Configurable remote notification of detected events

A method of notification to a remote user device of an event detected by a security sensor, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a remote service via a monitoring module, the event from the security sensor, the monitoring module having an interface for actively controlling one or more security sensors;
• determining a type of the event;
• identifying a notification action assigned to the type of the event;
• and
• communicating a notification of the event to the remote user device, using the identified notification action;
• and
• wherein the remote service is responsive to commands initiated by the remote user device, which is remote of the remote service and a location being monitored and which may be the remote user device or an alternative remote user device, to establish a link between the remote user device and the monitoring module to cause the interface thereof to initiate a change in the operative state of at least one of the security sensors.

A remote service comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory comprising instructions that are executable to configure the remote service to:
• receive an event notification from a monitored security sensor that forwards the event notification of an event via a monitoring module, the monitoring module having an interface for actively controlling one or more security sensors;
• determine, based on the received event notification, a type of the event;
• identify a notification action assigned to the type of the event;
• and
• transmit a notification to a remote user device using the identified notification action;
• wherein the remote service is responsive to commands initiated by the remote user device, which is remote of the remote service and a site being monitored and which may be the remote user device or an alternative remote user device, to establish a link between the remote user device and the monitoring module to cause the interface thereof to initiate a change in the operative state of at least one of the security sensors.