video with the media storage device for each video clip in the video via configuration information provided to the IP camera by the metadata storage device based on a unique identifier provided by the IP camera to the metadata storage device, wherein the IP camera directly accesses a specific storage device indicated in the configuration information through the network to record a video clip in the video, wherein the specific storage device creates a globally unique clip identifier and returns the globally unique clip identifier to the IP camera, wherein the IP camera sends a request to the metadata storage device to record the globally unique clip identifier and the metadata for the video clip, wherein client applications running on one or more workstations query the metadata via the metadata storage device for stored video, and wherein recordings are retrieved directly from the media storage device for review and monitoring at a requesting workstation.