Patent ID: 8265597

Claim:
An intelligence gathering device comprising: a microphone for detecting sounds; a communication component for transmitting signals or data representative of the sounds to a computer via a wireless communication network; a display for displaying information related to operation of the device; a computing device operatively coupled with the microphone, the communication component, and the display; and a computer program stored on a physical computer-readable medium accessible by the computing device, the computer program including a code segment to place the device in a stealth mode in which the display is operable to be turned off to make all components of the intelligence gathering device appear to be turned off while the microphone continues to detect sounds and the communication component continues to transmit signals or data representative of the sounds via internet protocol (IP) data channels to the computer, the computer program further including a code segment operable to display graphics indicative of the device being in the process of turning off while the microphone continues to detect sounds and the communication component continues to transmit signals or data representative of the sounds when the device is in the stealth mode.