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Backup contact for security/safety monitoring system

  • US 9,576,466 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2015
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving an indication that an event has occurred in a physical space being monitored by a monitoring device that includes a plurality of sensors;

    in response to the indication, sending one or more primary notifications of the event over a computer-based network to each of one or more persons primarily associated with the physical space being monitored; and

    if after a designated amount of time, none of the primary notifications have been viewed by any of the persons primarily associated with the physical space being monitored, sending a backup notification of the event over the computer-based network to one or more persons designated as backup contacts,wherein the backup notification is logically associated with information that the one or more backup contacts can access about the event,wherein each person primarily associated with the physical space being monitored resides or works at, at least part-time, or has an interest in the monitored space, andthe person designated as a backup contact does not reside or work at or have the interest in the monitored physical space.

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