Patent ID: 8254964

Claim:
In a first wireless communication device, a method of determining information related to a particular event based on information obtained by a plurality of second wireless communication devices associated with the particular event, the method comprising: receiving, by the first wireless communication device and from a motion detector of each of the plurality of second wireless communication devices, movement information for the plurality of second wireless communication devices; receiving, by the first wireless communication device and from a sound receiving portion of each of the plurality of second wireless communication devices, ambient sound related to the particular event; determining, by a processor of the first wireless communication device, a position of each of the plurality of second wireless communication devices; correlating, by the processor of the first wireless communication device, the movement information and the ambient sound to the particular event; determining, by the processor of the first wireless communication device, a location of the particular event, based on the position of the plurality of second wireless communication devices; and determining, by the processor of the first wireless communication device, a type of the particular event associated with the movement information and the ambient sound of the plurality of second wireless communication devices occurring at the location, based on the correlating and the location of the particular event.