VIRTUAL TUNNEL ROUTER, IP CAMERA MANAGEMENT SERVER AND LOCATION-BASED IP CAMERA SERVICE METHOD
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1. A virtual tunnel router comprising:
- a connection setting unit configured to an IP-(UDP-TCP)-IP tunnel to another virtual tunnel router;
a direct communication establishing unit configured to establish a direct communication to an Internet protocol (IP) camera in another network by exchanging virtual network prefix information with the other virtual tunnel router connected by the connection setting unit.
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Abstract
A virtual tunnel router, an IP camera management server, and a location-based Internet protocol (IP) camera service are provided. Without complex equipment, a direct communication between a user terminal and an IP camera is established based on virtual IP, and thus control of the IP camera is very simple and a user is allowed to directly access the IP camera at any time and any place.
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1. A virtual tunnel router comprising:
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a connection setting unit configured to an IP-(UDP-TCP)-IP tunnel to another virtual tunnel router; a direct communication establishing unit configured to establish a direct communication to an Internet protocol (IP) camera in another network by exchanging virtual network prefix information with the other virtual tunnel router connected by the connection setting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An Internet protocol (IP) camera management server comprising:
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a camera information managing unit configured to store and manage information about IP cameras in a virtual network; and a camera searching unit configured to, in response to an IP camera search request from a user terminal in the virtual network, search for information about the requested IP camera from the stored IP camera information and to provide the found IP camera information to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A location-based IP camera service method comprising:
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transmitting user location information from a user terminal to a location management server; at the location management server, searching for an IP camera closest to the transmitted user location information with reference to camera location information stored in an IP camera management server; and providing IP camera information about the IP camera found by the location management server to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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