Patent ID: 8248262

Claim:
An event recognition and response system, comprising: a plurality of event sensors including a location event sensor; an event recognition engine coupled to the plurality of event sensors; and an action profile database coupled to the event recognition engine, wherein the event recognition engine is operable to receive a location event input from the location event sensor and at least one other event input from at least one other event sensor of the plurality of event sensors, compare the location event input and the at least one other event input to a plurality of action profiles in the action profile database and, upon determining that at least one action profile in the action profile database is associated with the location event input and the at least one other event input, perform a predetermined action; wherein the predetermined action comprises providing a notification in response to the location event input corresponding to a first location event; and wherein the predetermined action comprises ignoring the at least one other event input in response to the location event input corresponding to a second location event that is different from the first location event.