Patent ID: 7942313

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a monitoring facility remotely located from a bank facility including at least one bank processor in operative connection with each of a plurality of cameras, wherein the monitoring facility includes: at least one display, at least one telephone interface, at least one input device, at least one facility processor, wherein the at least one facility processor is in operative connection with the at least one display, the at least one telephone interface, and the at least one input device, wherein the at least one facility processor is associated with at least one data store including data corresponding to a plurality of users, wherein the plurality of users includes a first user, and a plurality of facilities, wherein each facility is associated with at least one of the plurality of users, wherein the plurality of facilities includes the bank facility, wherein the bank facility is associated with the first user, wherein the at least one facility processor is operative to communicate with the at least one bank processor through at least one network, wherein the at least one facility processor is operative to cause responsive to receiving through the at least one telephone interface, at least one input associated with the first user, at least one first output associated with the bank facility to be provided through the at least one display, wherein the at least one facility processor is operative to cause responsive to at least one first input to the at least one input device, the at least one display to output at least one visual image corresponding to a field of view of at least one of the cameras, wherein the at least one facility processor is operative to cause responsive to at least one second input to the at least one input device, at least one telephonic output to be sent to the first user, wherein the at least one telephonic output comprises a telephonic message indicating that the first user should not enter the bank facility.