Patent ID: 9704376
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G08B

Claim:
1. A method for security and/or automation systems, comprising: detecting, by a processor, a presence of a first person in a residence; activating, by the processor, a first state of the automation system based at least in part on the detecting; and dynamically adjusting, by the processor, an alarm threshold associated with a barrier to an entry of the residence based at least in part on the activating, wherein dynamically adjusting the alarm threshold comprises: sensing when the barrier to the entry of the residence has been opened from an interior of the residence; and alerting the first person of the sensing, and wherein dynamically adjusting the alarm threshold further comprises: identifying when the first person has exited the residence; and deactivating an alert a first alarm within a first portion of the residence and activating a second alarm within a second portion of the residence when the first person reenters the residence within a predetermined time threshold.