Patent ID: 7786891

Claim:
A method of displaying video in a residence comprising: receiving an indication of an alert communicated from a security system of a residence; communicating the indication of the alert to a cellular telephone, wherein the alert indicates a reason for the alert being detected by a sensor, wherein the alert indicates a camera closest to a location of an event detected by the sensor that activates the alert, the home including motion sensors and audio sensors; receiving a selection from the cellular telephone, the selection associated with the alert and a camera in the residence associated with the security system, the camera capturing the video in real-time, the video is an alert for an inhabitant of the residence; receiving a selection of a television communicated from the cellular telephone, the television being selected from a plurality of televisions dispersed at different locations throughout the residence; determining locations of one or more individuals and the inhabitant in the home utilizing the security system to identify the selected television; receiving a selection from the cellular telephone to display the video from the selected camera on the selected television; displaying the video from the selected camera to the selected television in one of the locations dispersed throughout the residence in response to receiving the selections from the cellular telephone, the location being associated with an inhabitant of the residence; and changing the video displayed to the television in response to additional selections of a user utilizing the cellular telephone, wherein the selection and the additional selections are made utilizing a menu of available televisions and a menu of available cameras associated with the security system.