Patent ID: 8302856

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) operating at least one computer associated with a monitoring system to receive a request which originated from a mobile phone, wherein the request is for a pre-movement security check on at least one area located outside of a facility; (b) responsive at least in part to the request received in (a), operating the at least one computer to initiate the pre-movement security check, wherein the initiation causes camera-captured images of the at least one area to be output in real time through at least one display which is both associated with the monitoring system and remotely located from the facility; and (c) operating the at least one computer to cause at least one communication associated with the pre-movement security check initiated in (b) to be sent to the mobile phone, wherein the at least one communication is useful to a person operating the mobile phone in deciding whether to undertake movement through the at least one area during one of entering the facility and exiting the facility.