Video management systems (vms)

A video management system (VMS) comprising:

• a first and one or more second VMS system sections;
• wherein said first VMS section comprises a VMS server device comprising:
• video stream processing logic adapted to receive multiple video streams and store the multiple video streams in a memory, wherein each video stream of the multiple video streams comprises video data and metadata;
• metadata decoder logic adapted to obtain, from the video stream processing logic, at least one video stream of the multiple video streams, read the metadata associated with the at least one video stream, and store the metadata associated with the at least one video stream in a metadata database;
• and
• VMS client control logic adapted to receive a VMS client query command relating to the at least one video stream, wherein the VMS client control logic is further adapted to provide at least one of:
• at least one video frame of the at least one video stream based on the received VMS client query command;
• and
• metadata of the at least one video stream based on the received VMS client query command;
• wherein said second VMS section device comprises a workstation comprising a VMS graphical user interface (GUI) device and a VMS client device;
• wherein said VMS GUI device is adapted to provide for display at least one video frame of a video stream and comprising:
• video stream query command logic adapted to provide one or more VMS GUI query commands relating to the at least one video stream of the multiple video streams;
• video stream control command logic adapted to provide one or more VMS GUI control commands relating to the at least one video stream of the multiple video streams;
• and
• VMS GUI display logic adapted to provide for display a GUI that allows for control of the displayed at least one video frame of the video stream;
• and
• wherein said VMS client device is operably coupled to the VMS server device and to the VMS GUI device comprising:
• VMS GUI command processing logic adapted to:
• receive at least one of the one or more VMS GUI query commands and the one or more VMS GUI control commands relating to the at least one video stream of the multiple video streams from the VMS GUI device and determine at least one VMS client query command to transmit to the VMS server device based on the received at least one of the one or more VMS GUI query commands and the one or more VMS GUI control commands;
• and
• provide the at least one VMS client query command to the VMS server device;
• and
• VMS video stream provider logic adapted to receive from the VMS server device the at least one of:
• the at least one video frame of the at least one video stream based on the received at least one of the one or more VMS GUI query commands and the one or more VMS GUI control commands;
• and
• the metadata of the at least one video stream based on the received at least one of the one or more VMS GUI query commands and the one or more VMS GUI control commands;
• wherein the video stream control command logic of the VMS GUI device is adapted to provide one or more VMS GUI control commands to the VMS client device to command the VMS client device to connect to a second VMS server device to allow the VMS client device to access archived or live video streams on the second VMS server device.