Marie Van Brittan Brown and the Home Security System

Who is credited with inventing the first home security system?

• Albert L. Brown

• The New York Times

• Marie Van Brittan Brown

• An unnamed electronics technician

What profession did Marie Van Brittan Brown hold?

• Electronics technician

• Nurse

• Patent clerk

• Inventor

Why did Marie Van Brittan Brown feel the need to invent a home security system?

• She wanted to create a new product for the market.

• She was interested in technology and innovation.

• She wanted to feel safer at home due to rising crime rates.

• She was assigned the task by her employer.

What technology did the home security system invented by the Browns use to allow occupants to see visitors at the door?

• Telephone

• Closed-circuit television

• Radio transmission

• Alarm bells

In what year was the patent for the home security system filed?

• 1966

• 1969

• 1971

• 1960

What was the outcome of the patent filed for the home security system?

• It was never approved.

• It was approved three years later.

• It was immediately put into production.

• It was rejected due to technical issues.

What was the year when Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown filed the patent for their home security system?

• 1969

• 1966

• 1971

• 2005

Marie Van Brittan Brown's invention is recognized as the predecessor of what modern technology?

• Smartphones

• Home security systems

• Personal computers

• Electric vehicles

When did companies first offer CCTV to residential consumers, according to the text?

• 1999

• 2005

• 1969

• 1971

By what year is the home security business in North America expected to triple?

• 2020

• 2024

• 2030

• 1999