Patent ID: 8917181

Claim:
A method for monitoring an individual, comprising: providing a monitoring system having a control device in communication with an appliance; determining a routine usage of the appliance by an the individual; prior to an alarm situation, alerting a third party that the individual is using the appliance by displaying, in real time, the individual's use of the appliance on a display, the control device detecting a deviation from the routine usage of the appliance; the monitoring system displaying a picture of the appliance on a communication device of the individual and sending an instruction to the individual to turn off the appliance, the individual failing to turn off the appliance within a time period, the control device automatically sending an alarm signal to a remote communication device of the third party; the third party remotely manipulating the appliance in real time by sending a manipulation signal from the remote communication device to the control device; and the control device receiving the manipulation signal and verifying an identifying number of the communication device as being registered before sending a turning off signal to the appliance to remove the deviation from the routine usage without involving the individual.