Patent ID: 8350694

Claim:
A system for monitoring a property, the system comprising: a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property and includes one or more sensors that are installed at the property and that are configured to sense attributes of the property; a native mobile device monitoring application loaded onto a mobile device that is provided separately from the monitoring system by a company that is different than a company that provides the monitoring system, the native mobile device monitoring application including instructions that, when executed by the mobile device, cause the mobile device to perform operations comprising: performing a synchronization process to synchronize the native mobile device monitoring application with the monitoring system that is configured to monitor the property; based on the synchronization, receiving one or more data communications descriptive of sensor events detected by the monitoring system at the property; causing display, on a display device of the mobile device, of a status interface area that includes status information related to the monitoring system based on the received one or more data communications; causing display, on the display device of the mobile device, of a control interface area that enables a user to provide user input to control the monitoring system; receiving user input defining a control operation for the monitoring system based on the control interface area; and based on the received user input and the synchronization, sending one or more control communications that cause the monitoring system to perform the control operation defined by the received user input.