Patent ID: 8890680

Claim:
A method for monitoring a building comprising: (1) monitoring a building for adverse conditions; (2) generating an alert when an adverse condition is detected; (3) sending the alert to a mobile device to inform a user of the adverse condition; (4) asking the user with the mobile device to respond to the alert by one of (i) sending a first response to deactivate the alert, or (ii) sending a second response to request one or more appropriate responders be sent to the building to address the adverse condition; (5) when the first response sent by the user is received, deactivating the alert based on the reception of the first response; (6) when the second response sent by the user is received, charging the user, based on the reception of the second response, for requesting one or more appropriate responders to be sent to the building to address the adverse condition; and (7) when the first response and the second response sent by the user are not received within a period of time, charging the user, based on the first response and the second response not being received within the period of time, for requesting one or more appropriate responders to be sent to the building to address the adverse condition; wherein steps (1)-(7) are performed with one or more processors.