Patent ID: 8363102

Claim:
A method for load balancing traffic between a server and a plurality of in-car video systems over a communications network, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining a profile for an in-car video system that accesses the communications network for uploading data to the server disposed on the communications network, the maintaining including scanning metadata associated with each of one or more individual data files stored in a data store that is operatively coupled to the in-car video system, the metadata including at least two of GPS coordinates, user name, vehicle identifier, vehicle priority identifier, in-car video system identifier, data file priority, vehicle speed, or status of emergency equipment; applying one or more rules from a load balancing rule set to the profile; and sending an executable command to the in-car video system if the profile meets the one or more rules in the load balancing rule set, the command instructing the in-car video system to differentiate among the individual data files stored in the in-car video system for prioritized uploading to the server.