Patent ID: 8159339

Claim:
A child monitoring system to monitor a child by a plurality of caregivers and a plurality of caregiver units, comprising: a first caregiver unit; at least one second caregiver unit, each of the second caregiver units specific to at least one caregiver of the plurality of caregivers, the second caregiver units configured to communicate amongst each other, wherein each said caregiver unit includes; a housing; a speaker configured within the housing to release the audible sound of the child; a microphone configured within the housing to detect the instructions of the at least one caregiver of the plurality of caregivers; a transceiver coupled to the housing configured to receive the signal responsive of the audible sound of the child, transmit the signal responsive of the instructions of the caregiver to the child monitoring unit, and communicate to at least one caregiver unit of the plurality of caregiver units; a button coupled onto the housing, the button configured to select a caregiver unit of the plurality of caregiver units to communicate to the caregiver unit; a child monitoring unit capable of communicating to the caregiver units, the child monitoring unit configured to, detect an audible sound of the child, transmit a signal responsive of the audible sound of the child to the first caregiver unit of the plurality of caregiver units, and receive a signal responsive of instructions of the at least one caregiver of the plurality of caregiver units from the second caregiver unit, wherein the child monitoring unit includes; a housing configured to accommodate the microphone, the transceiver and the speaker; a microphone configured within the housing to detect the audible sound of the child; a speaker configured within the housing to release the instructions of the at least one caregiver of the plurality of caregivers; a transceiver coupled to the housing configured to, transmit the signal responsive of the audible sound of the child to the at least one caregiver unit of the plurality of caregiver units, and receive the signal responsive of the instructions of the at least one caregiver of the plurality of caregiver units from the at least one caregiver unit; a button coupled onto the housing, the button configured to select a caregiver unit of the plurality of caregiver units to communicate to the caregiver unit; and a bidirectional antenna provided on the caregiver units and the child monitoring unit wherein the caregiver units are in bidirectional communication with the child monitoring unit.