Abstract: Methods are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide detecting an alarm event, determining whether the alarm event is a deviation from predefined criteria, and transmitting an alert notification to users of the security system if the alarm event is a deviation from the predefined criteria. The predefined criteria may relate to the location or type of one or more sensors of the security system, the location of users of the security system, the time of day, activities within the premises, and/or behavioral patterns of the users learned by the security system. Information transmitted in the alert notification may relate to the location of one or more users of the security system, the data recorded by one or more sensors of the security system, the state of alert of the security system, and/or confidential information required to terminate the alarm event.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for importing test specifications from a design document into testing software for performing testing in a manufacturing environment is disclosed. A design document is written in a structured format, within a spreadsheet, word-processor document, XML file, or other document. Importer software extracts the testing information from the structured format and translates the information into a format that is readable by testing software. The translated information is then submitted to the testing software for testing the product described in the design document.