Wireless network alarm service

• US 20050181772A1
• Filed: 02/18/2004
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William A. Crowell
• Original Assignee: William A. Crowell
• Inventors: Crowell, William A.
• Application Number:
  US10/780,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20050181772A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2854 Wide area networks, e.g. public data networks

Abstract

A wireless network alarm service is disclosed. The alarm service includes a network service center in communication with a plurality of wireless phone devices. The service includes receiving a request at the network service center from a wireless phone user to schedule an alarm call. The request is typically made via a wireless phone in which a voice recognition system receives verbal requests from the wireless phone user to schedule the alarm call. The service establishes alarm call parameters based on information received from the wireless phone user and/or the wireless phone, saves it to a database, and then initiates the alarm call when the time and date for the alarm call arrives. The service is capable of sending many independently scheduled alarm calls simultaneously to many different wireless phones.

Claims

1. A method of providing an alarm service over a wireless phone network comprising:

receiving a request at a network service center to schedule an alarm call to be delivered to a wireless phone;

establishing alarm call parameters based on information received from at least one of the wireless phone and a wireless phone user;

saving the alarm call parameters on a database at the network service center; and

initiating the alarm call to the wireless phone at a time and date corresponding to the alarm call parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the request to schedule the alarm call is received from the wireless phone user via an incoming telephone call from the wireless phone to which the alarm call is to be delivered.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the request to schedule the alarm call is a verbal request received from the wireless phone user and the method further comprises translating the verbal request into data by a voice recognition system at the network service center.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising transmitting an audible prompt to the wireless phone user prior to receiving the verbal request from the wireless phone user to schedule the alarm call.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising determining a geographical location of the wireless phone when the alarm call is scheduled to establish a default time zone for the alarm call to be initiated.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising changing the default time zone.

7. The method of claim 2 further comprising determining the telephone number of the wireless phone from which the request is received.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising playing a recording when a wireless phone user answers the alarm call, wherein the recording identifies the alarm call to the wireless phone user.

9. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving a request from the wireless phone user to schedule an alarm call to be delivered to a telephone in addition to the wireless phone from which the alarm call request was placed.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the telephone number of the telephone in addition to the wireless phone from which the alarm call request was placed is obtained from a pre-established directory associated with the wireless phone user.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising simultaneously initiating at least one additional alarm call to a different wireless phone, wherein the at least one additional alarm call was independently scheduled to be delivered at the same time and date.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the request to schedule an alarm call is for an alarm call to be delivered at a specific time on a specific date.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the request to schedule an alarm call is for an alarm call to be delivered at a specific time on multiple dates.

14. The method of claim 2 further comprising providing the wireless phone user an audible confirmation of the scheduled alarm call.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the alarm call parameters comprise a time parameter, a date parameter, a destination parameter, and a time zone parameter.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the request to schedule the alarm call is received from the wireless user via a network of interconnected computers.

17. A method for providing a wireless network alarm service comprising:

receiving an incoming call from a wireless phone at a network service center;

providing an audible prompt to a wireless phone user to provide input to schedule an alarm call.

receiving a voice request from the wireless phone user to schedule an alarm call to the wireless phone;

determining the telephone number of the wireless phone;

determining a time zone where the wireless phone is located at the time of the incoming call;

establishing alarm call parameters based on information received from at least one of the wireless phone user and the wireless phone;

saving the alarm call on a database at the network service center;

providing the wireless user an audible confirmation of the scheduled alarm call; and

initiating the alarm call to the wireless phone at a date and time corresponding to the alarm call parameters while simultaneously initiating additional alarm calls to other wireless phones wherein the additional alarm calls were independently requested for the same date and time by other wireless phone users.

18. A system for providing a wireless network alarm service comprising:

a network service center in communication with a plurality of wireless phones to deliver a plurality of alarm calls to the wireless phones at a scheduled date and time, wherein the network service center comprises

a user interface having a voice recognition system capable of translating verbal communication into data readable by a computer to establish alarm call parameters,

at least one database containing stored alarm call parameters, wherein the alarm call parameters include at least a date parameter, a time parameter, and a destination parameter,

a call generator for placing a plurality of alarm calls simultaneously to a plurality of different wireless phones when a clock associated with the network service center matches the alarm call parameters stored within the database, and

a processor to execute and manage interactions between the user interface, at least one database, and call generator.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the at least one database comprises a user database and an alarm database.