VIDEO STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

• US 20090089845A1
• Filed: 09/26/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HCC, Inc.
• Original Assignee: HCC, Inc.
• Inventors: Hudson, Brian Marcus, Jobe, Christopher Lynn, Stephenson, Larry James JR., McManus, William Michael, Taylor, Phillip Scott, Akers, William Rex
• Application Number:
  US12/239,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20090089845A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/88
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/232 Content retrieval operation locally within server, e.g. reading video streams from disk arrays storage management G06F3/0604; details of querying and searching of video data from a database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A method for video data retrieval is provided. The method comprises receiving a search criteria, the search criteria comprising an identification of an event recording system and an identification of a type of timestamp of an event record of the event recording system, retrieving from the event recording system identified by the search criteria an at least one event record, each event record comprising a timestamp identified by the search criteria, and retrieving from a digital video recorder server an at least one video record with a timing data encompassing the timestamp of the at least one event record, the timestamp of the type identified by the search criteria.

Claims

1. A method for video data retrieval comprising:

receiving a search criteria, the search criteria comprising;

an identification of an event recording system; and

an identification of a type of timestamp of an event record of the event recording system;

retrieving from the event recording system identified by the search criteria an at least one event record, each event record comprising a timestamp identified by the search criteria; and

retrieving from a digital video recorder server an at least one video record with a timing data encompassing the timestamp of the at least one event record, the timestamp of the type identified by the search criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search criteria further comprises:

an identification of an at least one permissible range of values for an at least one attribute of the at least one event record of the event recording system identified by the search criteria; and

wherein the at least one event record retrieved from the event recording system further comprises the at least one attribute with values within the at least one permissible range of values specified by the search criteria for that attribute.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of retrieving from an event recording system identified by the search criteria further comprises retrieving the at least one event record comprising the timestamp identified by the search criteria from a data warehouse application search processor, the data warehouse application search processor having received the at least one event record from the event recording system identified by the search criteria.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of retrieving from a digital video recorder server identified by the search criteria further comprises:

retrieving an at least one warehouse video record with a timing data encompassing the timestamp of the at least one event record from a data warehouse application, the timestamp identified by the search criteria; and

retrieving from a digital video recorder server an at least one video record with a file name corresponding to the file name of the at least one warehouse video record.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving from the event recording system is done across a computer network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving from the digital video recorder server is done across a computer network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the timestamp identified in the search criteria is a timestamp of one of a filling, verification, completion, or picking up of a prescription.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the timestamp identified in the search criteria is a timestamp of one of a clocking into or out of a time clock.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one video record comprises a video recording created by a surveillance camera.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein an electronic mail notification of the retrieval of the at least one video record is sent to an electronic mail address.

11. A method for video data retrieval comprising:

sending a search criteria, the search criteria comprising;

an identification of an event recording system; and

an identification of a type of timestamp of an event record of the event recording system;

wherein the search criteria is sent to a search processor, the search processor configured for;

receiving the search criteria;

retrieving from the event recording system identified by the search criteria an at least one event record, each event record comprising a timestamp identified by the search criteria; and

retrieving from a digital video recorder server an at least one video record with a timing data encompassing the timestamp of the at least one event record, the timestamp of the type identified by the search criteria.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the search criteria further comprises:

an identification of an at least one permissible range of values for an at least one attribute of the at least one event record of the event recording system identified by the search criteria; and

wherein the at least one event record retrieved from the event recording system further comprises the at least one attribute with values within the at least one permissible range of values specified by the search criteria for that attribute.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the configuration of the search processor for retrieving from the event recording system comprises retrieving the at least one event record comprising the timestamp identified by the search criteria from a data warehouse application search processor, the data warehouse application search processor having received the at least one event record from the event recording system identified by the search criteria.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the configuration of the search processor for retrieving from the digital video recorder comprises:

retrieving an at least one warehouse video record with a timing data encompassing the timestamp of the at least one event record from a data warehouse application, the timestamp identified by the search criteria; and

retrieving from a digital video recorder server an at least one video record with a file name corresponding to the file name of the at least one warehouse video record.

15. An apparatus for video data retrieval comprising:

a search processor;

an event recording system coupled to the search processor;

a digital video recorder server coupled to the search processor;

wherein the search processor is configured for;

receiving a search criteria, the search criteria comprising;

an identification of an event recording system; and

an identification of a type of timestamp of an event record of the event recording system;

retrieving from the event recording system identified by the search criteria an at least one event record, each event record comprising a timestamp identified by the search criteria; and

retrieving from a digital video recorder server an at least one video record with a timing data encompassing the timestamp of the at least one event record, the timestamp of the type identified by the search criteria.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising an at least one camera coupled to the digital video recorder server.