Patent ID: 9703864
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08B,H04M,H04N,H04R

Claim:
1. A system, comprising: a hardware processor; and a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving outputs generated by a sound sensor associated with a security system, the outputs identifying a vector direction to a sound source, the sound source emitting an acoustic signal that stimulates the sound sensor; querying an electronic database for the vector direction, the electronic database electronically associating known sound signatures and vector directions; determining the vector direction generated by the sound sensor fails to match any of the known sound signatures in the electronic database; and determining a security event associated with the security system in response to the vector direction failing to match any of the known sound signatures in the electronic database.