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Video recording failover

  • US 9,503,674 B2
  • Filed: 11/16/2015
  • Issued: 11/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video recording system for handling a failover of a first Network Video Recorder (NVR), the first NVR being configured to receive a video stream and to record the video stream to a first long-term storage, the system comprising:

  • a second Network Video Recorder (NVR) having a temporary storage and a second long-term storage, the second NVR configured to;

    receive the video stream and temporarily store an amount of the video stream to the temporary storage, wherein the amount of the video stream stored in the temporary storage at any given time corresponds to a duration of time sufficient to accommodate a failover of the first NVR to the second NVR; and

    in response to a detection of a failure of the first NVR, record the video stream to the second long-term storage, and transfer at least a portion of the video stream stored in the temporary storage to the second long-term storage, wherein the portion transferred covers at least a time from when the first NVR failed to when the second NVR began recording the video stream to the second long-term storage.

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