A method for processing visual commands at a video camera, the method comprising: analyzing, at the video camera, video content captured by the video camera to identify authentication credentials presented to the video camera by a user in the field of view of the video camera in the video content captured by the video camera, wherein the video camera is configured to execute a set of visual commands, and wherein the authentication credentials authorize the video camera to execute a subset of the set of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials and to prevent the video camera from executing visual commands not included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials; determining, at the video camera, that the user is authorized to send visual commands to the video camera based on the authentication credentials detected; analyzing the video content captured by the video camera to identify a visual command presented to the video camera by the user in the field of view of the video camera; executing the visual command identified from the video content captured by the video camera responsive to the visual command being included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authorization credentials, wherein executing the visual command includes setting one or more operating parameters of the video camera, wherein executing the visual command comprises determining whether the visual command comprises a camera identification command, extracting camera identification information and camera location information from the visual command responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command, and sending the camera identification information and the camera location information to a security system server responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command; determining a command completion indication corresponding to whether the visual command was successfully executed; and providing a command completion indication, corresponding to the command completion indication, to the user. analyzing, at the video camera, video content captured by the video camera to identify authentication credentials presented to the video camera by a user in the field of view of the video camera in the video content captured by the video camera, wherein the video camera is configured to execute a set of visual commands, and wherein the authentication credentials authorize the video camera to execute a subset of the set of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials and to prevent the video camera from executing visual commands not included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials; determining, at the video camera, that the user is authorized to send visual commands to the video camera based on the authentication credentials detected; analyzing the video content captured by the video camera to identify a visual command presented to the video camera by the user in the field of view of the video camera; executing the visual command identified from the video content captured by the video camera responsive to the visual command being included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authorization credentials, wherein executing the visual command includes setting one or more operating parameters of the video camera, wherein executing the visual command comprises determining whether the visual command comprises a camera identification command, extracting camera identification information and camera location information from the visual command responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command, and sending the camera identification information and the camera location information to a security system server responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command; determining a command completion indication corresponding to whether the visual command was successfully executed; and providing a command completion indication, corresponding to the command completion indication, to the user.