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 by a channel allocation controller of a telephone network, allocating, by said channel allocation controller, a half duplex listen only channel between a caller telephony device and said remote location telephony device via said telephone network;
activating, by said channel allocation controller, a microphone at said remote location telephony device via said listen only channel by a signal transmitted from said channel allocation controller to said remote location telephony device;
streaming audio detected at said microphone via said listen only channel to said caller telephony device, such that said channel allocation controller of 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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20 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 by a channel allocation controller of a telephone network, allocating, by said channel allocation controller, a half duplex listen only channel between a caller telephony device and said remote location telephony device via said telephone network; activating, by said channel allocation controller, a microphone at said remote location telephony device via said listen only channel by a signal transmitted from said channel allocation controller to said remote location telephony device; streaming audio detected at said microphone via said listen only channel to said caller telephony device, such that said channel allocation controller of 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, 7)
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8. A system for controlling a telephone network for telephony based remote location monitoring, comprising:
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a telephone network comprising a channel allocation controller for allocating communication channels between a caller telephony device and a remote location telephony device; said channel allocation controller, responsive to receiving a caller request to listen only to said remote location telephony device, operative to allocate a half duplex listen only channel between said caller telephony device and said remote location telephony device via said telephone network; said channel allocation controller operative to active a microphone at said remote location telephony device via said listen only channel by a signal transmitted from said channel allocation controller to said remote location telephony device; and said telephone network operative to stream audio detected at said microphone via said listen only channel to said caller telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for controlling a telephone network for telephony based remote location monitoring, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to allocate, by a channel allocation controller of a telephone network, a half duplex listen only channel between a caller telephony device and a remote location telephony device via said telephone network, responsive to receiving a caller request to listen only to said remote location telephony device; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices to active by the channel allocation controller a microphone at said remote location telephony device via said listen only channel by a signal transmitted from said channel allocation controller to said remote location telephony device; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to stream audio detected at said microphone via said listen only channel to said caller telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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