Patent ID: 8520072

Claim:
A method comprising: establishing a first connection between a mobile device and a camera located in a monitored property associated with a user of the mobile device, the mobile device being located outside of the monitored property; receiving, over the first connection and at the mobile device, live video of the monitored property captured by the camera located in the monitored property associated with the user of the mobile device; determining, at the mobile device, to establish a second connection with a monitoring station device that enables sharing of the live video of the monitored property with the monitoring station device, the monitoring station device being associated with a monitoring station that monitors data from a monitoring system located at the monitored property; in response to the determination to establish the second connection with the monitoring station device that enables sharing of the live video of the monitored property with the monitoring station device, establishing the second connection between the mobile device and the monitoring station device; sharing, by the mobile device over the second connection, the live video of the monitored property with the monitoring station device such that the live video of the monitored property is displayed on the monitoring station device concurrently with display of the live video of the monitored property on the mobile device; providing, by the mobile device over the second connection, identification information that enables the monitoring station device to link the live video of the monitored property with monitoring system data received by the monitoring station from the monitoring system located at the monitored property over a communication pathway that is different than the first connection and the second connection; and restricting an ability of the monitoring station device to directly access, from the camera, the live video of the monitored property captured by the camera located in the monitored property.