Patent ID: 8635806

Claim:
A pest trap reporting system, comprising: a plurality of pest traps, wherein each pest trap encloses, retains or kills one or more non-human pests; a pest report database that includes pest activity information for the plurality of pest traps; a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors associated with a different one of the plurality of pest traps, wherein each sensor senses pest activity in an area monitored by the respective sensor and generates a pest activity signal that includes pest activity information and pest trap identification information that identifies the pest trap with which the sensor is associated; a manual input device associated with one or more of the plurality of pest traps and configured to accept manual input when the one or more of the plurality pest traps are inspected, the manual input corresponding to at least one feedback parameter concerning the one or more of the plurality of pest traps; and a communication device including an RF transmitter and receiver that receives the pest activity signals and the at least one feedback parameter and is configured to communicate the pest activity signals and the at least one feedback parameter to the pest report database, and wherein the pest report database is updated upon receipt of the pest activity signal and the at least one feedback parameter based on the pest trap identification information.