How VIAAS Works

Bandwidth Shaping™ uses a MicroSD card and patented technology to deliver powerful video monitoring over limited bandwidth. VIAAS Cameras create IntelEvents™ by capturing video and images based on intelligent object based motion tracking. If nothing is happening, no data is recorded. If people are actively in your lobby for only an hour a day, IntelEvents only capture an hour of video. The total amount of data to upload is 1/24th of a day of video, and it can be uploaded over 24x less bandwidth.

Bandwidth Shaping works by "shaping" the data upload to average it out over a longer period of time - the video and images are stored on the MicroSD card until they can be trickled to the service without impacting your network. If the card starts getting full the camera sends data faster to keep from losing events.

VIAAS Bandwidth Shaping does more than just delay the video. The parts of the IntelEvent required for the user interface are sent immediately, while delaying the big stuff that might not be needed. The user interface gets instant, real-time notification whether the IntelEvent is "shaped" or not. If you click to see the video before it has been "trickled" up, VIAAS asks the camera to send it immediately. For most users it is impossible to tell if something came from the camera or the service, it is that slick.

A compelling benefit of Bandwidth Shaping is connection recovery. If the camera temporarily loses Internet (and VIAAS) connectivity when using Bandwidth Shaping, IntelEvents recorded during the outage are saved and "recovered" when connectivity is restored - nothing is lost.

Independent of how your video and images are handled, they are always encrypted immediately, before they are stored on the MicroSD card and before they are sent to the service. Your privacy is always protected as outlined in the Highly Secure section

Bandwidth Shaping reduces the average amount of bandwidth required for a camera, but it does not change the amount of bandwidth required for real-time streaming, about 350kbps. Bandwidth Shaping allows many cameras to be supported on a single broadband connection, but the total connection needs enough bandwidth to support one camera in real-time. A typical broadband connection (DSL, CABLE etc.) provides sufficient bandwidth for full functionality for multiple cameras using Bandwidth Shaping.

• Dramatically reduce the amount of bandwidth required, less than 30kbps for most applications
• Support up to 8 cameras on a typical 384kbps DSL or cable connection and up to 20 on a T1
• Instant access, whether the video is on camera or the server
• Configurable bandwidth - let the cameras use bandwidth when you don't, and keep them quiet when you need it.
• Adapts to any size MicroSD card. In most cases, a 1GB card will let a camera use 24 hours to upload video, and an 8GB card will let it use a whole week
• Connection Recovery - in the event of network outage, events are stored locally and uploaded when connectivity is restored