Patent ID: 8816860

Claim:
A system for monitoring activation of a fluid dispenser comprising a fluid dispenser for dispensing fluid and a sound sensing mechanism remote from the fluid dispenser, the fluid dispenser dispensing fluid when activated by a user, the fluid dispenser includes a fluid pump for dispensing fluid on movement of an actuator activated by the user, the fluid dispenser including a sound generator which generates a sound when the fluid dispenser is activated by the user, the sound generator comprises an air whistle which produces the sound from a stream of pressurized air, the fluid dispenser includes an air pump for pressurizing air on movement of the actuator and delivering the stream of pressurized air to the air whistle, the sound sensing mechanism separate from and spaced from the fluid dispenser, the sound sensing mechanism including a sound sensor to sense the sound generated by the sound generator, the sound sensing mechanism including a communication mechanism to transmit data representative of the sound sensed by the sound generator to a remote computer.