Web service proxy protocol

A product comprising:

• a computer system comprising at least one computer having non-transitory memory configured to store machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following web service proxy protocol functions:
• establishing an initial network connection between a gateway device including a client application and residing at a client site by checking a certificate of the client application;
• receiving a list of connected network cameras from the gateway device;
• receiving a first tunnel request from a web service client container, the tunnel request configured to establish a tunnel between one or more connected network cameras on the list of connected network cameras and a recorder application;
• upon receipt of the first tunnel request from the web service client container, requesting a tunnel through a second tunnel request from and through the gateway device, the tunnel requested through the initial network connection;
• receiving an offer of the tunnel from and through the gateway device through a second network connection in response to validating the second tunnel request through the initial network connection;
• offering the tunnel to the web service client container from and through the gateway device to avoid one or more firewalls present at the client site, the tunnel offered through the second network connection;
• opening a listening port at the web service client container to transmit traffic over the tunnel offered through the second network connection;
• and
• maintaining the initial network connection for application notifications to the web server client container.

A product comprising:

• a computer system comprising at least one computer having non-transitory memory configured to store machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following web service proxy protocol functions:
• establishing an initial network connection between a gateway device including a client application and residing at a client site by checking a certificate of the client application;
• receiving a list of connected network cameras from the gateway device;
• adding the list of connected network cameras to a work queue;
• receiving a first tunnel request from a web service client container, the tunnel request configured to establish a tunnel between one or more connected network cameras on the list of connected network cameras and a recorder application;
• upon receipt of the first tunnel request from the web service client container, requesting a tunnel through a second tunnel request from and through the gateway device, the tunnel requested through the initial network connection;
• receiving an offer of the tunnel from and through the gateway device through a second network connection in response to validating the second tunnel request through the initial network connection;
• offering the tunnel to the web service client container from and through the gateway device to avoid one or more firewalls present at the client site, the tunnel offered through the second network connection;
• opening a listening port at the web service client container to transmit traffic between the connected network cameras and the recorder application over the tunnel offered through the second network connection;
• and
• maintaining the initial network connection for application notifications that update the list of connected network cameras to the web server client container.