Proxy video server for video surveillance

摘要

A proxy video server (210) for managing video surveillance data in a network that includes at least one video source and client. The proxy video server includes a proxy video source manager (213) for managing the video sources (230,240,250) to appear as virtual smart video sources (235,245,255) to video clients (170), a video client interface (225) for receiving and interpreting requests from video clients (170) and sending responses to video clients (170) on behalf of the video sources, one or more video source interfaces (215) for sending requests to a video source using a protocol specific to the video source and for receiving and interpreting responses from a video source using a protocol specific to the video source and a video analytics service function (217) for providing video analytics as needed in order to present smart camera capabilities for each video source to any video client.