Method and systems for providing video data streams to multiple users

摘要

A method for substantially simultaneously remote monitoring including receiving, at a server, one or more video data streams, and providing, from the server, the one or more video data streams to multiple users, each one of the multiple users being able to view and manipulate the one or more video data streams. Systems that implement the method are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for substantially simultaneously remote monitoring by at least one mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving at one or more mobile communication devices, substantially simultaneously, from a server, one or more video data streams; the one or more video data streams received at the server from one or more sources of video data; the one or more mobile communication devices receiving the one or more video data streams in their entirety rather than identifying to receive a required portion of the one or more video data streams; each one of the one or more mobile communication devices being able to view and manipulate the one or more video data streams; wherein manipulating, as performed by at least one of the one or more mobile communication devices, includes at least one of selecting a privacy region, tracking moving objects, selecting a region of interest, image correction, color correction or alarm triggering;wherein monitoring includes remote video, camera viewing and control, where the video camera use includes crowd control, inventory monitoring, traffic monitoring and security purposes.