Methods and apparatus for use in surveillance systems
    1.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for use in surveillance systems 有权
    用于监视系统的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07508941B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-24

    申请号:US10624297

    申请日:2003-07-22

    IPC分类号: H04N7/167

    摘要: A control signal is provided to a video data acquisition system that generates video data. In response to receiving the control signal, the video data acquisition system modifies at least a portion of the video data to produce an output signal. Authenticity of the output signal from the video data acquisition system is verified by checking that the video data includes modifications according to the control signal. If the video data does not include such modifications, it is known that the video data acquisition system needs to be checked for tampering or system failures.

    摘要翻译: 控制信号被提供给产生视频数据的视频数据采集系统。 响应于接收到控制信号,视频数据采集系统修改视频数据的至少一部分以产生输出信号。 通过检查视频数据包括根据控制信号的修改来验证来自视频数据采集系统的输出信号的真实性。 如果视频数据不包括这样的修改,则知道视频数据采集系统需要被检查篡改或系统故障。

    Methods and apparatus for transmitting media programs
    2.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for transmitting media programs 有权
    用于传输媒体节目的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07260601B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-21

    申请号:US10185589

    申请日:2002-06-28

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: A system transmits a plurality of media programs in a network. In one embodiment of the invention, a media program distribution system determines a first resource attribute of a first media program and a second resource attribute of a second media program. The distribution system compares the first resource attribute with the second resource attribute to determine a relative value. In turn, the media server assigns a first distribution resource to the first media program and a second distribution resource to the second media program in response to the relative value and applies one of a plurality of transmission modes to each media program in response to the resource attribute and distribution resource type. Examples of distribution resources include unicast, multicast and broadcast channels. Examples of transmission modes include various protocols such as error checking protocols and encoding mechanisms such as codecs.

    摘要翻译: 系统在网络中传送多个媒体节目。 在本发明的一个实施例中,媒体节目分发系统确定第一媒体节目的第一资源属性和第二媒体节目的第二资源属性。 分配系统将第一资源属性与第二资源属性进行比较以确定相对值。 反过来,媒体服务器响应于相对值向第二媒体节目分配第一分发资源给第二媒体节目,并向第二媒体节目分配第二分发资源,并响应资源向每个媒体节目应用多个传输模式之一 属性和分发资源类型。 分发资源的示例包括单播,多播和广播信道。 传输模式的示例包括诸如错误检查协议和诸如编解码器之类的编码机制的各种协议。

    Methods and apparatus for securing communications of a user operated device
    3.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for securing communications of a user operated device 有权
    用于确保用户操作设备的通信的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08180051B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-15

    申请号:US10265983

    申请日:2002-10-07

    摘要: A system provides secure communications between a user operated device and a computerized device. The user operated device transfers an enable security message to the computerized device, and in response, the computerized device sends a first communications enablement message to the user operated device and displays a second communications enablement message on a display of the computerized device for viewing by a user operating the user operated device. The user operated device receives the first communications enablement message from the computerized device and receives the second communications enablement message from the user and establishes a secure communications session between the user operated device and the computerized device using the first communications enablement message and the second communications enablement message. The communications enablement messages can contain key material that enable encryption between the user operated device and the computerized device.

    摘要翻译: 系统提供用户操作的设备和计算机化设备之间的安全通信。 用户操作的设备将启用安全消息传送到计算机化设备,并且作为响应,计算机化设备向用户操作的设备发送第一通信启用消息,并在计算机化设备的显示器上显示第二通信启用消息,以便通过 用户操作用户操作的设备。 用户操作的设备从计算机化设备接收第一通信使能消息并从用户接收第二通信使能消息,并且使用第一通信使能消息和第二通信使能建立用户操作设备和计算机化设备之间的安全通信会话 信息。 通信启用消息可以包含在用户操作的设备和计算机化设备之间实现加密的密钥材料。

    Methods and apparatus for selecting a server to process a request
    4.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for selecting a server to process a request 有权
    用于选择服务器来处理请求的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08082550B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-20

