Patent ID: 7856643

Claim:
A method of operating a multi-level network of a multi-user, multi-unit dedicated motor vehicle storage facility with a plurality of distinct unit users and also external users, such users collectively forming a user community, the method comprising: (1) operating a private level network with video and sensor monitoring of the facility by a set of cameras, wherein a distinct subset of the set of cameras and sensors monitors a distinct set of dedicated motor vehicle storage units of the facility such operating including; for each distinct user, associating the distinct user with at least one distinct motor vehicle storage unit of the facility; causing monitoring of the at least one distinct selected motor vehicle storage unit such video monitoring having a, the video output causing display of a motor vehicle associated with the distinct user and stored in the at least one distinct dedicated storage unit; causing video monitoring of at least one parameter associated with the dedicated storage init selected from the group of temperature and humidity and such parameter stored in a log over a period of time; and providing, and the log outputs to a server; (2) operating the server with connectivity over a public level network to provide via a web site, for each distinct user, password-protected private access to the video and parameter outputs, and wherein each distinct user of the user community has the option of selecting (a) to maintain such access as private to the distinct unit user, such private access excluding other users, or (b) to cause sharing of such access in a manner determined by the distinct user; so that each of a plurality of distinct unit users of the user community having at least one distinct dedicated motor vehicle storage unit has user-controlled password protected access to the video and parameters outputs associated with at least one distinct storage unit.