Patent ID: 11969901
Assignee: ADEMCO INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for monitoring a condition in or near a building, wherein the building includes one or more sensors each detecting a sensed condition, the method comprising:
storing one or more rules, each rule defining a rule defined event that is detectable via one or more of the sensed conditions sensed by the one or more the sensors;
monitoring the one or more sensed conditions of the one or more sensors over time;
repeatedly applying the one or more rules to the one or more sensed conditions to identify a sensed condition that matches a particular rule defined event defined by the one or more rules;
in response to identifying that the sensed condition sensed by a sensor of the one or more sensors matches the particular rule defined event, dispatching a robotic sentinel to a location in the building associated with the sensor to communicate with the sensor and to poll, using direct communication, the sensor for an updated one or more sensed conditions; and
in response to determining that the updated one or more sensed conditions matches the particular rule defined event, activating a camera on the robotic sentinel.