Streaming media for portable devices

摘要

A system and method for allowing hand-held/wireless device devices to (1) provide audio/video conferencing; (2) access AV content through streaming and cloud transfer; and (3) offer hand-held and computer access to cameras and sensors for surveillance using ordinary personal computers as proxy servers is described. In a first aspect, a remote view streaming system which comprises a webcam server which enables streaming video over a network is disclosed. The system includes a portable device. The portable device includes a client application. The portable device is configured to receive the streaming video from the network and display it on a screen. The system includes a proxy server for authenticating a connection between the webcam server and the portable device. In a second aspect, a portable device is disclosed. The portable device comprises a client application; wherein the client application includes authentication information to allow connection to the proxy server and in turn can be connected directly to a webcam server if the webcam server has proper authentication.

主权项

1. A remote view streaming system which comprises:
at least one webcam server streaming video from a camera over a network; a portable device including a client application, the portable device configured to remotely receive the streaming video from the at least one webcam server via the network and display the streaming video on a screen of the portable device, wherein push notifications are received by the portable device when motion is detected on the streaming video; and a proxy server for authenticating and pairing a connection between the at least one webcam server and the portable device, wherein both the at least one webcam server and the portable device are configured with a URL of the proxy server; the at least one webcam server registers itself with the proxy server, and is listed on an active list of webcam servers, wherein the proxy server stores the at least one webcam server information in a relational database, wherein the proxy server maintains the active list of webcam servers and shares at least one key to the active list of webcam servers with the portable device, thereby enabling the portable device to view the active list of webcam servers on the screen; and wherein the at least one key is acquired by the proxy server from the relational database and provides the at least one webcam server's information to the client application to establish the connection between the at least one webcam server and the portable device using the at least one key.