Abstract: An apparatus is provided including a security system, an IP video door phone coupled to the security system, the IP video door phone further carries an interactive display, a gesture file that stores a two-dimensional sequence of positions, a comparison processor that detects contact by a human user with the interactive display, that compares a sequence of positions made by the contact on the interactive display with the positions of the gesture file and that detects a match; and an alarm processor that sends an alarm message to the security system upon detecting the match.