Patent ID: 7584433

Claim:
A network video access, manipulation and monitoring control system comprising: at least one digital video content source (DVCS); a client application, wherein: said client application facilitates control of said at least one DVCS by a user of said system; a plurality of drivers, wherein: for each of said at least one DVCS a compatible driver is automatically selected from said plurality of drivers, said at least one DVCS is operatively associated with said compatible driver, creating at least one driver-associated DVCS; and a framework interacting with said client application through a DVCS and driver-independent interface and possessing an operative association with said compatible driver and with said at least one driver-associated DVCS, wherein: said operative association of said framework with said compatible driver and with said at least one driver-associated DVCS providing said client application through said DVCS and driver-independent interface with said control of said at least one driver-associated DVCS via said compatible driver.