Patent ID: 9111430
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a security system in a building comprising the steps of: establishing a database including a plurality of contacts and wherein at least one of the contacts has a plurality of notification methods, arranging the plurality of contacts and notification methods in the database into a hierarchy that varies based on at least the time of day and the day of the week and different locations within the building and on different types of emergencies and wherein for at least one combination of time of day, day of week, location within the building and type of emergency, the contact at the top of the hierarchy is a not an emergency responder, establishing an emergency condition, automatically sending only a single notification message to one of the contacts via a first notification method according to the hierarchy in response to the emergency condition being established and not sending the notification message to any emergency responder if the contact according to the hierarchy is not an emergency responder, receiving a response from the contact as one of accepted and rejected and unresponsive, and automatically sending the notification message to at least one of the same contact through a different notification method than the first notification method and to a different contact according to the hierarchy until one of the contacts accepts the notification message.