Video analytics system

A method comprising:

• providing an output system for transmitting to a predetermined user a message comprising at least a link to a web page, the output system:
• establishing the predetermined user is established by the output system in dependence upon an identified correlation event and an aspect of the identified correlation event;
• and
• generating for each correlation event a web page comprising information relating to the identified correlation event;
• wherein
• the occurrence of the identified correlation event is communicated to the output system by a correlation server in communication with the output system via a communications network and the information relating to the identified correlation is stored within a database by the correlation server accessible to the output system;
• and
• the correlation server establishes an occurrence of a correlation event by executing a process comprising:
• generating a trigger in dependence upon a physical event relating to a monitored system;
• accessing first searchable time-sensitive metadata relating to the monitored system established over a first period of time in dependence upon the trigger from the trigger generator;
• accessing second searchable time-sensitive metadata relating to multimedia image content established over a second period of time relating to monitoring a predetermined region associated with the monitored system in dependence upon the trigger from the trigger generator;
• determining in dependence upon a predetermined set of configurable rules whether a correlation event exists by processing the first searchable time-sensitive metadata and second searchable time-sensitive metadata for processing the time-stamped system metadata to identify correlation events indicating potential activity of interest;
• storing upon determination of a correlation event within the database correlation data, the correlation data comprising at least a predetermined portion of the first searchable time-sensitive metadata and a predetermined portion of the second searchable time-sensitive metadata;
• wherein
• each configurable rule within the predetermined set of configurable rules relates to detection of a predefined activity;
• the correlation server processes the second searchable time-sensitive metadata as searchable attributes associated with a raw multimedia data stream which have been generated by analyzing the raw multimedia stream in accordance with a stored set of rules relating to at least one of the potential activity of interest and the trigger generator;
• the output subsystem stores in association with a correlation event one or more corresponding video frames or corresponding raw video is stored with a correlation event;
• information relating to the correlation event within the generated webpage includes the one or more corresponding video frames or corresponding raw video stored with the correlation event;
• and
• the first searchable time-sensitive metadata relates to a system within a predetermined location accessible by a user and the second searchable time-sensitive metadata relates to multimedia content acquired within a predetermined region associated with the predetermined location.

A correlation server comprising:

• a first interface for retrieving first searchable time-sensitive metadata relating to a plurality of monitored systems;
• a second interface for retrieving second searchable time-sensitive metadata relating to multimedia image content generated by monitoring a plurality of predetermined regions, each predetermined region of the plurality of regions associated with a monitored system of the plurality of monitored systems;
• a rule-based correlation module for processing the first searchable time-sensitive metadata and second searchable time-sensitive metadata to identify correlation events indicating a activity of interest, the rule-based correlation module applying a predetermined set of configurable rules;
• and
• an output interface for generating for each identified correlation event a web page comprising information relating to the correlation event and a message for transmittal to a predetermined user comprising at least a link to the web page;
• wherein
• the predetermined user is established in dependence upon the identified correlation event by rule-based correlation module and an aspect of the identified correlation;
• each configurable rule within the predetermined set of configurable rules relates to detection of a predefined activity;
• the first searchable time-sensitive metadata and the second searchable time-sensitive metadata relate to a period of time within which the activity of interest occurred;
• and
• the predetermined set of configurable rules relate to establishing the rule-base correlation module for detecting the activity of interest.