a centralized system for managing video transmission including a gateway serving as an interface between all video capture devices and all viewing devices on the system . all video transmissions must pass through the gateway where they can be identified , managed and monitored accordingly . the system also includes a plurality of video capture devices which capture video data and a plurality of viewing devices that request and receive the video data or a processed form thereof for viewing . in a preferred embodiment , both the video capture devices and the viewing devices are mobile devices .