US 12,236,772 B2
Handling duress input
Rose Blais Alexander, McLean, VA (US); Rebecca Elisabeth Davenport, Falls Church, VA (US); and Alison Jane Slavin, Falls Church, VA (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/990,950.
Application 17/990,950 is a continuation of application No. 17/019,826, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,508,233.
Application 17/019,826 is a continuation of application No. 16/720,784, filed on Dec. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,783,770, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 16/720,784 is a continuation of application No. 16/293,056, filed on Mar. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,522,029, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Application 16/293,056 is a continuation of application No. 16/102,284, filed on Aug. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,229,585, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Application 16/102,284 is a continuation of application No. 15/798,141, filed on Oct. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,049,560, issued on Aug. 14, 2018.
Application 15/798,141 is a continuation of application No. 15/612,660, filed on Jun. 2, 2017, granted, now 9,805,586, issued on Oct. 31, 2017.
Application 15/612,660 is a continuation of application No. 14/533,203, filed on Nov. 5, 2014, granted, now 9,672,727, issued on Jun. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/899,907, filed on Nov. 5, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080485 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 25/01 (2006.01); G08B 15/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 25/016 (2013.01) [G08B 25/008 (2013.01); G08B 25/14 (2013.01); G08B 15/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a device that controls one or more operations of a monitoring system at a property, user input that indicates a user providing the user input is involved in a duress situation; and
in response to determining that the user input is a duress user input that indicates a user providing the duress user input is involved in a duress situation:
disarming the monitoring system or canceling an alarm of the monitoring system; and
obtaining, by a microphone connected to the device, audio from the property that is different data from the duress user input.