Patent ID: 8589174

Claim:
A method for monitoring activity, comprising: monitoring, by a computing device having a computer processor and computer-readable code stored on a computer-readable medium and executable by the computer processor, a number of sensors activated by an individual, wherein the number of sensors are located in a dwelling of the individual; recording activations of the number of sensors on the computing device in communication with the number of sensors; determining a behavior routine of the individual with the computing device based on recorded activations of the number of sensors, wherein a number of patterns of a number of sensor activations are identified that indicate the individual performing a number of activities that make up the behavior routine; identifying a statistical change in the behavior routine with the computing device based on an analysis of the recorded sensor activations, wherein the analysis includes a comparison of the recorded sensor activations to a threshold; determining, with the computing device, a confidence level of the identification of the change in the behavior routine, wherein the confidence level is based on the analysis of the statistical changes in the data counts relative to expected data counts of sensor activations of a first group of the number of sensors with sensor activations of one or more groups of the number of sensors and wherein the confidence level provides a level of certainty that the change in the statistical changes in the data counts relative to expected data counts have exceeded a statistical threshold value; and initiating contact to a third party on a hierarchical list of third party contacts with the computing device in response to identifying the change in the behavior routine, wherein the third party on the hierarchical list to contact is selected based on a level of change in the behaviour routine and the confidence level.