Network based video analytics through an application program interface (api) with metric triggered notifications

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer usable storage medium storing computer usable program code;
• computer usable program code being executable by at least one processor to:
• receive a video stream from a video capture device over a network to a video analysis and notification server, which is a specialized computing device for video analysis and notification, and which is referred to hereafter as the server, remotely located from a video capture device, wherein the video capture device does not internally perform an analysis of the video stream to determine one or more metrics, wherein the server, comprises one or more processors executing at least a portion of the computer usable program code to perform real-time or near-real time analysis on the video stream:
• extract the one or more metrics by analyzing the video stream;
• compare the extracted one or more metrics from the video stream from the video stream against at least one previously established value defined at the server as part of assessing a previously established condition, defined at the server, to generate either a TRUE or a FALSE result;
• responsive to a TRUE result, automatically perform a notification action that conveys a notification to a remotely located device of a previously designated user when the previously established condition is automatically detected by the analytics engine, wherein the remotely located device is defined at the server for notifications;
• responsive to a FALSE comparison result, not performing the notification action to the remotely located device.

A method comprising:

• receiving a video stream from a video capture device over a network to a video analysis and notification server, which is a specialized computing device for video analysis and notification, and which is referred to hereafter as the server, said server being remotely located from a video capture device, wherein the video capture device does not internally perform an analysis of the video stream to determine one or more metrics, wherein the server, comprises one or more processors to perform real-time or near-real time analysis on the video stream:
• extracting the one or more metrics by analyzing the video stream;
• comparing the extracted one or more metrics from the video stream from the video stream against at least one previously established value defined at the server as part of assessing a previously established condition, defined at the server, to generate either a TRUE or a FALSE result;
• responsive to a TRUE result, automatically performing a notification action that conveys a notification to a remotely located device of a previously designated user when the previously established condition is automatically detected by the analytics engine, wherein the remotely located device is defined at the server for notifications;
• and
• responsive to a FALSE comparison result, not performing the notification action to the remotely located device.