Home security system with automatic context-sensitive transition to different modes
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- determining, by a home security system, that a user is not on a premises of a home within a period of time based on a location of the user determined by the home security system from an event in an email received in an email account of the user;
based on determining that the user is not on the premises of the home within the period of time, placing the home security system in a vacation mode, wherein the vacation mode defines a vacation mode response for a security event, wherein the vacation mode response for the security event is different from an away mode response for the security event defined by an away mode of the home security system; and
selectively activating one or more devices when the home security system is in the vacation mode.
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Abstract
A home security system may infer a mode of operation based on indications it receives regarding a user'"'"'s behavior. The disclosed implementations provide for a vacation mode of operation that defines a response for a security event that differs from the response that would be provided by the home security system for the same security event if it operated in another mode such as an away mode.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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determining, by a home security system, that a user is not on a premises of a home within a period of time based on a location of the user determined by the home security system from an event in an email received in an email account of the user; based on determining that the user is not on the premises of the home within the period of time, placing the home security system in a vacation mode, wherein the vacation mode defines a vacation mode response for a security event, wherein the vacation mode response for the security event is different from an away mode response for the security event defined by an away mode of the home security system; and selectively activating one or more devices when the home security system is in the vacation mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A home security system, comprising:
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a plurality of sensors that observe a premises of a home for a security event; one or more devices; a processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors of the home, the processor configured to; determine that a user is not on the premises of the home within a period of time based on a location of the user determined by the home security system from an event in an email received in an email account of the user; based determining that the user is not on the premises of the home within the period of time, place the home security system in a vacation mode, wherein the vacation mode defines a vacation mode response for the security event, wherein the vacation mode response for the security event is different from an away mode response for the security event defined by an away mode of the home security system; and selectively activate the one or more devices when the home security system is in the vacation mode. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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