Ipix Corporation

Sony Corporation

Internet Pictures Corporation

Sensage, Inc.

Adam D Sah

Eric Karlson

Andrew H Mutz

Cimarron Taylor

Joseph R S Molnar

Nathan Watson

Daniel A Stryker

Trajan E Unger

A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is described. The method of keeping a refreshed image from a camera on a user's system comprises sending the image to the user's system and refreshing the image periodically. The method further comprises after a period of time, degrading the image.

Method and apparatus for hosting a network camera with image degradation

A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is described. The method of keeping a periodically refreshed image on a user's system comprises receiving a plurality of images, and identifying a most interesting image. The method further comprises selecting the most interesting image as a current image, and sending the current image to the user.

System and method for selecting and transmitting images of interest to a user

A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is described. The method comprises capturing an image and determining if the image has changed. If the image has changed, sending the image to a server, and if the image has not changed with a period, sending a heartbeat to indicate continued functionality of the camera.

Method and apparatus for hosting a network camera including a heartbeat mechanism

A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is provided. The method of sending data to a client comprises sending the data through a first path to the client and periodically refreshing the data, the refreshing data sent through a second path to the client.

Method and apparatus for hosting a network camera

Table data is stored by parsing the table data into columns of values, formatting each column into a data stream, and transferring each data stream to a storage device for storage as a continuous strip of data. The strip of data is stored as a file that is not structured as a series of pages. The formatting of the data stream may include compressing the column values to minimize the length of the data strip. A particular compression procedure may be used that derives a code for each value in the column from a number of occurrences of the value in the column and replaces the value in the data stream with the corresponding code.

Storage of row-column data

A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is described. The method of keeping a refreshed image from a camera on a user's system comprises sending the image to the user's system and refreshing the image when a refresh period has elapsed. The method further comprises decreasing a frequency of the refresh after a period of time.

Method and apparatus for hosting a network camera with refresh degradation

According to the invention, computerized methods, computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions, and apparatus are disclosed for presenting, manipulating, and serving immersive (i.e., panoramic) images. A browser or other display mechanism presents various views of the immersive image comprised of one or more sub-images received from a server, memory, or stored device. Additionally, a server is able to discriminate which type of Web page is provided for efficiently presenting views of an immersive image based on the capabilities of the viewing browser. In this manner, a user is able to efficiently view an immersive image without requiring a Java or other enhance capability browser. Moreover, the invention also provides for determining and presenting a reference indicator which identifies the portion of the immersive image. The reference indicator can also be manipulated to display new perspective views of the immersive image.

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Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Adam D Sah