Home security system with automatic context-sensitive transition to different modes

摘要

A home security system may infer a mode of operation based on indications it receives regarding a user's behavior. The disclosed implementations provide for a vacation mode of operation that defines a response for a security event that differs from the response that would be provided by the home security system for the same security event if it operated in another mode such as an away mode.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a home security system, a first indication that a user is not on a premises of a home within a first period of time; placing the home security system into an away mode based on the first indication, wherein the away mode defines a first response for a security event; determining that the premises is unoccupied within a second period of time; placing the home security system into the away mode based on the determination that the premises is unoccupied within the second period of time; determining, by the home security system, within the second period of time, whether a second indication that the user will not return for an extended time is present; based on a determination that the second indication is present within the second period of time, placing the home security system into a vacation mode, wherein the vacation mode defines a second response for the security event, the second response being different from the first response; based on a determination that the second indication is not present within the second period of time,
initiating a timer that has a start time and an expiration time;determining whether the premises is unoccupied between the start time and the expiration time;based on a determination that the premises is unoccupied between the start time and the expiration time, placing the home security system into the vacation mode at the expiration time; detecting the security event; generating the second response based on the home security system operating in the vacation mode; and providing the second response.