Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving, selecting, and transmitting responsive commands for the monitoring and remote response to alarm or security conditions that may be detected in a property security system. The security system located at the designated property is in communications contact with the property owner or other designated individual/user/monitoring center via instant messaging technology or similar electronic communication methods with a device that the user can carry remotely.

Abstract: A method, a system and a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program for interactively developing a graphical control-flow structure and associated application software for use in a machine vision system is provided. The structure is a tree view structure including a control sequence having at least one node. The method includes providing a first set of control programs representing possible machine vision tasks. The first set of control programs defines a first set of standard controls. Hardware operating parameters are provided which correspond to possible hardware. The hardware operating parameters defining a second set of standard controls. Graphical representations of possible hardware and possible machine vision tasks are displayed. Commands are received from a user to select desired hardware operating parameters corresponding to desired hardware and a machine vision graphical representation and its associated first control program corresponding to a desired machine vision task.