Granted Patent B2

US 9,203,809 · App. 13/563,003 · Granted Dec 1, 2015

Abstract

Claims (56)

1. A method of transmitting media data of a camera to a user terminal in a communication environment in which the camera connected to a first network and the user terminal connected to a third network are connected to a second network, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the camera, first address information of the first network of the camera;

obtaining, by the camera, second address information of the second network from an address conversion apparatus connected to the camera;

obtaining, by the camera, third address information of the second network from an address providing apparatus connected to the second network;

transmitting, by the camera, the first through third address information to the user terminal through a session control server connected to the second network in response to a request for session information from the user terminal through the session control server;

receiving, by the camera, a camera control signal from the user terminal through the session control server and notifying, by the camera, an event to the user terminal through the session control server; and

transmitting, by the camera, the media data to the user terminal based on at least one of the first through third address information,

wherein the first address information is a private address of the camera, the second address information is an external address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera, and the third address information is an official address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera which is obtained from the address providing apparatus connected to the camera,

wherein the transmitting the media data comprises transmitting the media data to the user terminal through the session control server if direct transmission of the media data to the user terminal has failed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the address conversion apparatus is the most significant address conversion apparatus among a plurality of address conversion apparatuses connected to the second network, and

wherein the second address information is the same as the third address information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the media data comprises:

connecting a media session with the user terminal based on the first or second address information, and directly transmitting the media data to the user terminal; or

directly transmitting the media data to the user terminal based on the third address information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second address information comprises external address information of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera, and

wherein the third address information comprises official address information of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera which is obtained from the address providing apparatus.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the directly transmitting the media data based on the third address information comprises:

receiving fourth address information of the second network obtained by the user terminal from the address providing apparatus through the session control server from the user terminal; or

directly transmitting the media data to the user terminal based on the third address information and the fourth address information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second address information comprises external address information of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera,

wherein the third address information comprises official address information of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera which is obtained from the address providing apparatus, and

wherein the fourth address information comprises official address information of an address conversion apparatus connected to the user terminal which the user terminal obtains from the address providing apparatus through the session control server.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when the first network and the second network are the same, the first address information is the same as the third address information, and the second address information is set to zero.

8. A method of receiving media data from a camera controlled by a user terminal in a communication environment in which the camera connected to a first network and the user terminal connected to a third network are connected to a second network, the method comprising:

receiving, by the user terminal, first address information of the first network of the camera, second address information of the second network obtained by the camera from an address conversion apparatus connected to the camera and third address information of the second network obtained from an address providing apparatus connected to the second network, from the camera through a session control server connected to the second network in response to a request for session information from the user terminal through the session control server; and

receiving, by the user terminal, the media data from the camera based on at least one of the first through third address information,

wherein the first address information is a private address of the camera, the second address information is an external address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera, and the third address information is an official address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera which is obtained from the address providing apparatus connected to the camera,

wherein the receiving the media data comprises, when direct reception of the media data from the camera has failed, transmitting a request for the media data to the camera through the session control server and receiving the media data from the camera through the session control server, and

wherein the user terminal transmits a camera control signal to the camera through the session control server, and the camera notifies an event to the user terminal through the session control server.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the receiving the media data comprises:

connecting a media session with the camera based on the first or second address information, and directly receiving the media data from the camera; or

transmitting fourth address information of the second network obtained from the address providing apparatus to the camera through the session control server, and directly receiving the media data from the camera based on the third address information and the fourth address information.

10. A camera for transmitting media data to a user terminal in a communication environment in which the camera connected to a first network and the user terminal connected to a third network are connected to a second network, the camera comprising:

a memory which stores first address information of the first network of the camera, second address information of the second network obtained from an address conversion apparatus connected to the camera and third address information of the second network obtained from an address providing apparatus connected to the second network; and

a control unit which transmits the first through third address information to the user terminal through a session control server connected to the second network in response to a request for session information from the user terminal through the session control server, receives a camera control signal from the user terminal through the session control server, notifies an event to the user terminal through the session control server, and transmits the media data to the user terminal based on at least one of the first through third address information,

wherein the first address information is a private address of the camera, the second address information is an external address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera, and the third address information is an official address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera which is obtained from the address providing apparatus connected to the second network, and

wherein the camera transmits the media data to the user terminal through the session control server if direct transmission of the media data to the user terminal has failed.

11. The camera of claim 10 , wherein the controller controls at least one of pan, tilt and zoom operations and internal settings of the camera based on a control signal received from the user terminal through the session control server, and notifies an event to the user terminal through the session control server if the event is sensed from the media data.

12. The camera of claim 10 , wherein the controller directly transmits the media data to the user terminal based on the first or second address information, or directly transmits the media data to the user terminal based on the third address information.

13. The camera of claim 12 , wherein the controller receives fourth address information of the second network obtained by the user terminal from the address providing apparatus through the session control server from the user terminal, and transmits the media data to the user terminal based on the third address information and the fourth address information.

14. A method of transmitting and receiving media data between a camera and a user terminal in a communication environment in which the camera connected to a first network and the user terminal connected to a third network are connected to a second network, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the camera, first address information of the first network of the camera,

obtaining, by the camera, second address information of the second network from an address conversion apparatus connected to the camera, and obtaining, by the camera, third address information of the second network from an address providing apparatus connected to the second network;

transmitting, by the camera, the first through third address information to the user terminal through a session control server connected to the second network in response to a request for session information from the user terminal through the session control server;

receiving, by the camera, a camera control signal from the user terminal through the session control server and notifying, by the camera, an event to the user terminal through the session control server;

requesting, by the user terminal, the camera to transmit media data based on one of the first through third address information 1 ; and

directly transmitting, by the camera, the media data to the user terminal,

wherein the first address information is a private address of the camera, the second address information is an external address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera, and the third address information is an official address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera which is obtained from the address providing apparatus connected to the second network, and

wherein the directly transmitting the media data comprises transmitting the media data to the user terminal through the session control server if direct transmission of the media data to the user terminal has failed.

15. A communication system in which a camera connected to a first network and a user terminal connected to a third network are connected to a second network, the communication system comprising:

an address conversion apparatus which is connected to the camera and converts first address information of the first network of the camera into second address information of the second network;

an address providing server which is connected to the second network, provides third address information of the second network to the camera, and provides fourth address information of the second network to the user terminal; and

a session control server which is connected to the second network and controls a session connection between the camera and the user terminal,

wherein the camera obtains the first address information of the first network of the camera, the second address information of the second network, and the third address information of the second network, transmits the first through third address information to the user terminal through the session control server in response to a request for session information from the user terminal through the session control server, receives a camera control signal from the user terminal through the session control server, notifies an event to the user terminal through the session control server, and directly transmits the media data to the user terminal based on at least one of the first through third address information,

wherein the first address information is a private address of the camera, the second address information is an external address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera, and the third address information is an official address of the address conversion apparatus connected to the camera which is obtained from the address providing apparatus connected to the second network, and

wherein the camera transmits the media data to the user terminal through the session control server if direct transmission of the media data to the user terminal has failed.

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