Performant ad hoc data ingestion

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and memory having instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
• receiving a request for a communication session from a video camera deployed in a field;
• generating a video file key and routing the video file key to the video camera deployed in the field;
• receiving a video data stream that includes a degraded quality video file in response to a determination by the video camera of an incompatible wireless access point, wherein a corresponding high-quality video file of the degraded quality video file is stored on the video camera;
• receiving, via a compatible wireless access point, an uploaded stored high-quality video file with an embedded digital watermark that identifies the high-quality video file to correspond to the degraded quality video file,
• wherein the high-quality video file is associated with a first message digest that identifies the high-quality video file, the first message digest and the digital watermark being generated by the video camera using the video file key,
• wherein the degraded quality video file is associated with a digital watermark and a second message digest that identifies the degraded quality video file;
• extracting the digital watermark and the first message digest from the high-quality video file;
• extracting the digital watermark and the second message digest from the degraded quality video file;
• and
• comparing the digital watermark of the high-quality video file to the digital watermark of the degraded quality video file to establish that the high-quality video file corresponds to the degraded quality video file.

A computer implemented method, comprising:

• receiving a request for a communication session from a video camera deployed in a field;
• generating a video file key and routing the video file key to the video camera deployed in the field;
• receiving a video data stream that includes a degraded quality video file in response to a determination by the video camera of an incompatible wireless access point, wherein a corresponding high-quality video file of the degraded quality video file is stored on the video camera;
• receiving, via a compatible wireless access point, an uploaded stored high-quality video file with an embedded digital watermark that identifies the high-quality video file to correspond to the degraded quality video file,
• wherein the high-quality video file is associated with a first message digest that identifies the high-quality video file, the first message digest and the digital watermark being generated by the video camera using the video file key;
• wherein the degraded quality video file is associated with a digital watermark and an associated second message digest that identifies the degraded quality video file;
• extracting the digital watermark and the first message digest from the high-quality video file;
• extracting the digital watermark and the second message digest from the degraded quality video file;
• comparing the digital watermark of the high-quality video file to the digital watermark of the degraded quality video file;
• and
• determining a correlation between a received high-quality video file and a received degraded quality video file based at least upon the comparing between the digital watermarks.