Point of recordation terminal apparatus and method of operation

• US 20140104420A1
• Filed: 11/01/2012
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Barracuda Networks Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Barracuda Networks Incorporated
• Inventors: ROSKOWSKI, STEVEN GADDARD
• Application Number:
  US13/666,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20140104420A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/196 using television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19602 Image analysis to detect motion of the intruder, e.g. by frame subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19665 Details related to the storage of video surveillance data television signal recording H04N5/76
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19667 Details realated to data compression, encryption or encoding, e.g. resolution modes for reducing data volume to lower transmission bandwidth or memory requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1685 the supervisory signal being transmitted in response to a specific request, e.g. to a polling signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/125 Arrangements for preventing errors in the return channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A system for providing video intelligence as a service to a plurality of small and medium sized enterprises to distributed video recordation equipment, comprising an apparatus and computer-implemented method. An apparatus comprises a point of recordation terminal apparatus coupled to a public network. A method for operating a system for video intelligence in a public network in a secure manner.

Claims

1. A point of recordation terminal (PORT) apparatus comprising:

a network interface, the network interface coupled to a network,

an asset &

event capture circuit,

a reference selection and meta-tagger circuit, and

an archive store, the asset &

event capture circuit coupled to the reference selection and meta-tagger circuit, the network interface coupled to the reference selection &

meta tagger circuit and coupled to the archive store.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a network is a private network.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a network is a cellular network.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a network is a public network and the point of recordation terminal further comprises

an encrypt circuit wherein the encrypt circuit couples the reference selection and meta-tagger circuit and the archive store to the network interface of the point of recordation terminal, whereby references are transported through the public network and stored in encrypted form and only decrypted upon request of a user.

5. A method for operating a PORT apparatus comprising:

analyzing video imagery for motion matching certain behaviors,

recording imagery around an event consisting of minimal reference information and larger richer assets,

storing richer assets locally if it is determined that it is inefficient to attempt transmission immediately and

trickling assets when bandwidth is less constrained.

6. A system for providing security as a service to a plurality of locations by network distributed video surveillance equipment, comprising

an apparatus and

computer-implemented method for operating the apparatus, wherein said apparatus comprises

a point of recordation terminal (PORT) apparatus,

the PORT apparatus coupled to a local area network and having an archive store;

and

at least one circuit for encrypting data;

wherein said computer-implemented method for operating the apparatus comprises;

encrypting a reference and an asset with a private key prior to transmission via the local area and public networks;

wherein an asset comprises a plurality of video frames and a reference comprises a selected video frame selected from an asset, time, date, and identity of the PORT apparatus on which it was recorded.

7. A method of operating an apparatus for providing video surveillance as a network hosted service to a plurality of small and medium enterprises, the apparatus comprising

at least one point of recordation terminal (PORT) apparatus, each PORT apparatus coupled to

a network, the method comprising:

capturing a plurality of video frames,

storing a plurality of video frames in an archive store;

determining an event occurrence;

selecting at least one video frame, time, date, and identification as at least one reference to a video sequence whereby each reference is indicative of where the video frame occurs in the video sequence; and

transferring the reference through a network.

8. A point of recordation terminal (PORT) apparatus for to capture, select, and transfer video frames and related data on a network without clogging local network traffic, the PORT apparatus comprising

a processor and memory;

a digital camera;

a video encoding &

compression circuit;

an image encoding &

compression circuit;

an event determination circuit;

a video buffer;

a reference selection circuit;

an archive store;

a private key encryption circuit;

a bandwidth controller circuit and

a network interface.

9. A point of recordation terminal comprising

a processor controlled by software to execute at least one of the following computer-implemented steps:

to change configuration of other circuits in the terminal,

to transmit immediately when directed by means for analysis,

to store events if immediate transmission fails, and

to specify all data should be recorded and transmitted immediately for a limited period

10. A point of recordation terminal apparatus comprising:

a network interface, the network interface coupled to a network;

an asset &

event capture circuit;

a reference selection &

meta-tagger circuit;

wherein the network interface comprises

a configuration detection circuit which automatically detects and configures its network interface settings.

11. A point of recordation terminal apparatus comprising

a network interface, the network interface coupled to a network;

an asset &

event capture circuit;

a reference selection &

meta-tagger circuit; and

a connection manager circuit, whereby the connection manager and the network interface establish client sessions to a server at a known location.

12. A method for operation of a configuration detection circuit of a point of recordation terminal apparatus comprising:

sequentially trying the following processes until a working configuration is established;

DHCP, static configuration and auto-detection.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein auto-detection comprises

determining the local addressing scheme;

selecting a host address not detected in the local network,

probing the selected address to determine if used, and

reselecting if collision is detected;

sending a prospective transaction on at least one port to each identified hosts on the local network to determine if any act as a gateway, and

selecting a host as a gateway if successful.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein determining the local addressing scheme comprises

passively listening to network traffic to determine the local addressing scheme and hosts on the networks.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein determining the local addressing scheme comprises

actively probing the network to determine the local addressing and hosts on the local network.