Patent ID: 6950725

Claim:
A method of monitoring and automating a home using a network-based system including a server system coupled to a centralized database, at least one client system, and a plurality of sensors positioned throughout the home, said method comprising the steps of: receiving monitoring and automation (M&A) information from the client system; storing M&A information into the centralized database; cross-referencing M&A information; updating the centralized database periodically to maintain M&A information; monitoring M&A information within the home through the plurality of sensors, wherein monitoring M&A information comprises: recording, by a plurality of sensors, a date, a start time, an end time, and a duration of time an area of the home is occupied; and transferring from the sensors to the client system a date, a start time, an end time, and a duration of time an area of the home is occupied; performing M&A tasks in the home using the plurality of sensors based on M&A information inputted into the client system and monitored M&A data; and notifying a home owner of the monitored M&A data and the M&A tasks performed within the home.