Assistance procedures and assistance devices for determining an emergency situation within a residential unit.

Abstract

Assistance method and corresponding device for determining an emergency situation within a residential unit, wherein the assistance method comprises: measuring an electricity consumption value using an electricity meter at a measurement interval, the electricity meter having at least one telecommunications unit and / or being connected to a telecommunications network; transmitting data to a data processing device, wherein the data represents the electricity consumption value; assigning the data to a profile associated with the residential unit by the data processing device; comparing the data with a reference data spectrum associated with the profile from a plurality of reference data spectra, wherein the reference data spectrum defines at least one rule and at least one threshold associated with the rule; wherein the threshold is configured as a minimum threshold or as a maximum threshold;Determine, if the threshold is configured as a minimum threshold, whether the data falls below the minimum threshold, and, if the data falls below the minimum threshold, generate an alarm message.