Thomson Licensing

Sensormatic Electronics Corporation

Tyco Fire + Security Gmbh

Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings Llp

Gracenote, Inc.

Digital Networks North America, Inc.

Piero Madar

Anthony Burke

Scott Humphreys

Christopher Commons

Swee Swee Tang

Sean Phillip Conrad

A system and method for controlling surveillance cameras is enclosed. In the system, a surveillance camera system includes surveillance cameras configured as VoIP server endpoints. The surveillance cameras receive messages from client devices such as mobile user devices and computer workstations functioning as VoIP client endpoints. The client devices establish a voice communications channel with the surveillance cameras for receiving and controlling one or more streams of image data sent by the surveillance camera over the voice communications channel to the client device. In a preferred embodiment, the voice communications channel includes a control session based on Session Information Protocol (SIP) and a data channel that is based on Real time transfer protocol (RTP) The data channel preferably operates in half duplex mode, which limits the potential for collisions on the data channel when the surveillance cameras are transmitting their image data to the client devices.

System and method for controlling surveillance cameras

A system and method for controlling surveillance cameras is enclosed. In the system, a surveillance camera system includes surveillance cameras configured as VoIP server endpoints. The surveillance cameras receive messages from client devices such as mobile user devices and computer workstations functioning as VoIP client endpoints. The client devices establish a voice communications channel with the surveillance cameras for receiving and controlling one or more streams of image data sent by the surveillance camera over the voice communications channel to the client device. In a preferred embodiment, the voice communications channel includes a control session based on Session Information Protocol (SIP) and a data channel that is based on Real time transfer protocol (RTP). The data channel preferably operates in half duplex mode, which limits the potential for collisions on the data channel when the surveillance cameras are transmitting their image data to the client devices.

A method and system for configuring surveillance cameras can be used to leverage emerging trends in surveillance camera systems, while also enabling the configuration of cameras to operate in such systems. The method comprises displaying configuration images on mobile computing devices and enabling the cameras to view and capture those images within image data. The configuration images are then derived from image data from the surveillance cameras using integrated or separate analytics systems. Then, configuration information from the mobile device can be paired with corresponding surveillance cameras by reference to the configuration images. In one example, cloud image data storage is allocated as part of this setup and configuration process.

System and method for configuring surveillance cameras using mobile computing devices

The apparatus and method for extracting a single picture image from a video file saved in a storage device () of the electronic device () and performing a screen saver function using the extracted single picture image. The screen saver function may extract a plurality of single picture images from the saved video files of the electronic device. The plurality of single picture images can be provided from the random and/or sequential location of the video file data ().

Extraction of video picture screen saver function

An iterative search technique is used to quickly and accurately locate information in a database, such as one storing information about digital versatile discs (DVDs). First, a presumably unique search key is generated for an unidentified DVD and compared with corresponding keys in a database. If no match is found progressively less specific information is used to generate a series of search keys that are similarly compared with corresponding keys in the database. If at least one possibly matching record is found, it is determined whether the best matching record can be considered a match, otherwise, less specific information is used to search for a match until predefined least specific information is used.

Automatic identification of DVD title using internet technologies and fuzzy matching techniques

A method for implementing multiple clock interfaces in a single media player. The method and accompanying device are configured to utilize the preferred secure clock. If the remote host cannot support a secure clock, the method can alternately implement an anti-rollback clock interface. For each download session the clock data is separately maintained for subsequent access during playback of the corresponding content. The method supports secure digital rights management content downloads.

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