Patent Document ID: 9986313
Application ID: 15349811
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of predicting, detecting, or responding to one or more events occurring at a remote site being monitored by a local monitoring system, the method comprising: receiving descriptive information concerning the site being monitored including at least one of a two-dimensional floorplan of at least part of the site, a three-dimensional layout of at least part of the site, and external environmental conditions around the site; receiving identifying information concerning location, type, and characteristics of a plurality of sensors operating at the site; determining one or more plausible preliminary events that could occur at the site and that could be detected by the plurality of sensors responsive to analysis of the descriptive information and the identifying information; determining one or more parameter thresholds associated with each plausible preliminary event; receiving monitoring information collected from at least one of the plurality of sensors operating at the site, the plurality of sensors disposed in one or more base units, each base unit comprising: a housing; and one or more of the plurality of sensors disposed within the housing, each of the plurality of sensors configured to detect one or more parameters, the one or more of the plurality of sensors including a first sensor configured to measure a first parameter of the one or more parameters; determining whether at least one of the one or more plausible preliminary events is suspected, is in progress, or has occurred responsive to a determination that a first parameter threshold of the one or more parameter thresholds associated with the plausible preliminary event have been met or exceeded based on the monitoring information received, the first parameter threshold being associated with the first parameter; controlling a second sensor of the plurality of sensors to determine whether a plausible event associated with the plausible preliminary event is suspected, is in progress, or has occurred responsive to the determination that the plausible preliminary event is suspected, is in progress, or has occurred, the second sensor configured to detect a second parameter of the one or more parameters; and controlling an external device communicatively coupled to the one or more base units in response to determining that the plausible event is suspected, is in progress, or has occurred, the external device being located at the site, and the controlling of the second sensor and the external device including at least one of activating, altering an operational state of, or increasing an amount of power consumed by the second sensor and the external device.