System and method for auto selecting a video for display on a mobile device based on the proximity of the mobile device relative to the video source

A method comprising:

• detecting a proximity of a mobile display device relative to a location of a first video camera of a surveillance system, wherein the mobile display device is configured to be carried by a user;
• determining when the proximity of the mobile display device relative to the location of the first video camera meets a predetermined proximity criteria;
• in response to determining that the proximity of the mobile display device relative to the location of the first video camera meets the predetermined proximity criteria, automatically identifying at least part of a video scene previously captured by the first video camera and previously recorded on a video recorder, and the mobile display device accessing from the video recorder the automatically identified at least part of a video scene previously captured by the first video camera and previously recorded on the video recorder and displaying at least part of the video scene previously captured by the first video camera on the mobile display device;
• detecting the proximity of the mobile display device relative to a location of a second video camera of the surveillance system;
• determining when the proximity of the mobile display device relative to the location of the first video camera no longer meets the predetermined proximity criteria and the proximity of the mobile display device relative to the location of the second video camera meets the predetermined proximity criteria, and in response, automatically identifying at least part of the video scene previously captured by the second video camera and previously recorded on the video recorder and switching to display at least part of the video scene previously captured by the second video camera on the mobile display device.