TELEPHONY BASED REMOTE LOCATION MONITORING
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a telephone network for telephony based remote location monitoring, comprising:
- responsive to receiving a caller request to listen only to a remote location telephony device, allocating a listen only channel between a caller telephony device and said remote location telephony device;
activating a microphone at said remote location telephony device via said listen only channel;
streaming audio detected at said microphone via said listen only channel to said caller telephony device, such that said telephone network enables a caller to monitor a remote location through said remote location telephony device with minimized allocation of telephone network resources.
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Abstract
A method, system, and program for telephony based remote location monitoring are provided. A telephone network receives the caller request to listen only to a remote location telephony device. The telephone network allocates a listen only channel between the caller telephony device and the remote location telephony device. The telephone network activates a microphone at the remote location telephony device via the listen only channel. Then, audio detected at the microphone is streamed via the listen only channel to the caller telephony device, such that the telephone network enables a caller to monitor a remote location through the remote location telephony device with minimized allocation of telephone network resources.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a telephone network for telephony based remote location monitoring, comprising:
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responsive to receiving a caller request to listen only to a remote location telephony device, allocating a listen only channel between a caller telephony device and said remote location telephony device;
activating a microphone at said remote location telephony device via said listen only channel;
streaming audio detected at said microphone via said listen only channel to said caller telephony device, such that said telephone network enables a caller to monitor a remote location through said remote location telephony device with minimized allocation of telephone network resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 22)
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7. A system for controlling a telephone network for telephony based remote location monitoring, comprising:
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a telephone network for allocating communication channels between a caller telephony device and a remote location telephony device;
said telephone network further comprising;
means, responsive to receiving a caller request to listen only to said remote location telephony device, for allocating a listen only channel between said caller telephony device and said remote location telephony device;
means for activating a microphone at said remote location telephony device via said listen only channel;
means for streaming audio detected at said microphone via said listen only channel to said caller telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 29)
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13. A computer program product for controlling a telephone network for telephony based remote location monitoring, comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on said recording medium, for allocating a listen only channel between a caller telephony device and a remote location telephony device, responsive to receiving a caller request to listen only to said remote location telephony device;
means, recorded on said recording medium, for activating a microphone at said remote location telephony device via said listen only channel;
means, recorded on said recording medium, for streaming audio detected at said microphone via said listen only channel to said caller telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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23-28. -28. (canceled)
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30-54. -54. (canceled)
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