Sequential Hardware Event Processor with Video Event Compression and Recall
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a computer that is programmed to receive information from a plurality of sources, including first information indicative of a movement of a first inventory item and second information indicative of whether payment for said first inventory item has been received, said computer determining whether payment for said first inventory item has been received during a first time period associated with when said first inventory item has been moved, and establishing a first event when said first inventory item has been detected to be moved without said payment for said first inventory item being received during said first time period, said computer also receiving video information, and storing a clip of said video information for a second time period that is associated with and includes said first time period, said clip of said video information associated with information about said first event.
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Abstract
A real-time Event Processing System (EPS) for processing a sequence of events generated by one or more pieces of hardware. The Event Processor collects data generated by the several transducers or appliances as they communicate with the server platform to indicate user activity of the attached hardware. As a packet data is received from one of the appliances, the data is date and time stamped and stored in anticipation of the next data event to which it can be paired or compared with. Stored event data is compared to a template of normalized data results to see if the event data was normal or abnormal. If the event data as compared was normal, no action is taken beyond storing said data. If the stored data is determined to be outside the pre-determined or pre-assigned data range, then a video camera captures the user activity just proceeding, during, and subsequent to the event for a short duration (such as a 1 minute duration), such that the stored video can later be viewed and interrogated to determine what action(s) caused the unacceptable event.
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19 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
a computer that is programmed to receive information from a plurality of sources, including first information indicative of a movement of a first inventory item and second information indicative of whether payment for said first inventory item has been received, said computer determining whether payment for said first inventory item has been received during a first time period associated with when said first inventory item has been moved, and establishing a first event when said first inventory item has been detected to be moved without said payment for said first inventory item being received during said first time period, said computer also receiving video information, and storing a clip of said video information for a second time period that is associated with and includes said first time period, said clip of said video information associated with information about said first event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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receiving information into a computer from a plurality of sources, including first information indicative of a movement of a first inventory item and second information indicative of whether payment for said first inventory item has been received; determining, in said computer, whether payment for said first inventory item has been received during a first time period associated with when said first inventory item has been moved, and establishing a first event when said first inventory item has been detected to be moved without said payment for said first inventory item being received during said first time period; receiving video information, and storing a clip of said video information for a second time period that is associated with and includes said first time period, said clip of said video information associated with information about said first event. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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