Portable wearable primary device which communicates data to secondary device that is in communication with multiple networks and related communication systems

• US 10,460,591 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silent Beacon LLC
• Original Assignee: Silent Beacon LLC
• Inventors: Kelley, Kenny
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Justus, Ralph H
• Application Number:
  US15/695,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20180082574A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/004 Alarm propagated along alternative communication path or using alternative communication medium according to a hierarchy of available ways to communicate, e.g. if Wi-Fi not available use GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/014 Alarm signalling to a central station with two-way communication, e.g. with signalling back
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• 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

A personal portable communication device and system is provided which includes a handheld beacon that has a controller, a short range signal transmitter, and a power source, and at least one switch, an indicator light and a short range signal receiver that transmits and receives signals to a secondary relay communication device such as a smartphone wherein the secondary device sends second communication signals including messages according to predetermined instructions to predetermined destinations.

Claims

1. An communication system comprising a primary device and a relay communication device said primary device comprising a controller, a short range signal transmitter, and a power source, and at least one switch, and an indicator signal element and a short range signal receiver wherein said receiver is adapted to receive a short range signals reflecting that a transmission signal by said primary device was successfully received by said relay communication device and a second signal was transmitted from said relay communication device according to a predetermined protocol and in response activates said indicator signal element, and in response to activation of said switch, said controller configures an outbound signal that includes instructions to a processor in said relay communication device to relay a predetermined message content to at least one predetermined destination device selected from a plurality of predetermined destination devices that have address information stored in said relay communication device and said second signal further comprises email, text and voice telephonic messages, and said relay communication device sends a first predetermined message to a first selected destination device in response to the detection of a signal from said primary device and transmits subsequent messages either in response to reply signals from the first destination device or, in the absence of reply signals from after a predetermined time, sends subsequent messages according to predetermined programing of said relay communication device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said indicator signal element is activated in response to the successful transmission of said first signal and again in response to the successful transmission of said second signals.

3. The system recited in claim 2 wherein said indicator signal element comprises a vibratory device.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said signal element comprises a LED and said LED is activated in response to the successful transmission and reception of said first signal by said relay communication device and again in response to the successful transmission of said second signal from said relay communication device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said relay communication device further provide a signal to said primary device to activate said indicator signal element in response to an acknowledgment signal from a destination device.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said indicator signal element comprises a speaker.

7. The system recited in claim 1 wherein said short range frequency signal comprises a signal transmitted in accordance with the Bluetooth standard.

8. The system recited in claim 1 wherein said relay device comprises a software application for a smart phone wherein said application provides instructions to a processor associated with said smart phone to recognize said short range signal from said primary device, and process said signal and transmit a second transmission signal to predetermined destination devices according to predetermined instructions.

9. The system recited in claim 8 wherein said instructions are for the transmission of data in the form of an audible or voice message to phone numbers which comprise predetermined destination devices.

10. The system recited in claim 8 wherein said instructions further comprise instructions to cause said relay communication device to transmit signals comprising data in the form of email for transmission to predetermined destinations devices.

11. The system recited in claim 1 further comprising a loudspeaker and a microphone and said relay communication device opens a voice channel between said destination device and said primary device.

12. The system recited in claim 1 wherein said primary device further comprises a plurality of manual switches, wherein at least two manual switches must be activated to initiate a transmission from said primary device to said relay communication device.

13. The system recited in claim 1 further comprising a global positioning receiver and processor, said global positioning receiver and said processor located in said relay device, and said signal transmitted from said device includes information relating to data determined by said global positioning receive and processor.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein said relay communication device contacts a sequence of phone numbers in a predetermined serial sequence until a communication to a destination device is successful and said destination device transmits a recognized acknowledgment of said communication, and wherein said recognition is determined by predetermined programed instruction stored in a memory associated with said relay.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein said primary device comprises a speaker and said relay communication relay device is provided with an input function to allow a user to send a signal from said relay communication device to said primary device to broadcast from said loudspeaker an audio signal whereby said audio signal aids in the location of the primary device.