Abstract: A device can include a microphone, sound classifier circuitry to analyze signals from the microphone and determine a profile for each of the spliced segments, the profile indicating one or more spectral, time, or amplitude characteristics of the signals, a sounds profile memory to store sound profiles of audio sources in a building in which the device resides, arid sound profile manager circuitry to determine whether the profile sufficiently matches a sound profile of the sound profile memory and, in response to a determination that the sound profile does not sufficiently match any sound profiles in the sound profile memory, provide a communication to a sound profile exchange remote to the device, the communication requesting the sound profile exchange to determine an audio source to associate with the sound profile.

Abstract: An adaptive user interface for an HVAC system is described herein. One device includes a user interface configured to display information associated with a component of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, a wireless interface, wherein the wireless interface is configured to receive a voice communication from a user, wherein the voice communication includes information associated with the component of the HVAC system, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to enter the information associated with the component of the HVAC system included in the voice communication from the user in the display on the user interface.

Abstract: A mobile device includes a pressure sensor, a light sensor, a microphone, and a microphone cover. The mobile device is configured to power on upon one or more of an activation of the pressure sensor and a decrease in the intensity of light sensed by the light sensor. The microphone cover is configured to retract and expose the microphone upon one or more of the activation of the pressure sensor and the decrease in the intensity of light sensed by the light sensor.

Abstract: A mobile device includes a pressure sensor, a light sensor, a microphone, and a microphone cover. The mobile device is configured to power on upon one or more of an activation of the pressure sensor and a decrease in the intensity of light sensed by the light sensor. The microphone cover is configured to retract and expose the microphone upon one or more of the activation of the pressure sensor and the decrease in the intensity of light sensed by the light sensor.