Patent ID: 7859571
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital video management system for remote live video monitoring of one or more areas or processes of interest, the system including: a plurality of cameras, each camera having a respective camera streamer configured to packetize the camera output and to provide live first video signals to a computer communications network; a schedule manager configured to periodically poll a database thereby to cache a list of record requests thereby to determine a schedule; a plurality of video servers configured for linking to the network, wherein each video server is configured to receive the first video signals from an associated one or more cameras, and configured to be responsive to the determined schedule for storing, according to the determined schedule, on storage media associated with the server at least some of the first video signals from the associated one or more cameras, wherein each server is further configured to selectively access the stored signals and/or the first video signals to provide second video signals; at least one client computer terminal configured for linking to the network, the client computer terminal being configured for requesting, receiving and displaying to an operator the second video signals received over the computer communications network, including playback of stored video signals for allowing the operator to review past events, and live video signals for allowing the operator to view events live wherein the client computer terminal is additionally configured for providing scheduled record requests; and wherein, in response to a request from the client computer terminal for live video signals from a selected camera, the video server associated with the selected camera is configured for providing the requested live video signals to the computer communications network, wherein the live video signals are addressed to the client computer terminal which issued the request, wherein providing the requested live video signals includes receiving video frames from the camera streamer and re-broadcasting those video frames independent of those frames being stored on storage media.