Patent ID: 9686514
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A cloud-based video surveillance system, comprising: at least one local computing device; and one or more video cameras; wherein the at least one local computing device and the one or more video cameras are communicatively connected to a communication network via a network device; wherein the at least one local computing device is operable to identify the one or more video cameras communicatively connected to the communication network by querying the network device; wherein the one or more video cameras have unique identifiers; wherein the at least one local computing device is operable to provide the unique identifiers for the one or more video cameras to a cloud platform; wherein the at least one local computing device is operable to configure the one or more video cameras to communicate with the cloud platform; wherein the one or more video cameras are operable to communicate video surveillance data to the cloud platform; wherein the video surveillance data on the cloud platform are accessible by both the at least one local computing device and one or more other computing devices; and wherein the video surveillance system on the cloud platform are accessible by the one or more other computing devices even when the at least one local computing device is powered off.