Systems and methods for transferring a clip of video data to a user facility

A computer-implemented method of requesting a clip of video data associated with an event having been observed by a user to a facility designated by a user, the method comprising:

• a software application executing on a device of the user, wherein the application sends a request to a central processing node in communication with and in control of a camera system having at least one wide field-of-view camera that captured video of the event;
• wherein video data from the camera system is stored in a buffer system coupled to the central processing node;
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• wherein the application provides a graphical user interface on a display of the device that allows the user to graphically select performance parameters for the requested clip including identification of a set of wide field-of-view cameras from which to take the clip, the set having at least one member, a start time of the clip, an end time or length of the clip, and horizontal and vertical field of view of the viewing frustum;
• the request message including the graphically-selected performance parameters, wherein the request induces the central processing node to retrieve video data associated with the identified set of cameras from the buffer system based on the performance parameters, process the retrieved video data from the buffer system based on the performance parameters to produce the clip, such processing including extracting from the retrieved video data a set of video data in accordance with the specified horizontal and vertical field of view and producing the clip from the extracted video data, and transmit the clip including the processed video data to the designated facility.

A system for transferring a clip of video data associated with an event having been observed by a user to a facility designated by a user, the system comprising:

• a central processing node;
• a camera system including at least one wide field-of-view camera;
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• a buffer system coupled to the central processing node and storing video data from the camera system, wherein the central processing node is configured to:
• receive a request message from an application executing on a device of the user for transfer of the clip of video data, wherein the request message specifies performance parameters for the requested clip including identification of a set of the wide field-of-view cameras from which to take the clip, the set having at least one member, a start time of the clip, an end time or length of the clip, and horizontal and vertical field of view of the viewing frustum, such performance parameters having been graphically selected by the user via the application using a graphical selection user interface;
• retrieve, in response to the request message, video data associated with the identified set of cameras from the buffer system based on the performance parameters;
• process the retrieved video data based on the performance parameters to produce the clip, such processing including extracting from the retrieved video data a set of video data in accordance with the specified horizontal and vertical field of view and producing the clip from the extracted video data;
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• transmit the clip including the processed video data to the designated facility.