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Self monitoring or professional system?As more home automation technology emerges, a growing number of homeowners are opting for self monitored security equipment
over systems that are monitored by professional security companies. Indeed, nearly half of Americans 49 percent say they are
open to installing their own home security system, according to a 2016 LivSecure survey. Of course, there are pros and cons of taking this DIY approach. Because there's no monthly fee, many self monitoring systems are cheaper than professional home security systems. Proponents also say self monitoring versions give homeowners a better sense of control over protecting their domain through access to live video feeds, mobile alerts, smartphone technology and other self monitoring tools. Still, a traditional, professionally monitored home security system has advantages. Professional security systems will automatically alert authorities in an emergency situation, such as a break in or a fire. With self monitoring systems, you have to make the call. Also, with a security provider, "you have someone to contact should your system have any kind of service issues," Walters says. A security company "can send out a technician to troubleshoot and fix a panel that's gone bad, which you don't have with a DIY approach. "A security provider can also keep eyes on your house when you're away on vacation, Guilbeau points out.
Blandit Etiam
Each of the above identified elements may be stored in one or more of the previously mentioned memory devices, and corresponds to a set of instructions for performing a function described above. The above identified modules or programs i. e. , sets of instructions need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures, modules or data structures, and thus various subsets of these modules may be combined or otherwise rearranged in various implementations. In some implementations, the memory 606, optionally, stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, the memory 606, optionally, stores additional modules and data structures not described above. In some implementations, the server side module 314 of the server
system 164 determines that a user press is being applied on a button of a doorbell camera 106, and in accordance with the determination,
sends a push notification to a user mobile application 624 executed on a client device 220. Optionally, when such a notification is pushed into the client device 220, the user mobile application 624 is automatically activated to display a user interface to receive a user response. Alternatively, in some implementations, the server system 164 detects motion or recognizes a face of a person in a field of view of the doorbell camera 106 based on video images recorded by the camera 106. In accordance with the detection or the recognition, the server system 164 sends a push notification to the user mobile application 624 executed on the client device 220 in association with the doorbell camera 106. Optionally, facial recognition is implemented on device i.
