Patent ID: 7509770

Claim:
A non-human pest reporting system for monitoring a building, comprising: a) a pest report database including pest activity information, pest device identification information and manual device status information; b) a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors positionable at locations within a single building, each of the sensors arranged and configured to monitor pest activity and to generate a pest activity signal, the pest activity signal including an identification designation for the respective sensor, each of the sensors further including a respective device proximate each sensor to accept manual input when each sensor is inspected, wherein the manual input is defined as a status signal, each of the respective devices is positioned at the same location as the sensor corresponding to the respective device, at least one of the plurality of sensors further including a pest trap that encloses, retains or kills one or more non-human pests; and c) a communication device, operatively connected to each of the sensors, for communicating the pest activity signal, the identification designation for each sensor, and the status signal to the report database; and wherein the pest report database is updated to include the pest signal occurrences and the status signal.