Patent ID: 8619136

Claim:
A method for displaying security content from a set top box to a television, the method comprising: receiving media content for display on the television; detecting, with the set top box, that one or more cameras have been linked with the set top box; in response to detecting the one or more cameras, prompting a user to establish user preferences for each of the one or more cameras, the user preferences including at least one channel selection for displaying security content, wherein a plurality of camera views are displayed in the security content; establishing one or more channels for displaying the plurality of camera views, in response to the user selection; designating the one or more channels for the one or more camera views; receiving, from the user, selections of channels for displaying security content from each of the one or more cameras; setting the user preferences to establish how the one or more camera views are displayed to the television; receiving an alert from one of the cameras linked with the set top box in response to camera activity; and automatically displaying security content received from the camera on the channel selected for that camera according to the user preferences, in response to receiving the alert from the camera.