Patent ID: 8359622

Claim:
A wireless video device comprising: an optical receiver configured to receive and process optical signals to generate corresponding video data; a user interface configured to receive a user request to establish a wireless video uplink; a processing system configured to process the user request to generate a system request for the wireless video uplink comprising an indication of a geographic location and a preferred time period for the wireless video uplink; a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly transfer the system request to a wireless access system and to wirelessly receive at least one system condition for a grant of the request from the wireless access system for the wireless video uplink based on at least uplink capacity of the wireless access system for the geographic location and the preferred time period; the processing system is configured to process the system condition to direct the user interface to display the system condition; the user interface is configured to display the system condition and receive a user acceptance of the system condition; the processing system is configured to process the user acceptance to direct the wireless transceiver to wirelessly transfer the video data to the wireless access system; and the wireless transceiver is configured to wirelessly transfer the video data to the wireless access system.