Patent ID: 8624743

Claim:
A method for communicating audio information from a pet owner at a remote location to a pet comprising: mounting a wireless receiver and speaker on the pet for receiving electronic signals containing audio information and converting said electronic signals into audio signals; providing a base station having a wireless transmitter of sufficient capability to communicate to transmit said electronic signals to said wireless receiver on said pet, said base station further in communication with a personal computer; equipping said personal computer with software that allows a user to record messages and save said recorded messages in an audio format for later playback by the base station; preparing, by said pet owner, an e-mail with an audio attachment at a remote location and sending said e-mail with an audio attachment to an email account designated for relaying audio messages to said pet; collecting e-mails corresponding to said e-mail account designated for relaying audio messages to said pet and extracting said audio attachment from said e-mail received in said e-mail account; and communicating said audio extracted from said e-mail to said base station, whereupon said base station wirelessly transmits said audio messages to said pet via said wireless receiver.