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US 8,595,377 B1Granted
Apparatus and method for flexible delivery of multiple digital video streams
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsBrian Arthur Apgar, Matthew Thomas Graham, Lawrence Charles Hastings, Jeffrey Allen Robinson
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Abstract
A video control server includes a central processing unit and a memory storing executable instructions to receive control station commands, update state information specifying how network video sources are to be assessed and displayed by a client, and send the state information to the client.
Claims16
A video control server, comprising:
- a central processing unit;
- and
- a memory storing a state update application program interface and executable instructions to
- receive control station commands indicating a change in how network video sources are to be accessed and displayed by a second client different than a first client, the control station commands created by the first client, wherein the first client comprises a control client workstation to generate the control station commands,
- update state information at the video control server specifying how network video sources are to be accessed and displayed by the second client based on the control station commands, wherein the second client comprises a display client to access a video source specified in the state information, and
- send the state information to the second client, the second client to directly access a video server to receive a video source specified in the state information, the video server located on a hardware device distinct from both the first and second clients;
- and
- the video control server in communication with the control client workstation and a web server host.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions to:
- define, at a video control server, an application program interface to process configuration commands indicating a change in how network video sources are to be accessed and displayed by a second client different than a first client, the configuration commands created by the first client, wherein the first client comprises a control client workstation to generate the control station commands;
- update, based upon the configuration commands, state information specifying how network video sources are to be accessed and displayed by a second client in response to the configuration commands, wherein the second client is different than the first client;
- and
- send the state information to the second client, the second client to directly access a video server to receive a video source specified in the state information, the video server located on a hardware device distinct from both the first and second clients, wherein the second client comprises a display client to access a video source specified in the state information and the video control server is in communication with the client control workstation and a web server host.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.