Using degree of confidence to prevent false security system alarms

US9786158B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADT US Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Beaver · West Palm Beach, US
• Ryan B. Petty · Coral Springs, US
• Thomas Nakatani · Aurora, US
• Mark Reimer · Denver, US
• Clinton Masterson · San Francisco, US
• Tondria Leah Isaacs Lopeztello · Lake Forest, US
• Scot A. Hulshizer · Boca Raton, US
• Eric W. Gerling · Dexter, US
• Mollie Conway · Boca Raton, US
• Richard Charles Shuman · Speedway, US
• Brian Keith Angel · Jacksonville, US
• Shanen Leigh Pankrez · Grapevine, US
• Frank A. CONA · Tequesta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B31/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device and method for analyzing an event at a premises is provided. In one embodiment the device includes a processor and a memory configured to store executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive first event data related to the event at the premises, receive verification data related to the event at the premises, analyze the first event data in conjunction with the verification data, generate, based on the analysis, an indication of a probability that the event is an alarm event, and initiate at least one action based on the indication.