Communication method and apparatus, server and client on network, and program codes realizing communication thereof
US7113971B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/434
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An end user is provided with an environment to easily remote-control a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. For this purpose, on a client side, the content of camera control is described in file-transfer protocol description, and the description is transferred to a camera server on the Internet via a browser. The camera server interprets the description, controls a camera in accordance with the designated content, to perform image sensing, and returns the obtained video image as the content of a file to the client. The client performs various controls while observing the video image. When a desired angle has been found, the client instructs to register the angle in a bookmark, then angle information displayed at that time is registered. Thereafter, when the user of the client can see the video image obtained on the same image-sensing conditions by merely select-designating the angle information registered in the bookmark.
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