Patent ID: 8300098
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In a network attached storage (NAS) device, a method of providing access to video data, the method comprising: detecting access to a video camera from the NAS device through a network; receiving a video store command from a user workstation through the network, the video store command directing the NAS device to store video data provided by the video camera to the NAS device through the network; and storing the video data provided by the video camera to the NAS device through the network in response to the video store command; wherein the NAS device is a dedicated data storage server which is dedicated to file sharing; wherein the method further comprises: wherein the dedicated data storage server runs an operating system optimized to process the file-based data storage requests, the operating system including a built-in video camera discovery module; and wherein detecting access to the video camera from the NAS device through the network includes: