Patent ID: 8626496

Claim:
A method comprising: monitoring activity in an environment, the activity being audio activity, wherein monitoring the activity in the environment includes operating a device, the device being arranged to capture the activity during a first time interval, the first time interval being between a first time and a second time; storing a snippet of the activity, the snippet having a particular duration, the snippet being arranged to end at the second time, wherein storing the snippet of the activity includes storing the snippet in a storage module; determining when a request to provide the snippet is obtained from a party; accessing the storage module to obtain the snippet when it is determined that the request to play the snippet is obtained from the party, wherein the request to provide the snippet is obtained at the second time; providing the snippet to the party if it is determined that the request to provide the snippet is obtained; and activating a recording and storing function that stores more than the particular duration when it is determined that more than a particular number of requests to provide a snippet have been obtained within a particular time interval.