Digital video alarm situational monitoring computer system

A digital video alarm situational monitoring computer system including an alarm monitoring computer having non-transitory memory configured to store machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions:

• receiving a first digital video clip associated with a first digital video alarm event and a second digital video clip associated with a second digital video alarm event, the first digital video clip being recorded by a first network digital video camera, and the second digital video clip being recorded by a second network digital video camera different than the first network digital video camera;
• displaying a first icon of the first digital video alarm event associated with a first timeline and having a first color coding and a second icon of the second digital video alarm event associated with a second timeline different than the first timeline and having a second color coding different than the first color coding on a graphical user interface, the first timeline associated with the first network digital video camera, the second timeline associated with the second network digital video camera, the first color coding signifies that the first digital video alarm event has not yet been viewed, and the second color coding signifies that the second digital video alarm event has been viewed;
• receiving a single timeline input selecting both of the first and second icons simultaneously from a bounding box bounding the first and second icons and spanning the first and second timelines;
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• simultaneously playing the first digital video clip and the second digital video clip on the graphical user interface in response to receiving the single timeline input.

A method comprising:

• receiving a first digital video clip associated with a first digital video alarm event and a second digital video clip associated with a second digital video alarm event, the first digital video clip being recorded by a first network digital video camera, and the second digital video clip being recorded by a second network digital video camera different than the first network digital video camera;
• displaying a first icon of the first digital video alarm event associated with a first timeline and having a first color coding and a second icon of the second digital video alarm event associated with a second timeline and having a second color coding different than the first color coding on a graphical user interface, the first timeline associated with the first network digital video camera, and the second timeline associated with the second network digital video camera, the first color coding signifies that the first digital video alarm event has not yet been viewed, and the second color coding signifies that the second digital video alarm event has been viewed;
• receiving a single camera input selecting both of the first and second icons simultaneously from a bounding box bounding the first and second icons and spanning the first and second timelines by a click input to anchor a corner of the bounding box and a drag input discontinued on a diagonal corner of the bounding box to form the bounding box;
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• playing the first digital video clip and the second digital video clip on the graphical user interface in response to receiving the single camera input.