Patent ID: 7644431

Claim:
A method for sending image signal data from a camera to a CCTV network, comprising: receiving images via a camera lens and image sensor; outputting image signal data corresponding to the images received; storing image signal data in a storage device of the camera; storing a plurality of different pan/tilt setting combinations in a memory, each pan/tilt setting combination including one or both of a pan and tilt setting; connecting, via a network adapter, to an internet-protocol address corresponding to a network device capable of serving files; executing a scheduling routine for scheduling transmission of image signal data from the storage device of the camera to the network device via the network adapter and the internet-protocol address; preparing one or more items of image signal data to correspond to each of a plurality of pan/tilt setting combinations; executing a password enabling routine which configures said camera to register on a local network via said network adapter, in a first mode providing a password in order to register on a local network and in a second mode registering on a local network without providing a password; and transmitting the image signal data from the storage device of the camera to the network device capable of serving files via the network adapter and the internet-protocol address, such that image signal data is stored and sent corresponding to each of a plurality of distinct pan/tilt setting combinations.