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Smart watch for indicating emergency events

  • US 10,078,957 B2
  • Filed: 10/13/2017
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A smart watch for use in a cellular network, the smart watch comprising:

  • at least one processor;

    a memory;

    a touch screen configured to be in a locked state or an unlocked state;

    at least one contact of a user associated with the smart watch stored in the memory, wherein the at least one contact of the user is designated by the user as a contact that may automatically receive location information, via the cellular network, corresponding to the user in case of an emergency; and

    one or more modules stored in the memory and configured for execution by the at least one processor, the one or more modules comprising instructions;

    to, automatically place an emergency call, without any further user interaction, in response to information generated by the smart watch, wherein the smart watch is configured to generate the information, even when the touch screen is in the locked state, based on a specific input sequence to the smart watch comprising a first input provided by the user followed by a second input provided by the user, wherein the first input comprises an interaction with a button associated with the smart watch and the second input comprises a swipe interaction with the touch screen associated with the smart watch, andto, in response to the information received from the smart watch, automatically obtain a current location of the smart watch and transmit a message to the at least one contact of the user including the current location of the smart watch, and wherein the smart watch is configured to operate in a first power mode or a second power mode, wherein the first power mode comprises supplying power to a predetermined number of modules of the smart watch and the second power mode comprises supplying power to a subset of the number of modules of the smart watch, wherein the subset of the modules comprises fewer modules than the predetermined number of modules, and wherein even when the smart watch is in the second power mode, the smart watch is further configured to supply power to the subset of the predetermined number of modules comprising at least the instructions to automatically place the emergency call and at least a set of modules that are chosen based on a nature of the specific input sequence.

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