Patent ID: 9686223
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G08B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: creating a friends list through a social networking site, wherein the friends list includes a plurality of friends; a processor of a security system detecting an event within a secured geographic area of the security system, wherein the event includes an intruder opening a door or the intruder opening a window of the secured geographic area; the processor of the security system determining an on-line presence for each of the plurality of friends to create an on-line subset of the plurality of friends, wherein the online subset of the plurality of friends includes users accessing the social networking site at a time that the processor of the security system determines the on-line presence for each of the plurality of friends; the processor of the security system determining a respective geolocation for each of the on-line subset of the plurality of friends; the processor of the security system selecting a first friend of the on-line subset of the plurality of friends having the respective geolocation located nearest to the secured geographic area; the processor of the security system sending an alert to the first friend notifying the first friend of the event; and selecting and notifying a second friend of the plurality of friends when the first friend does not respond to the alert after a predetermined time period.