Patent ID: 7629883

Claim:
A baby monitor system, comprising: a baby unit configured to detect an audible sound and configured to transmit a signal representative of the detected audible sound via a communication link; a parent unit configured to receive, via the communication link, the signal transmitted by the baby unit and configured to substantially reproduce the audible sound based on the received signal; an actuator configured to activate a temporary muting function of the system for a determined period of time, the temporary muting function temporarily disabling the reproduction of the audible sound by the parent unit during the determined period of time; and a mode selector configured to place the system in one of at least two modes of operation including a silence mode in which the temporary muting function operates to cause the parent unit to output no sound during the determined period of time and a music mode in which the temporary muting function operates to cause the parent unit to output music during the determined period of time.