Cozaint Corporation has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 12,755,902 for its MARCIA™ Intelligent Video Lifecycle Management (IVLM) platform, the company announced on October 7, 2026. The patent, titled “Video Surveillance Playback System with Multi-Tiered Storage,” covers a core architecture that allows operators to retrieve archived surveillance video from long-term Linear Tape-Open (LTO) storage directly through their existing Video Management Software (VMS) timeline, without launching a separate archive application or initiating a manual restoration process.
The significance of this development lies in its potential to resolve a long-standing dilemma in enterprise video surveillance. Organizations have historically faced a tradeoff between affordable long-term video retention and practical accessibility. Conventional archive solutions often require operators to leave their familiar VMS environment, manually locate archived media, or start separate restoration procedures before historical video can be reviewed. MARCIA was engineered to remove that operational divide while preserving the economics of long-term LTO retention.
The patented architecture manages surveillance video across multiple storage tiers, combining rapidly accessible storage with economical long-term LTO media. Middleware between the VMS and storage infrastructure maintains the relationship between recorded video, time, and physical storage location. When an operator requests historical video through the normal VMS timeline, MARCIA determines where the requested camera and time-period recordings reside. If the video has migrated to LTO, MARCIA recalls the required recordings and restores them into the storage structure expected by the VMS, which then performs normal playback. No separate archive application, tape identification, or restoration job is required.
“This patent represents years of engineering focused on solving one of the surveillance industry’s longest-standing challenges,” said Nauzad Sadry, Chief Technology Officer of Cozaint Corporation. “Organizations should never have to choose between retaining valuable visual evidence and maintaining operational simplicity. MARCIA bridges that gap by making long-term video preservation a seamless extension of the existing VMS experience at the most affordable storage costs.”
The architecture is not tied to any single VMS platform. MARCIA currently supports Milestone XProtect, Hanwha WAVE, Digital Watchdog Spectrum IPVMS, Network Optix Nx Witness, PIKO VMS, and BOBBYvms, with additional platforms continually being added. For more details, visit www.Cozaint.com/marcia.
Takuma Yano, General Manager of FUJIFILM North America Corp.’s Data Storage Solutions division, noted that “innovation such as Cozaint’s patented architecture demonstrates how enterprise software can unlock new value from proven storage technologies by making long-term archived content more accessible within day-to-day operational environments.” Fujifilm looks forward to continuing its support for such innovations.
As enterprise surveillance deployments grow into petabyte-scale environments, organizations are increasingly seeking solutions that reduce storage costs while extending retention periods to satisfy regulatory, operational, investigative, legal, and business intelligence requirements. Cozaint’s patented architecture addresses these objectives by leveraging the economics, durability, and energy efficiency of LTO technology without forcing organizations to abandon existing VMS workflows. The company believes this advancement lays a foundation for Intelligent Video Lifecycle Management as an essential architectural layer in enterprise surveillance infrastructure. Learn more at www.Cozaint.com.
