Patent ID: 8810657

Claim:
A method comprising: establishing a first connection between a first mobile device and a camera located in a monitored property associated with a user of the first mobile device, the first mobile device being located outside of the monitored property; receiving, over the first connection and at the first mobile device, live video of the monitored property captured by the camera located in the monitored property associated with the user of the first mobile device; determining, at the first mobile device, to establish a second connection with a second mobile device that enables sharing of the live video of the monitored property with the second mobile device, the second mobile device being located outside of the monitored property; in response to the determination to establish the second connection with the second mobile device that enables sharing of the live video of the monitored property with the second mobile device: accessing, at the first mobile device, contact information for the second mobile device, and establishing the second connection between the first mobile device and the second mobile device based on the accessed contact information for the second mobile device; sharing, by the first mobile device over the second connection, the live video of the monitored property with the second mobile device such that the live video of the monitored property is displayed on the second mobile device concurrently with display of the live video of the monitored property on the first mobile device; and restricting an ability of the second mobile device to directly access, from the camera, the live video of the monitored property captured by the camera located in the monitored property.