Electronic device with environmental monitoring

A computer-program product for use in conjunction with an environmental monitoring device, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a computer-program mechanism embedded therein to determine if an alarm device is activated, the computer-program mechanism including:

• instructions for receiving acoustic data from an acoustic sensor in the environmental monitoring device, wherein the acoustic data is based an measurements of sound in an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device;
• instructions for determining if the alarm device, which is separate from the environmental monitoring device, is activated based on the acoustic data;
• instructions for receiving sensor data from a sensor mechanism in the environmental monitoring device, wherein the sensor data indicates that a biological life form is present in the external environment;
• instructions for determining if the biological life form is present in the external environment based on the sensor data;
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• instructions for providing an output signal to an interface circuit in the environmental monitoring device if the alarm device is activated and the biological life form is present, wherein the interface circuit communicates that the biological life form is present to an electronic device in response to the output signal.

A control-mechanism-implemented method for determining if an alarm device is activated, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving acoustic data from an acoustic sensor in the environmental monitoring device, wherein the acoustic data is based on measurements of sound in an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device;
• using the control mechanism, determining if the alarm device, which is separate from the environmental monitoring device, is activated based on the acoustic data;
• receiving sensor data from a sensor mechanism in the environmental monitoring device, wherein the sensor data indicates that a biological life form is present in the external environment;
• determining if the biological life form is present in the external environment based on the sensor data;
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• providing an output signal to an interface circuit in the environmental monitoring device if the alarm device is activated and the biological life form is present, wherein the interface circuit communicates that the biological life form is present to an electronic device in response to the output signal.