Patent ID: 8201522

Claim:
An apparatus for communicating with an animal comprising: a housing, the housing having therein: a speaker; telecommunications link circuitry; a camera; a power supply; an amplifier connected to the telecommunications link circuitry, power supply, and speaker to amplify a weak audio signal from the telecommunications link circuitry; a scent reservoir, scent door, and scent door solenoid, the scent door solenoid operably connected to the scent door, the scent door selectively covering the scent reservoir; a fan; a microcontroller; a programmable input/output chip; and a telephony chip set; the programmable input/output chip and microcontroller being in electrical communication with one another; the camera and scent door solenoid being in electrical communication with the programmable input/output chip; and the fan being in electrical communication with the programmable input/output chip and configured to blow air at the scent reservoir.