Patent ID: 8606230

Claim:
An intelligence gathering device for use by an investigator to gather intelligence information concerning a person being monitored by the investigator, the device comprising: a wireless phone comprising: a microphone for detecting sounds; a communication component for transmitting signals or data representative of the sounds to a computer via a wireless communication network; a display for displaying information related to operation of the wireless phone; a computer-readable medium; a computing device operatively coupled with the microphone, the communication component, the display, and the computer readable medium; and a computer program stored on the computer-readable medium of the wireless phone, the computer program including a code segment that permits the investigator to place the device in a stealth mode in which the display is operable to be turned off or deactivated, in response to receiving commands from the investigator that would turn the intelligence gathering device off completely when not in the stealth mode, while the microphone continues to detect sounds and the communication component continues to transmit signals or data representative of the sounds to the computer so that the investigator may use the wireless phone to record conversations of the person being monitored.