Systems and methods for distributed monitoring of remote sites
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1. A method for facilitating monitoring multiple disparate sites, the method comprising:
- providing a set of rules describing at least one event of interest and comprising at least one site-specific component and at least one site-independent component;
defining the at least one site-independent components;
distributing the set of rules to the multiple disparate sites, thereby facilitating definition of the at least one site-specific components at the multiple disparate sites and monitoring in accordance with the rules at each site;
receiving one or more alerts from the multiple disparate sites, the alerts indicating the occurrence of one or more of the events of interest at the respective sites; and
aggregating the received alerts, thereby facilitating statistical analysis thereof,wherein the aggregation comprises determining an average number of alerts received from a subset of the multiple disparate sites during a pre-defined time period.
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Abstract
Rules are applied to video surveillance data to detect events. Localization of the events is achieved by decomposing events into distinct components, each of which can, in some embodiments, be defined at different locations and by different users.
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1. A method for facilitating monitoring multiple disparate sites, the method comprising:
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providing a set of rules describing at least one event of interest and comprising at least one site-specific component and at least one site-independent component; defining the at least one site-independent components; distributing the set of rules to the multiple disparate sites, thereby facilitating definition of the at least one site-specific components at the multiple disparate sites and monitoring in accordance with the rules at each site; receiving one or more alerts from the multiple disparate sites, the alerts indicating the occurrence of one or more of the events of interest at the respective sites; and aggregating the received alerts, thereby facilitating statistical analysis thereof, wherein the aggregation comprises determining an average number of alerts received from a subset of the multiple disparate sites during a pre-defined time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for facilitating monitoring of multiple disparate sites, the system comprising:
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a rule-definition module for defining a set of rules, each describing one or more events of interest and comprising one or more site-specific components and one or more site-independent components; a transmission module for transmitting one or more of the rules to one or more disparate sites, thereby facilitating the definition of the one or more site-specific components at the multiple disparate sites, wherein the transmission module is configured to receive one or more alerts from the sites, each alert indicating occurrence of one or more of the events of interest; and an analysis module for aggregating the received alerts, thereby facilitating statistical analysis thereof, wherein the analysis module further analyzes the aggregated alerts to detect inconsistencies among the site-specific components attributed to the one or more multiple disparate sites. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An article of manufacture having computer-readable program portions stored thereon for monitoring activity at multiple disparate sites, the program portions comprising computer-readable instructions for:
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providing a set of rules describing at least one event of interest and comprising at least one site-specific component and at least one site-independent component; defining the at least one site-independent components; distributing the set of rules to the multiple disparate sites, thereby facilitating definition of the at least one site-specific components at the multiple disparate sites and monitoring in accordance with the rules at each site; receiving one or more alerts from the multiple disparate sites, the alerts indicating the occurrence of one or more of the events of interest at the respective sites; and aggregating the received alerts, thereby facilitating statistical analysis thereof, wherein the aggregation comprises determining an average number of alerts received from a subset of the multiple disparate sites during a pre-defined time period.
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