Video surveillance system
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1. A video transmission system, comprising:
- a video source;
a video server adapted to receive video data from the video source, the video server operable to buffer the video data and transmit the video data across a network; and
a video retransmitter residing on a first computing device and adapted to receive the video data via the network from the video server, said video retransmitter operable to buffer the video data and re-transmit the video data to a second computing device.
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Abstract
A video transmission system typically includes a video server adapted to receive video data from one or more video cameras. In some instance, the video server may be operable to buffer the video data and transmit the video data across a network to various client computing devices. In an improved video transmission system of the present invention, the client computing devices may be further configured to retransmit video data across the network to other client computing devices, thereby reducing the bandwidth and computing load placed on the video server.
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1. A video transmission system, comprising:
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a video source;
a video server adapted to receive video data from the video source, the video server operable to buffer the video data and transmit the video data across a network; and
a video retransmitter residing on a first computing device and adapted to receive the video data via the network from the video server, said video retransmitter operable to buffer the video data and re-transmit the video data to a second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for transmitting video data across a network environment, comprising:
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receiving video data at a video server from a digital camera and buffering the video data in a data store residing on the video server;
transmitting the video data from the video server across a network to a first client computing device;
buffering the video data in a data store residing on the first client computing device; and
retransmitting the video data from the first client computing device to a second client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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