Patent ID: 8854459

Claim:
A method for delivering a supplemented CCTV signal to one or more subscribers of a multi-dwelling unit (MDU), comprising: a) receiving at least one supplementary message to be provided to said one or more subscribers; b) combining a signal from a local CCTV camera system located at the MDU and said supplementary message into said supplemented CCTV signal, wherein said receiving and said combining occur at or proximate the MDU; and c) causing transmission of said supplemented CCTV signal to a respective set top box of each of said one or more subscribers as a dedicated channel of a digital commercial broadcast television feed, wherein said causing transmission comprises: i. forwarding said supplemented CCTV signal to a central office terminal supplying said digital commercial broadcast television feed to said one or more subscribers; and ii. integrating said supplemented CCTV signal in said dedicated channel of said digital commercial broadcast television feed supplied from said central office terminal.