Patent ID: 9035768
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A peer to peer surveillance architecture comprising: a plurality of independently accessible peer to peer nodes that have no single point of failure and that each communicate surveillance information, the plurality of peer to peer nodes comprising: wherein the multiple capture nodes are each configured to directly transmit the surveillance information to the viewing node, wherein the surveillance information is directly transmitted to the viewing node without being transmitted via a central server node and without being transmitted via any other of the peer to peer nodes; wherein the multiple capture nodes are each further configured to transmit surveillance information to other capture nodes; wherein the viewing node is configured to transmit the authentication key to any of the one or more capture nodes, and the one or more capture nodes are configured to communicate the surveillance information to the viewing node after receiving the authentication key from the viewing node; and wherein at least some of the multiple capture nodes are hybrid nodes that each include a non-volatile storage device and that are each configured to: wherein the multiple capture nodes are configured to directly transmit surveillance information to the hybrid nodes for storage, wherein the surveillance information is directly transmitted to the hybrid node without being transmitted via a central server node and without being transmitted via any other of the peer to peer nodes.