Patent ID: 8310365

Claim:
A control system for a security system that includes a plurality of sensors, the control system comprising: a sensor communication device configured to communicatively couple to the plurality of sensors and to receive a plurality of sensor notifications from the plurality of sensors; and a processor communicatively coupled with the sensor communication device and configured to: receive, from a first sensor in the plurality of sensors, a first notification that the first sensor has detected a triggering condition, wherein the first notification comprises a location of the first sensor; set an alert state in response to receiving the first notification from the first sensor; receive, from a second sensor in the plurality of sensors, a second notification that the second sensor has detected a triggering condition, wherein the second notification comprises a location of the second sensor; compare the location of the first sensor to the location of the second sensor to determine whether the location of the first sensor and the location of the second sensor are within a predefined distance; and set an alarm state in response to the location of the first sensor and the location of the second sensor being within the predefined distance, wherein the alarm state has a higher priority level than the alert state.