Surveillance System with Direct Database Server Storage
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1. A surveillance system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras;
a storage unit which receives and stores at least video signals from the cameras; and
a database control system coupled to the cameras and the storage units where the control system can search stored video signals in response to a user'"'"'s query.
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Abstract
A video surveillance system includes at least one of a camera or a streamer. A data base server is coupled to the camera and can store metadata for a video clip from the camera or streamer. A media storage server is coupled to both the camera or, the streamer, and to the data base server to store the clip in the absence of any network video recorders.
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15 Claims
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1. A surveillance system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras; a storage unit which receives and stores at least video signals from the cameras; and a database control system coupled to the cameras and the storage units where the control system can search stored video signals in response to a user'"'"'s query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A video surveillance system comprising:
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at least one of a camera or a streamer; a data base server to store metadata for a video clip from the camera or streamer; and a media storage server coupled to the camera or the streamer and to the data base server, wherein the storage server receives the clip from the camera in the absence of any intervening recording device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of acquiring at least one video clip comprising:
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at least intermittently obtaining video indicative of a region being monitored; obtaining metadata associated with the video; storing the metadata at a first server; storing at least the obtained video at a different server; responding to a query from the first server by retrieving the stored video from the second server; and visually presenting the retrieved video. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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