    申请号:US11945436

    申请日:2007-11-27

    IPC分类号: G06F9/46 G06F15/16 G06Q40/00

    摘要: The invention is directed to techniques for selecting a resource from several resources to process a request from a client. A client sends the request to a data communications device (e.g., network device or switch), which measures usage information from usage meters associated with each resource (e.g., server). The data communications device then makes a usage estimate for each server of the increase in usage required for that server to process the request from the client. Then the data communications device selects one of the servers depending on the usage estimates required to respond to the client's request. The data communications device can consider other factors such as the current level of usage, past usage, and the increased cost of responding to the request. In addition, the data communications device can consider the peak usage level of each resource already established in a current billing period.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于从多个资源中选择来自客户端的请求来处理资源的技术。 客户端将请求发送到数据通信设备(例如,网络设备或交换机),其测量与每个资源(例如,服务器)相关联的使用度量的使用信息。 然后,数据通信设备对于每个服务器对该服务器处理来自客户端的请求所需的使用量的增加的使用估计。 然后,数据通信设备根据响应客户端请求所需的使用估计来选择服务器之一。 数据通信设备可以考虑其他因素,例如当前的使用水平,过去的使用以及响应请求的增加的成本。 此外,数据通信设备可以考虑在当前计费周期中已经建立的每个资源的峰值使用水平。

    Methods and apparatus for inserting content within a content page
    5.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for inserting content within a content page 有权
    在内容页面中插入内容的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07987271B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-26

    申请号:US10217206

    申请日:2002-08-12

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 G06Q30/00

    CPC分类号: G06Q30/02 G06Q30/0241

    摘要: Mechanisms and techniques provide a data communications device for inserting an audio tag into a content page during a communications session between a first computerized device and a second computerized device. A data communications device receives a request for a content page from a first computerized device and transfers the request to a second computerized device. The data communications device receives the content page from the second computerized device in response to the request, inserts an audio tag within the content page, and adjusts a connection characteristic associated with the content page to maintain the communications session between the first computerized device and the second computerized device. The data communications device then transfers the content page having the inserted audio tag and modified connection characteristic to the first computerized device.

    摘要翻译: 机制和技术提供了一种用于在第一计算机化设备和第二计算机化设备之间的通信会话期间将音频标签插入到内容页面中的数据通信设备。 数据通信设备从第一计算机化设备接收对内容页面的请求,并将该请求传送到第二计算机化设备。 数据通信设备响应于该请求从第二计算机化设备接收内容页面,在内容页面中插入音频标签,并且调整与内容页面相关联的连接特性,以维持第一计算机化设备与第一计算机化设备之间的通信会话 第二台电脑化设备。 然后,数据通信设备将具有插入的音频标签和修改的连接特性的内容页面传送到第一计算机化设备。

    Method and apparatus for transparent distributed network-attached storage with web cache communication protocol/anycast and file handle redundancy
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for transparent distributed network-attached storage with web cache communication protocol/anycast and file handle redundancy 有权
    透明分布式网络连接存储与Web缓存通信协议/任播和文件句柄冗余的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07254636B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-07

    申请号:US10388785

    申请日:2003-03-14

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 G06F7/00

    摘要: A distributed network-attached storage network provides content distribution using conventional file transfer protocols such as NFS and CIFS. A filer proxy accepts a client request and translates the client request to a file transfer protocol accepted at the file system having the file requested in the client request. The filer proxy generates a file handle for the file containing redundant filer proxy information to be used for failover to a backup filer proxy in the event of a network error or failure of an original filer proxy. The file handle also contains information for network security purposes such as detection of forged file handles.

    摘要翻译: 分布式网络附加存储网络使用诸如NFS和CIFS之类的常规文件传输协议提供内容分发。 文件管理器代理接受客户端请求,并将客户端请求转换为在客户端请求中请求的文件的文件系统中接受的文件传输协议。 文件管理器代理为包含冗余文件管理器代理信息的文件生成文件句柄,以便在发生网络错误或原始文件管理器代理失败时用于故障转移到备份文件管理器代理。 文件句柄还包含网络安全性的信息,例如检测伪造的文件句柄。

    Methods and apparatus for managing network traffic using network address translation
    7.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for managing network traffic using network address translation 失效
    使用网络地址转换管理网络流量的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07043564B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-09

    申请号:US10075072

    申请日:2002-02-12

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 G06F15/173

    摘要: A method manages network traffic using NAT in a data communications device having a NAT data structure (e.g., a NAT table). The method includes the step of creating, in the NAT data structure, a first entry to coordinate a first data flow from a server to a client (e.g., a video channel or an audio channel of an RTSP session), and concurrently creating a second entry to coordinate a second data flow from the client to the server (e.g., a video control channel or an audio control channel of the RTSP session). The method further includes the steps of conveying a data element (e.g., a UDP packet) of the first data flow from the server to the client based on the first entry, and conveying a data element of the second data flow from the client to the server based on the second entry.

