Patent ID: 7701332

Claim:
A system for monitoring activity, comprising: a remote device comprising: a home/away sensor to be activated by an individual, wherein the individual is considered present when the base station receives signals from the home/away sensor and another sensor indicates the presence of the individual in a dwelling and the individual is considered absent when the base station does not receive signals from the home/away sensor and another sensor indicates an exit of the individual from the dwelling; and a transmitter actuated by the home/away sensor for transmitting a wireless signal indicative of an activation of the home/away sensor; a local interface, where the local interface receives the wireless signal from the transmitter associated with the remote device; and a base station operably coupled to the local interface, comprising: a receiver for receiving signals from a number of sensors to be activated by an individual; and a logic component to: institute multiple rules for determining whether to initiate an alert based upon one or more activations of the home/away sensor.