Patent ID: 6891566
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: G06F,G08B,G09G,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer readable medium for use by a computer in providing an interface to multiple cameras via one or more video servers accessible to the computer via a network, comprising: a digital storage device; a user interface program stored on said digital storage device in computer readable form, said program being operable upon execution by the computer to access server data uniquely identifying each video server and to attempt access to the video servers over the network, said program also being operable to obtain from each of the accessible video servers a hardware address stored in the video server; wherein said program is further operable to validate the hardware addresses received from the video servers using the server data and, for those video servers having valid hardware address, said program is operable to generate a user interface display on the computer that includes a display window for each of the cameras accessed via the validated servers over the network and to display in each of the display windows an image received from the camera associated with that display window.