Personal cloud with a plurality of modular capabilities

• US 10,159,430 B1
• Filed: 01/28/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro Mobio Corporation
• Original Assignee: Micro Mobio Corporation
• Inventors: Filipovic, Zlatko Aurelio, Wang, Weiping, Wang, Adam James
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Forrest M
• Application Number:
  US15/418,727
• Time in Patent Office: 696 Days
• Field of Search: 36167955
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1117 Fall detection
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
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• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 : comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
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• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724092 : Interfacing with an external cover providing additional functionalities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724094 : Interfacing with a device worn on the user's body to provide access to telephonic functionalities, e.g. accepting a call, reading or composing a message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724095 : Worn on the wrist, hand or arm
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 : Access point devices

Abstract

A personal cloud structure for a portable computing device such as a tablet personal computer (PC), mobile phones, portable media players, or the like. The personal cloud structure may be fitted with memory, a network connection, two-way wireless charging, external memory slots, external connections and other components to create a portable personal cloud. The personal cloud structure may be a wearable device capable of detecting when the wearer has fallen and sending out an emergency signal.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a wearable device having;

a housing having a processor coupled to a visual touch screen display, a wireless communication system, a memory, a power source, and a plurality of sensors; and

wherein one of the plurality of sensors is an accelerometer to detect rapid height change of the housing and send the information to the processor and the processor is configured to process the information to determine if the housing has fallen to the ground; and

a Handy Base Station (HBS) which is capable of processing signals which are exchanged with the wireless communication system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device further comprises:

a band for attaching the housing to a person'"'"'s body and wherein said processor is capable of determining if the person has fallen to the ground.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure vital signs of a wearer of the wearable device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is further configured to:

send out an emergency wireless signal through the wireless communication system if it is determined the housing has fallen to the ground.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein one of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure vital signs of a wearer of the wearable device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the vital signs include heart rate of the wearer.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to store a medical history of a wearer of the wearable device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of sensors monitors the air environment surrounding the housing and sends air environment information to the processor and the processor is configured to analyze the air environment information and display the results on the visual touch screen display.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication system has a low power transmit mode to conserve power from the power source and a high power transmit mode to draw more power from the power source and transmit a wireless signal farther than in the lower power transmit mode.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the wireless communications system is configured to go into high power transmit mode when a detection by the processor that the housing has fallen to the ground and send an emergency signal to a network including vital signs and medical history of a wearer of the wearable device.

11. A system for detecting a fall of a wearer of a wearable device comprising:

a wearable device comprising;

a housing having a processor coupled to a visual touch screen display, a wireless communication system, a memory, and a plurality of sensors; and

wherein one of the plurality of sensors is an accelerometer to detect rapid height change of the housing from the ground and send the height data to the processor and the processor is configured to process the height data to determine if the housing has fallen to the ground; and

a Handy Base Station (HBS) capable of wireless communication with the wireless communication system of the wearable device and a network, wherein the HBS is configured to receive and process the information that the housing has fallen to the ground.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the HBS is further configured to:

in response to information that the housing has fallen to the ground, send a health inquiry message to the housing.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the wearable device is further configured to:

display the health inquiry message on the visual touch screen display.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the HBS is further configured to:

in response to information that the housing has fallen to the ground, send a health inquiry message over a speaker asking for a response.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the HBS is further configured to:

wait for a predetermined time period after the health inquiry message is sent to determine if a response to the health inquiry message is received by the HBS and send an emergency request message to a network if the response is not received at the HBS in that predetermined time period.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein one of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure vital signs of a wearer of the wearable device.

17. A method comprising:

monitoring the height of a wearable device having a housing having a processor coupled to a visual touch screen display, a wireless communication system, a memory, and a plurality of sensors wherein one of the plurality of sensors is an accelerometer to detect rapid height change of the housing from the ground and send height data to the processor and the processor is configured to process the height data to determine if the housing has fallen to the ground;

upon a fall of the wearable device sending out through the wireless communication device to a Handy Base Station (HBS) an emergency signal indicating a fall has occurred; and

processing the emergency signal at the HBS.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

in response to the emergency signal, send a health inquiry message from the HBS to the housing.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

displaying the health inquiry message on the visual touch screen display of the wearable device.

20. The method claim 17, further comprising:

in response to information that the housing has fallen to the ground, the HBS sends a health inquiry message over a speaker asking for a response.

21. The method claim 18, further comprising:

waiting for a predetermined time period after the health inquiry message is sent to determine if a response to the health inquiry message is received by the HBS and sending an emergency request message to a network if the response is not received at the HBS in that predetermined time period.