Patent ID: 9166883
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of collecting and using device information from one or more of a number of camera devices on a network, comprising the steps of: sending a request for each of a plurality of network addresses; receiving a response from one or more of the number of camera devices, wherein each responding camera device is accessible at a specific one of the network addresses; establishing communicative interaction with the one or more responding camera devices; after establishing the communicative interaction, carrying out the following steps: obtaining a hardware address for one or more of the responding camera devices; and for at least one of the one or more responding, hardware addressed camera devices, carrying out the following steps: determining a manufacturer-specific request for manufacturer-specific device information using the hardware address; sending the manufacturer-specific request to the camera device; receiving the manufacturer-specific device information from the camera device; and using the manufacturer-specific device information to access image data from the camera device.