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Video communication system

  • US 6,636,256 B1
  • Filed: 08/20/1999
  • Issued: 10/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A monitoring system comprising:

  • at least one input monitoring unit that monitors an environment and produces a video and audio signal corresponding to the environment;

    a central monitoring office that displays video image information corresponding to the video and audio signals; and

    a self-organized mobile wireless communication network coupled to the at least one input monitoring unit, wherein the at least one input monitoring unit is remote from the central monitoring office and transmits the video and audio signals, via the wireless communication network, directly to the central monitoring office, or indirectly to the central monitoring office via a route that traverses at least one other input monitoring unit coupled to the wireless communication network, said route being dynamically determined based on at least one network efficiency parameter.

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