    摘要翻译: 一种在具有NAT数据结构(例如,NAT表)的数据通信设备中使用NAT管理网络流量的方法。 该方法包括在NAT数据结构中创建第一条目,以协调从服务器到客户端的第一数据流(例如,RTSP会话的视频信道或音频信道),并且同时创建第二条目 用于协调从客户端到服务器的第二数据流(例如,RTSP会话的视频控制信道或音频控制信道)。 该方法还包括以下步骤:基于第一条目将第一数据流的数据元素(例如,UDP分组)从服务器传送到客户端,并将第二数据流的数据元素从客户端传送到 服务器基于第二个条目。

    Methods and apparatus for maintaining a map of node relationships for a network
    9.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for maintaining a map of node relationships for a network 有权
    用于维护网络的节点关系的映射的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07984137B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-19

    申请号:US11431600

    申请日:2006-05-10

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173

    摘要: The invention is directed to techniques for maintaining a map of node relationships for a network of nodes (e.g., network of computers). In one example, the map of node relationships represents relationships overlaying and typically different from the network of physical connections among the nodes. Each child node periodically checks in with its parent nodes, and the parent nodes can thus determine when a child node has terminated a relationship with the parent or created a new relationship with a new parent. Changes in relationships propagate upward through the network of nodes so that each node maintains a map of the relationships among the descendants of that node. A root node receives the propagated change relationship information and maintains a map of the entire network and valid pathways through the network. The root node can use the map when responding to a request from a client to receive services from a node in the network and redirects the client to attach to a node in the network that has a valid path to the root node. The root node can then broadcast data (e.g. a stream of video data) throughout the network, which is received by all the clients attached to nodes in the network.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于维护节点网络(例如,计算机网络)的节点关系的映射的技术。 在一个示例中,节点关系的映射表示覆盖并且通常不同于节点之间的物理连接的网络的关系。 每个子节点定期检查其父节点,并且父节点可以因此确定子节点何时终止与父节点的关系或与新父节点建立新关系。 关系的变化通过节点网络向上传播,以便每个节点维护该节点的后代之间关系的映射。 根节点接收传播的变化关系信息,并通过网络维护整个网络的映射和有效路径。 根节点在响应来自客户端的请求以从网络中的节点接收服务时可以使用映射,并重定向客户端以附加到具有到根节点的有效路径的网络中的节点。 然后,根节点可以遍及整个网络广播数据(例如视频数据流),所述数据由连接到网络中的节点的所有客户端接收。

    Method and system for digital rights management brokering and digital asset security transcoding
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and system for digital rights management brokering and digital asset security transcoding 有权
    数字版权管理代理和数字资产安全转码的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07822685B1

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-26

    申请号:US10411819

    申请日:2003-04-09

    IPC分类号: G06F21/00

    摘要: A computer-implemented method and system for DRM brokering and digital asset security transcoding comprising utilizing a broker for converting content from one format into one or more alternative DRM-protected formats for distribution to end-users. The broker operates an escrow system for securing and tracking the content and information about the content and encryption keys associated with a plurality of DRM content formats. The broker further provides a common inter-DRM log format for receiving usage transaction logs and payment logs associated with transcoding and distribution the content in one or more DRM-protected content formats.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于DRM​​代理和数字资产安全转码的计算机实现的方法和系统,包括利用代理将来自一种格式的内容转换成一种或多种替代的DRM保护格式以分发给最终用户。 经纪人经营一个托管系统,用于保护和跟踪与多个DRM内容格式相关的内容和加密密钥的内容和信息。 代理进一步提供通用的DRM间日志格式,用于接收与一个或多个受DRM保护的内容格式的代码转换和分发内容相关联的使用事务日志和支付日志。