Patent ID: 8819178

Claim:
A system comprising: a security network comprising a gateway with a first controller that communicates via a first network coupling with a second controller that is a component of a security system at a first location, the security system including the second controller coupled to a plurality of security system components that include at least one sensor, wherein the first controller communicates via a second network coupling with a plurality of camera devices installed at the first location, wherein the first network coupling is independent of the second network coupling and the gateway separately controls exchange of data between components of the first network coupling and the second network coupling; and a security server located at a second location different from the first location, the security server coupled to the gateway, the security server and the gateway communicating to control routing of a video stream from the plurality of camera devices to a requesting client device that is remote to the first location and the second location; wherein a format of the video stream is automatically selected based on at least one of a determined capability of a network coupling a camera device of the plurality of camera devices to the requesting client device and the requesting client device.