Methods and systems for enhancing firearm safety through wireless network monitoring
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1. A system, comprising:
- a sensor device of a firearm, the sensor device including a subscriber identity module (SIM);
a mobile subscriber database configured to receive location information regarding the firearm from a dial buffer of the SIM located on the sensor device of the firearm, the location information transmitted using unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) messages over a dedicated signaling channel communicatively coupling the SIM with the mobile subscriber database; and
a remote monitoring station configured to receive the location information regarding the firearm from the mobile subscriber database, and further configured to provide an alert upon one or more of;
receipt of information corresponding to an attempted operation of the firearm, disabling of a safety of the firearm, a change in mode of the firearm, and movement of the firearm.
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Abstract
A firearm includes a firing mechanism and a sensor device. The sensor device includes a subscriber identity module configured to communicate with a server over a signaling channel of a wireless communications network. The Sensor device is configured to enable/disable the firing mechanism in accordance with instructions received by the SIM from the server. Movements and/or attempted operations of the firearm may be monitored using an application running on a mobile device, which application receives information concerning the firearm over the signaling channel of the wireless communications network.
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10 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a sensor device of a firearm, the sensor device including a subscriber identity module (SIM); a mobile subscriber database configured to receive location information regarding the firearm from a dial buffer of the SIM located on the sensor device of the firearm, the location information transmitted using unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) messages over a dedicated signaling channel communicatively coupling the SIM with the mobile subscriber database; and a remote monitoring station configured to receive the location information regarding the firearm from the mobile subscriber database, and further configured to provide an alert upon one or more of;
receipt of information corresponding to an attempted operation of the firearm, disabling of a safety of the firearm, a change in mode of the firearm, and movement of the firearm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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4. A system, comprising:
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a sensor device of a firearm, the sensor device including a subscriber identity module (SIM), wherein the sensor device includes location monitoring means and is configured to transmit location information regarding the firearm; a mobile subscriber database configured to receive the location information regarding the firearm from a dial buffer of the SIM located on the sensor device of the firearm, the location information transmitted using unstructured supplementary service data (US SD) messages over a dedicated signaling channel communicatively coupling the SIM with the mobile subscriber database; and a remote monitoring station configured to receive the location information regarding the firearm from the mobile subscriber database, and further configured to provide a notification upon one or more of;
receipt of information corresponding to an attempted operation of the firearm, disabling of a safety of the firearm, a change in mode of the firearm, and movement of the firearm. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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