DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND RESPONDING WITH DESIGNATED COMMUNICATION ACTIONS
First Claim
1. A communication device comprising:
- a set of environmental sensors;
a user input module;
an analysis module in communication with the set of environmental sensors and the user input module, wherein the analysis module classifies a current user situation at least partially based on an output from the set of environmental sensors and an input to the user input module; and
an emergency action module in communication with the analysis module and at least one operating feature of the personal communication device, wherein the emergency action module receives a command from the analysis module to assume control of the at least one operating feature at least partially based on the user situation classification, wherein the at least one operating feature includes a transceiver in communication with a communication network.
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Abstract
Provided are a wireless communication device and a communication device control method that include a set of templates corresponding to a plurality of potential environmental circumstances. The templates may be stored in a database in the computer readable memory of the communication device. At predetermined intervals, a suite of environmental sensors integral to the communication device may periodically sample the user'"'"'s environment. The user'"'"'s environmental circumstances may be derived or inferred by an analysis module based on the output of the suite of environmental sensors and then may be compared to the templates to determine a matching template. An action script is then executed based at least partially on the matching template which may include the contacting of a responding party.
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20 Claims
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1. A communication device comprising:
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a set of environmental sensors; a user input module; an analysis module in communication with the set of environmental sensors and the user input module, wherein the analysis module classifies a current user situation at least partially based on an output from the set of environmental sensors and an input to the user input module; and an emergency action module in communication with the analysis module and at least one operating feature of the personal communication device, wherein the emergency action module receives a command from the analysis module to assume control of the at least one operating feature at least partially based on the user situation classification, wherein the at least one operating feature includes a transceiver in communication with a communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication device control method comprising:
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periodically sampling a user environment via a set of environmental sensors integrated into the communication device; classifying a current set of environmental circumstances from an output of the set of environmental sensors by an analysis module in communication with the database and the set of environmental sensors; comparing the derived set of environmental circumstances to a set of templates to determine a matching template; and executing an action script at least partly in response to the matching template. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium upon which are recorded instructions to:
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periodically sample a user environment via a set of environmental sensors; classify a set of environmental circumstances from the input of the set of environmental sensors by an analysis module in communication with the database and the set of environmental sensors; select from the database a template matching the current set of environmental circumstances; executing an action script as directed by the matching template. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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