SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING PANIC MESSAGES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A wireless network having a plurality of nodes, including a first node and a second node, the first node comprising a first mobile communication unit and the second node comprising a second mobile communication unit, each of the mobile communication units configured to route messages through the network, the first mobile communication unit comprising:
- a user input device; and
logic configured to sense a panic condition based on an input received via the user input device, the logic configured to wirelessly broadcast through the network a panic message in response to a detection of the panic condition, wherein the panic message is received by at least the second mobile communication unit, and wherein the second mobile communication unit is configured to provide an alarm in response to the panic message, the alarm indicating a current location of the first mobile communication unit.
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Abstract
Mobile nodes of a wireless network route messages from one node to another. At least one node has a user input device, such as a button, that may be activated to indicate an emergency or other event in which the immediate attention and/or assistance of users of other nodes is needed or desired. Logic senses a panic condition based on the user input device and transmits a panic message to alert users of other nodes. At least one of the nodes provides an alarm that indicates a current location of the node that originally transmitted the panic message thereby assisting a user in finding such node, referred to as the “panicking node.”
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19 Claims
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1. A wireless network having a plurality of nodes, including a first node and a second node, the first node comprising a first mobile communication unit and the second node comprising a second mobile communication unit, each of the mobile communication units configured to route messages through the network, the first mobile communication unit comprising:
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a user input device; and logic configured to sense a panic condition based on an input received via the user input device, the logic configured to wirelessly broadcast through the network a panic message in response to a detection of the panic condition, wherein the panic message is received by at least the second mobile communication unit, and wherein the second mobile communication unit is configured to provide an alarm in response to the panic message, the alarm indicating a current location of the first mobile communication unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile communication unit for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:
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a user input device; a location sensor; and logic configured to sense a panic condition based on an input received via the user input device, the logic configured to wirelessly broadcast a panic message to nodes of the wireless network in response to a detection of the panic condition, the logic further configured to include in the panic message location data based on the location sensor, the location data indicative of a current location of the mobile communication unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for use in a wireless network having a plurality of nodes, including a first node and a second node, each of the plurality of nodes configured to route messages through the network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a user input via the first node; sensing a panic condition in response to the user input; and transmitting a panic message through the network in response to the sensing step, wherein at least one of the nodes is configured to provide an alarm in response to the panic message, the alarm indicating a current location of the first node. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for use in a wireless network having a plurality of nodes, including a first node and a second node, each of the plurality of nodes configured to route messages through the network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a user input via the first node; sensing a panic condition in response to the user input; and transmitting a panic message from the first node through the network in response to the sensing step; and inserting location data into the panic message, the location data indicating a current location of the first node.
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