摘要 |
<p>A system of apparatus arranged to display upon request video imagery stored in a video archive, the system comprising: (a) a plurality of cameras able to capture video images; (b) primary video compression means adapted to compress video images received from cameras (a); (c) video archiving programming means arranged to process video signals compressed by the compression means (b); (d) video archiving means arranged to store compressed said video signals; (e) secondary video compression means linked to the archiving means (d) and adapted to compress video imagery obtained from said archiving means (d) into a format selected from a mobile device format, web video format and TV video format; (f) server means adapted to said format and arranged to interrogate said archiving means (d), and capable of communication with (g) a remote mobile device, web browser or TV display controller and with (h) a gateway payment appropriate to said format, and in which archived video images are compressed and relayed to said server means (f) and subsequently to said mobile device, web browser or TV display controller (g) upon demand from said server means when triggered by a request from any of said remote mobile device, web browser or TV display controller (g) for specific video imagery once authorised by said payment means (h). A method of displaying video imagery upon a mobile device using apparatus as defined above, wherein (i) a text message comprising a unique identifier associated with specific video imagery to be displayed on said mobile device is relayed to server means adapted to mobile device format(f); (ii) the said server means (f) transfers a request to interrogate the video archiving means (d) and locate the required specific video imagery;(iii) the video archiving means (d) converts the specific video imagery to be compressed into a suitable format file for said mobile device; (iv) the compressed file obtained in step (iii) is relayed back to said server means (f); (v) payment for the specific video imagery requested is deducted from the mobile device user's account; (vi) indication of accepted payment is relayed to the said server means (f), and (vii) the requested specific video imagery is relayed to and displayed upon the said mobile device.</p> |