Patent ID: 8390462

Claim:
A system for monitoring a person in a residence, the system comprising: a location system in a residence, wherein the location system includes a first component coupled to a person to be monitored and a plurality of second components located in the residence that interact with the first component; a set-top box device to: receive an output from the location system, wherein the output indicates a location of the person in the residence; send data from the set-top box device to a monitoring service, wherein the data includes the location of the person in the residence and a time stamp of the output; receive an activation request from the monitoring service when, based on an analysis of the data received from the set-top box device, one or more alert conditions are satisfied; issue a prompt to the person, wherein the prompt is issued in response to receiving the activation request; and activate, based on a response to the prompt, a video camera coupled to the set-top box device.