Patent ID: 8549571

Claim:
A method of streaming video data comprising: outputting video data in a first resolution from a video capture device; determining a desired viewable area of the video data by, receiving the video data at a client device, displaying an image on the client device at a second resolution, wherein, the second resolution is lower than the first resolution, and selecting a portion of the image by, using one or more video width start pixel position co-ordinates, video width end pixel position co-ordinates, video height start pixel position co-ordinates, and video height end pixel position co-ordinates to provide: a first video width start position, a first video width end position, a first video height start position, a first video height end position, one or more second video width start positions, one or more second video width end positions, one or more second video height start positions, and one or more second video height end positions, wherein, a difference between a first video width start pixel position and a first video width end pixel position comprises a first video pixel width; a difference between a second video width start pixel position and a second video width end pixel position comprises a second video pixel width, a difference between a first video height start pixel position and a first video height end pixel position comprises a first video pixel height, a difference between a second video height start pixel position and a second video height end pixel position comprises a second video pixel height, and at least one of, the second video pixel width is less than the first video pixel width, and the second video pixel height is less than the first video pixel height; using a video server to remove a video data section by cropping and resizing the video data wherein, the video data section comprising video data outside of the desired viewable area; and streaming the video data comprising the desired viewable area to the client device without streaming the video data section of the video data.