System and method for camera registration
A system and method for registration of a remote security camera is described. The system and method include receiving at a default server a message from the security camera upon initial boot up of the security camera, receiving at the default server a message from a customer server, the message requesting that the security camera be registered to a customer. Where the default server sends to the customer server reconfiguration information the reconfiguration information instructing the security camera to connect to the customer server.
1. A remote security camera comprising:
memory storing a camera management system address and a password, wherein the camera management system address and the password are an IP address for a default server and an authentication password associated with the default server, respectively;
a network interface operable to establish a network connection upon the remote security camera being powered up, the network interface operable to send a message from the remote security camera to the default server using the IP address for the default server stored in the memory;
a processor operable to:
receive configuration information from the default server using the network interface in response to the default server receiving a claim request message from a customer server to claim the remote security camera from the default server and associating an identifier of the security camera with an IP address of the customer server in a default server database, wherein the configuration information comprises the IP address of the customer server and an authentication password associated with the customer server,
responsive to receiving the configuration information,
reset the camera management system address and the password stored in the memory to replace the IP address for the default server and the authentication password associated with the default server with the IP address of the customer server and the authentication password associated with the customer server, and
receive a reconfiguration message from the customer server to unregister the remote security camera from the customer server, wherein the customer server transmits the reconfiguration message in response to receiving an unregister message from an installer device that is communicatively coupled with the customer server; and
responsive to receiving the reconfiguration message,
reset the camera management system address stored in the memory to replace the IP address of the customer server with the IP address for the default server to enable the remote security camera to point to the default server, and
delete the authentication password associated with the customer server that is stored in the memory;
transmit an acknowledgement message to the default server; and
set the password of the remote security camera to another authentication password associated with the default server that is received in a password set message from the default sever.
2. The remote security camera of claim 1 wherein a user interface on the installer device sends a registration message to the customer server requesting the remote security camera to be registered to the customer server.
3. The remote security camera of claim 1 wherein the remote security camera is preprogrammed with the IP address of the default server.
4. The remote security camera of claim 1 wherein the default server is part of a registration service associated with a manufacturer of the remote security camera.
5. The remote security camera of claim 1 further comprising the default server database and a customer server database, wherein the default server database stores setup information for the camera before registration and after the camera is unregistered from the customer server and the customer server database stores information for the camera after registration.