Electronic device and method for providing emergency video call service

• US 10,003,944 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Woo-Jun, Lee, Ju-Seung, Cha, Soon-Hyun, Hwang, Sun-Min
• Primary Examiner(s): AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
• Application Number:
  US14/699,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,147 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041, 4554042, 455466, 455 412, 455518, 370338
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1176 Recognition of faces
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Disclosed herein are an electronic device and a method executable therein. The electronic device includes a communication module, and a processor executing the method, which includes detecting the generation of a specific event, controlling the communication module to transmit a message to one or more other electronic devices located within a predetermined range, and control the communication module to communicate with the one or more other electronic devices based on a request from the one or more second electronic devices.

Claims

1. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting that a heart rate of a user of the electronic device has exceeded at least one of a minimum or a maximum threshold;

in response to detecting the heart rate of the user of the electronic device has exceeded at least one of a minimum or a maximum threshold;

transmitting a message to initiate a phone call to a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device displays a streaming video data using an associated Uniform Resource Locator (URL);

transmitting the streaming video data regarding the user generated by the electronic device to a device accessing the associated URL; and

transmitting a predetermined textual message to at least one third electronic device located within a predetermined range of the electronic device; and

providing the URL to one or more other electronic devices based on requests from the one or more other electronic devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the message comprises:

enabling a wireless communication module included in the electronic device; and

transmitting a specific message to the one or more other electronic device using the enabled wireless communication module.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the wireless communication module includes at least one of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), WiFi, and Bluetooth modules.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes an ID of the electronic device and a Bluetooth Media Access Control (MAC) address or WiFi Service Set IDentifier (SSID) information of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting position information to the one or more other electronic devices.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing video emergency call with the one or more other electronic devices.

7. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a first message including a predetermined textual message from an external electronic device within a predetermined range of the electronic device;

displaying the received first message including a plurality of menus selectable to retrieve information related to the external electronic device, the plurality of menus including at least a video emergency call join option selectable to perform a video emergency call with the external electronic device, and an identify position option selectable to display a map indicating a position of the external electronic device relative to the electronic device; and

in response to detecting selection of the video emergency call join option, joining a video call between the external electronic device and a third party electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving an identification of the external electronic device and a Bluetooth Media Access Control (MAC) address or WiFi Service Set IDentifier (SSID) information of the external electronic device;

enabling a wireless communication module; and

when the external electronic device is discovered, receiving a second message which is an emergency message,

wherein the plurality of menus of the received first message further includes a receive image option selectable to request a still image captured by the external electronic device and control the display to remove the plurality of menus and display the still image.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor, configured to;

detect that a heart rate of a user of the electronic device has exceeded at least one of a minimum or a maximum threshold;

in response to detect the heart rate of the user of the electronic device has exceeded at least one of a minimum or a maximum threshold;

control the communication module to transmit a message to initiate a phone call to a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device displays a streaming video data using the associated Uniform Resource Locator (URL);

control the communication module to transmit the streaming video data regarding the user generated by the electronic device to a device accessing the associated URL; and

control the communication module to transmit a predetermined textual message to at least one third electronic device located within a predetermined range of the electronic device; and

control the communication module to provide the URL to one or more other electronic devices based on a request from the one or more other electronic devices.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the communication module includes at least one of BLE, WiFi, and Bluetooth modules.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the message includes an ID of the electronic device and a Bluetooth Media Access Control (MAC) address or WiFi Service Set IDentifier (SSID) information of the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to control the communication module to transmit position information to the one or more other electronic devices.

13. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to control the communication module to execute video emergency call with the one or more other electronic devices.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a communication module;

a display; and

at least one processor, configured to;

receive a first message including a predetermined textual message from an external electronic device within a predetermined range of the electronic device;

control the display to display the received first message including a plurality of menus selectable to retrieve information related to the external electronic device, wherein the plurality of menus comprise a video emergency call join option selectable to execute a video emergency call with the external electronic device and an identify position option selectable to display a map indicating a position of the external electronic device relative to the electronic device; and

in response to detecting selection of the video emergency call join menu, control the communication module to join a video call including the external electronic device and a third party electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the communication module is configured to receive an identification of the external electronic device and a Bluetooth Media Access Control (MAC) address or WiFi Service Set IDentifier (SSID) information of the external electronic device, and receive a second message corresponding to an emergency message when the external electronic device is discovered, and

wherein the plurality of menus of the received first message further includes a receive image option selectable to request a still image captured by the external electronic device and control the display to remove the plurality of menus and display the still image.