Minimizing false alarms based on identified presence detection

A method for determining occurrences of false alarms triggered by an intrusion detection system, comprising:

• measuring physical attributes of a moving person or animal that is moving through a premises by a computing device, comprising a processor device and a memory, by processing received sensor data from a plurality of non-video and non-audio sensor devices that are installed at the premises, the plurality of non-video and non-audio sensor devices sensing the physical attributes of the moving person or animal;
• receiving, by the computing device, an assertion of an alarm condition from the intrusion detection system installed at the premises;
• retrieving, by the computing device, from a database, profile records of expected persons or animals that are expected to be in the premises, wherein each profile record comprises fields for storing values of respective physical attributes of a respective person or animal, wherein the respective physical attributes uniquely identify the respective person or animal;
• determining, by the computing device, a presence or an absence of one or more matches between the physical attributes of the moving person or animal as sensed only by the plurality of non-video and non-audio sensor devices and corresponding physical attributes stored in corresponding fields in the profile records;
• determining, by the computing device, based on the presence or the absence of the one or more matches, whether to confirm the assertion of the alarm condition from the intrusion detection system;
• and
• sending, by the computing device, a confirmation state of the assertion of the alarm condition to the intrusion detection system.

A method for determining occurrences of false alarms triggered by an intrusion detection system, comprising:

• measuring physical attributes of a moving person or animal that is moving through a premises by a computing device that is processing received sensor data from a plurality of non-video and non-audio sensor devices installed at the premises;
• receiving by the computing device an assertion of an alarm condition from the intrusion detection system installed at the premises;
• retrieving, by the computing device from a remote database, profile records of expected persons or animals that are expected to be in the premises, wherein each profile record comprises fields for storing values of respective physical attributes of a respective person or animal, wherein the respective physical attributes have been measured by the plurality of non-video and non-audio sensor devices and uniquely identify the respective person or animal;
• determining, by the computing device, a presence or an absence of one or more matches between the physical attributes of the moving person or animal as sensed only by the plurality of non-video and non-audio sensor devices and corresponding physical attributes stored in corresponding fields in the profile records retrieved from the remote database;
• determining, by the computing device, based on the presence or the absence of the one or more matches, whether to confirm the assertion of the alarm condition from the intrusion detection system;
• and
• sending, by the computing device, a confirmation state of the assertion of the alarm condition to the intrusion detection system.