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Community internet protocol camera system

  • US 10,075,773 B2
  • Filed: 05/24/2016
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system comprising:

  • a processing system including a processor; and

    a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

    determining an available bandwidth in a communication network;

    receiving a user-generated request for first video surveillance from a first camera and a second video surveillance from a second camera, wherein a plurality of cameras includes the first camera and the second camera;

    determining to provide the first video surveillance and one or more still images from the second video surveillance based on the available bandwidth;

    creating an internet protocol formatted video in a multicast stream to be provided over the communication network, the video including a first video surveillance portion from the first camera, and a still image surveillance portion that is periodically updated by the second camera of the plurality of cameras to obtain periodically updated still image surveillance images that are each presented concurrently in a graphical user interface at a display device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a plurality of display regions that concurrently present the first video surveillance portion, the still image surveillance portion, a community information portion, and an advertising portion, wherein the plurality of display regions do not interfere with each other, wherein a single video surveillance is provided from a single one of the plurality of cameras at a time and still image surveillance from the second camera, wherein the community information portion presents weather information or traffic information, and wherein the advertising portion comprises an advertisement obtained from an advertising database external to the processing system and remote from the display device;

    receiving a directive based on a selection from among the plurality of cameras via user input highlighting the still image surveillance portion of the plurality of display regions being presented in a display window in the graphical user interface, wherein the directive is to update the video to include video surveillance from the second camera of the plurality of cameras and still image surveillance from the first camera, wherein the second camera corresponds to a source of the still image surveillance portion that was presented in the display window that was highlighted, wherein the plurality of cameras are positioned at different locations; and

    responsive to the receiving of the directive;

    obtaining a second video surveillance portion from the second camera of the plurality of cameras;

    removing the first video surveillance portion from the multicast stream;

    adding the second video surveillance portion to the multicast stream; and

    adding a first updated still image surveillance portion from the first camera of the plurality of cameras to the multicast stream.

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