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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2017
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Edward S. Boyden, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);
William D. Duncan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen L. Malaska, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a building having one or more microphones coupled to a telephone includes a detector configured to detect a triggering event within the building and transmit an activating signal when the triggering event is detected, and a control module configured to receive the activating signal from the detector. The control module is programmed to activate at least one of the one or more microphones to monitor sound when the activating signal is received.