COMMUNITY INTERNET PROTOCOL CAMERA SYSTEM

• US 20160269799A1
• Filed: 05/24/2016
• Published: 09/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: SPRAGUE, WILLIAM O. Jr., HARRIS, ERIC, WOLLMERSHAUSER, STEVEN M.
• Granted Patent: US 10,075,773 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

An apparatus comprises a server in communication with a camera located on a customer premises. The server is adapted to transmit Internet Protocol formatted video, containing a surveillance portion from the camera and an advertisement portion, to a customer premises device. A method for sending the Internet Protocol formatted video is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

creating an internet protocol formatted video in a multicast stream, the video including a first video surveillance portion from a first camera of a plurality of cameras, and a still image surveillance portion that is periodically updated by a second camera of the plurality of cameras to obtain periodically updated still image surveillance images that are each presented concurrently in a graphical user interface at a display device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a plurality of display regions that concurrently present the first video surveillance portion and the still image surveillance portion, wherein the plurality of display regions do not interfere with each other, and wherein a single video surveillance is provided from a single one of the plurality of cameras at a time and still image surveillance from the second camera;

receiving a directive based on a selection from among the plurality of cameras via user input highlighting the still image surveillance portion of the plurality of display regions being presented in a display window in the graphical user interface, wherein the directive is to update the video to include video surveillance from the second camera of the plurality of cameras and still image surveillance from the first camera, wherein the second camera corresponds to a source of the still image surveillance portion that was presented in the display window that was highlighted, wherein the plurality of cameras are positioned at different locations; and

responsive to the receiving of the directive;

obtaining a second video surveillance portion from the second camera of the plurality of cameras;

removing the first video surveillance portion from the multicast stream;

adding the second video surveillance portion to the multicast stream; and

adding a first updated still image surveillance portion from the first camera of the plurality of cameras to the multicast stream.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending the multicast stream to a router.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface enables movement control over the plurality of cameras based on user input at the graphical user interface, and wherein the plurality of cameras do not allow for automatic movement control.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is presented at a television, and wherein the plurality of cameras are positioned in different locations to monitor common areas within a customer premises.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the graphical user interface allows the selection from among the plurality of cameras to be made from any one of a group of customer premises devices.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining a time period for periodic update of the still image surveillance portion and periodically updating the still image surveillance portion.

8. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving a directive from equipment of a customer to transmit a first video surveillance from a first camera of a plurality of cameras, wherein the directive is generated based on user input highlighting a first still image surveillance portion for the first camera that is being presented in a target display window of multiple display windows in a graphical user interface presenting an internet protocol formatted video, wherein the internet protocol formatted video comprises a video surveillance portion from a second camera of the plurality of cameras, a still image surveillance portion that is updated by the first camera and each of other cameras of the plurality of cameras to obtain updated still image surveillance images, and an advertisement portion for simultaneous presentation in the graphical user interface; and

responsive to the receiving of the directive;

replacing the video surveillance portion from the second camera with first video surveillance from the first camera within an updated multicast stream; and

replacing the still image surveillance portion for the first camera with a second still image surveillance portion from the second camera within the updated multicast stream.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting to equipment of a plurality of customers an updated internet protocol formatted video containing the updated multicast stream.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the processor updates the internet protocol formatted video to include the updated still image surveillance images from the other cameras, wherein the equipment of the plurality of customers present the video surveillance portion from the first camera of the plurality of cameras in a first portion of a display device, the still image surveillance images in a second portion of the display device, and the advertisement portion in a third portion of the display device.

11. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of cameras are located at a community premises, and wherein the equipment of the plurality of customers comprise a media processor, and wherein the graphical user interface presents additional information associated with the community premises including video content descriptive of the community premises and community events.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the advertisement portion is a video stream, and wherein the graphical user interface presents additional information associated with the community premises including weather and traffic.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the processor is in communication with an advertisement database, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the advertisement database supplies the advertisement portion to the processor.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the advertisement portion is stored on the equipment of the plurality of customers in its entirety prior to playback, and wherein the processor transmits the updated internet protocol formatted video responsive to a determination of available bandwidth.

16. A method comprising:

receiving, by a backend server, video from a plurality of cameras located at a customer premises;

creating, by the backend server, an internet protocol formatted multicast video stream comprising a first video surveillance portion from a first camera of the plurality of cameras, and a still image portion that is periodically updated by each of other cameras of the plurality of cameras to obtain a periodically updated still image portion for simultaneous presentation in a graphical user interface including multiple display windows,

wherein one video portion is created from a single one of the plurality of cameras at a time, while still image surveillance images are created from the other cameras;

in response to a request for different video content from a second camera of the plurality of cameras, wherein the request is generated based on user input highlighting a second still image surveillance portion for the second camera that is being presented in a target display window of the multiple display windows, the backend server performs operations comprising;

obtaining a second video surveillance portion from the second camera;

removing the first video surveillance portion from the multicast video stream;

obtaining a first periodically updated, still image from the first camera;

adding the second video surveillance portion and the first periodically updated, still image to the multicast video stream along with periodically updated still images from the other cameras, to create an updated multicast stream; and

sending the updated multicast stream to a router,

wherein the request for different video content is generated based on a highlighting of a single still image from the second camera from among a group of still images from the other cameras.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising including an audio stream associated with the video from the first camera.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the first camera is a digital video camera.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein the first camera is an internet protocol video camera.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising outputting an image from the second camera in addition to the video.