Patent ID: 8704867

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for assigning video signals, comprising: receiving, at an interface, a plurality of video signals from a plurality of cameras located at one or more remote sites, the plurality of video signals for display on a plurality of monitors at a local site; determining, at one or more processors, a first position for displaying on one of the plurality of monitors a first video signal relative to one or more other video signals of the plurality of video signals; wherein the first video signal is associated with a first camera of the plurality of cameras; wherein the one or more other video signals are associated with one or more other cameras of the plurality of cameras; wherein the first position is determined based on: the location and alignment of the first camera relative to the one or more other cameras; and a number of the plurality of video signals relative to a number of the plurality of monitors; and displaying the first video signal at the first position on one of the plurality of monitors.