Patent ID: 8542087

Claim:
An apparatus installable in an area occupied by an individual, said apparatus comprising: A) a microphone and video camera to provide sounds generated by the individual and an image of the individual; B) an audio and video transmitter connected to the microphone and camera to transmit a signal from said microphone and said video camera that is intercepted by a mobile telephone such that the signal can be heard and seen by an observer at a site remote from the individual; and C) means responsive to sounds of distress emanating from the individual to activate the mobile telephone of the observer, wherein when a distress sound begins, the distress sound and image are transmitted to a mobile telephone of the observer, wherein the device has a recorder connected to the processor and wherein the distress sounds are pre-programmed into a processor connected to the audio and video transmitter by recording particular distress sounds from the individual being monitored, so that only distress sounds that approximately match the pre-programmed distress sounds are transmitted to the mobile telephone.