Patent ID: 8154580

Claim:
A system for facilitating user communication from a location, the system comprising: two or more cameras for capturing two or more videos at a first location; a control unit for streaming one or more of the videos captured to a first communication unit at the first location through a first network, and streaming one or more of the videos captured to a second communication unit located at a second location through a second network; a server for identifying a location data of the first location based on an identifier of the control unit; and a communication platform associated with the first location, the communication platform being accessible by the first and second communication units through the first and second networks respectively, the communication platform comprising: a first display for displaying one or more of the videos captured; a second display for displaying the location data of the first location identified by the server to associate the communication platform with the location data of the first location; and one or more control interfaces for controlling the camera view of the one or more videos displayed in the first display, wherein controlling the camera view comprises switching the one or more videos displayed in the first display between videos captured by the two or more cameras.