Adjusting security in response to alert communications
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1. A method comprising:
- automatically changing an entry allowance setting of a security system of a premises based on a received alert communication for a predetermined geographic area from a system separate from the security system, wherein the alert communication results from a security condition within or near the predetermined geographic area, the changing the entry allowance setting including;
determining whether a user is occupying the premises; and
reducing a time period of the entry allowance setting in response to determining that the user is away from the premises, and arming at least the exterior doors and windows of the premises in response to determining that the user is occupying the premises; and
transmitting a notification message from the security system to a pre-selected mobile device at least in response to the automatically changed entry allowance.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of security system settings adjustment are provided, including receiving an alert communication for a predetermined area with a communications interface of a security system, transmitting a notification message from the security system to a pre-selected device in response to the received alert communication, and changing at least one security setting of the security system in response to at least one of the received alert communication.
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1. A method comprising:
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automatically changing an entry allowance setting of a security system of a premises based on a received alert communication for a predetermined geographic area from a system separate from the security system, wherein the alert communication results from a security condition within or near the predetermined geographic area, the changing the entry allowance setting including; determining whether a user is occupying the premises; and reducing a time period of the entry allowance setting in response to determining that the user is away from the premises, and arming at least the exterior doors and windows of the premises in response to determining that the user is occupying the premises; and transmitting a notification message from the security system to a pre-selected mobile device at least in response to the automatically changed entry allowance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19)
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10. A security system comprising:
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a communications interface to receive an alert communication for a predetermined geographic area from a system separate from the security system that results from a security condition within or near the predetermined geographic area; and a processor to automatically change an entry allowance setting in a memory coupled to the processor in response to the received alert communication, wherein the processor determines whether a user is occupying the premises and reduces a time period of the entry allowance setting in response to determining that the user is away from the premises, and arms at least the exterior doors and windows of the premises in response to determining that the user is occupying the premises, wherein the communications interface transmits a notification message from the security system to a pre-selected mobile device at least in response to the automatically changed entry allowance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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