  Edge computing provides the ability to link distributor users for multimedia
content, while retaining the power of significant data storage and access at a
centralized computer. Two requirements of significance include: what
information show be processed at the edge and how the content should be stored.
Answers to these questions require a combination of query-based search, access,
and response as well as indexed-based processing, storage, and distribution. A
measure of intelligence is not what is known, but is recalled, hence, future
edge intelligence must provide recalled information for dynamic response. In
this paper, a novel event-oriented indexable and queryable intelligent
surveillance (EIQIS) system is introduced leveraging the on-site edge devices
to collect the information sensed in format of frames and extracts useful
features to enhance situation awareness. The design principles are discussed
and a preliminary proof-of-concept prototype is built that validated the
feasibility of the proposed idea.
