Patent ID: 8060589

Claim:
A network-based management system, comprising: a first networked device having a communication port; a first switch box coupled to the communication port of the first networked device, the first switch box being associated with a fixed network address and enabling both power and data to be provided to the first networked device; and a user interface unit, being a cellular telephone, adapted for communications with the first switch box, the user interface unit including a touch screen that displays a display screen interface and, based on received input, generates information received by the first switch box to activate and deactivate the first networked device, wherein the first networked device is an Internet Protocol (IP) based camera that provides content feeds into the communication port being a jack corresponding to the IP based camera, the jack being controlled by the first switch box whereby the first networked device is deactivated by deactivation of the jack and the first networked device is activated by activation of the jack.