Patent ID: 9728071
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing a plurality of wireless sensors of a security system that detects threats within a secured geographic area; displaying a list of at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors on a portable wireless device within the secured geographic area based upon a respective relative distance between the portable wireless device and each of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors; the portable wireless device transmitting a sensor-executable instruction to one of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors based upon a location of the one of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors within the list; the one of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors confirming the sensor-executable instruction via a control panel of the security system; and the one of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors executing the sensor-executable instruction, wherein the sensor-executable instruction comprises one of bypassing the one of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors, deactivating the one of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors, determining a battery status of the one of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors, and renaming the one of the at least some of the plurality of wireless sensors.