Multifunction per-room home automation device

One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for monitoring an area, which, on execution by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

• monitoring, by a monitoring component implemented on the computer, the area associated with a structure;
• detecting a sound via at least one microphone associated with the computing device, the sound having a sound level associated therewith;
• based at least on the sound level being less than a threshold sound level, ignoring the sound;
• and
• based at least on the sound level being greater than or equal to the threshold sound level, performing at least one of a first action and a second action that is different than the first action, in which performing one of the first action and the second action includes:
• performing the first action based at least on the sound being either an unidentified sound or an identified sound that also is an unexpected sound;
• and
• performing the second action based at least on the sound being an identified sound that also is an expected sound.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory;
• and
• a monitoring component stored on the memory and executed by the processor to:
• monitor an area associated with a structure;
• detect a sound via at least one microphone communicatively coupled to the computing device, the sound having a sound level associated therewith;
• based at least on the sound level being less than a threshold sound level, ignore the sound;
• and
• based at least on the sound level being greater than or equal to the threshold sound level, perform at least one of a first action and a second action that is different than the first action, in which performing one of the first action and the second action includes:
• perform the first action based at least on the sound being either an unidentified sound or an identified sound that also is an unexpected sound;
• and
• perform the second action based at least on the sound being an identified sound that also is an expected sound.