Video messaging system
AssigneeJBT AeroTech Corporation
InventorsMark T. Thompson, Stephen C. Tatton
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Abstract
Video messaging systems includes a plurality of camera systems, a plurality of network-based clients, a messaging hub communicatively connectable to the plurality of network-based clients, and a video frame transmission service communicatively connected to the messaging hub. The messaging hub is configured to transmit image data as encoded data to each of the plurality of network-based clients. The video frame transmission service is configured to selectively connect with at least one of the plurality of camera systems for a time period that is based upon a request received from at least one of the plurality of network-based clients.
Claims20
A video messaging system, comprising:
- a plurality of camera systems disposed in an airport environment, each camera system being positioned to capture one or more aspects of the airport environment in a viewing field;
- a plurality of network-based clients;
- a messaging hub communicatively connectable to the plurality of network-based clients by a persistent connection and configured to push image data of the airport environment captured by at least one of the plurality of camera systems as encoded data to each of the plurality of network-based clients;
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- a video frame transmission service communicatively connected to the messaging hub and configured to selectively connect with at least one camera system of the plurality of camera systems in response to a request received from at least one network-based client of the plurality of network-based clients and to begin collecting image data from the at least one camera system for a time period in response to the request, wherein all the image data transits the video frame transmission service.
A method of monitoring an airport equipment object in an airport environment, comprising:
- capturing image data of the airport equipment object with a camera system disposed in the airport environment in response to a request received by a video frame transmission service from at least one network-based client of a plurality of network-based clients;
- recognizing an event with a controller communicatively connected to the camera system, based upon a comparison of a first data set and a second data set, the first data set comprising a parameter about the airport equipment object determined from the image data, the second data set comprising a corresponding parameter retrieved from a database;
- executing an event procedure with the controller, based upon the event, the event procedure comprising controlling the airport equipment object with the controller;
- connecting the camera system to the at least one network-based client through the video frame transmission service in response to the request;
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- pushing the image data from the camera system to the at least one network-based client as encoded data through the video frame transmission service, wherein all the image data pushed from the camera system to the at least one network-based client transits the video frame transmission service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.