Patent ID: 8825043
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A cordless telephone system for notifying a home owner of a possible home security event in a home of the home owner, the cordless telephone system, comprising: a base unit having a base unit memory configured to store an alert telephone number for a mobile telephone of the home owner; and a plurality of handsets associated with the base unit, each handset having a digital signal processor configured to detect a noise level, wherein during a home security mode of operation of the cordless telephone system, each of the plurality of handsets is configured to: detect a noise level; compare the detected noise level to a threshold noise level; and in response to detecting that the noise level exceeds the threshold noise level, cause a call to be initiated to the mobile telephone of the home owner associated with the alert telephone number and a notification message to be presented to the home owner via the call to the mobile telephone, and wherein the notification message includes a location of a handset that has detected noise level that exceeds the threshold noise level.