SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND/OR NOTIFYING WIRELESS DEVICE USERS OF RADIATION EXPOSURE

• US 20100097228A1
• Filed: 10/21/2008
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: McKee, Martin, Sartini, Robert, Schultz, Paul T.
• Application Number:
  US12/255,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20100097228A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/600
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/12 Actuation by presence of radiation or particles, e.g. of infrared radiation or of ions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring and/or notifying wireless device users of radiation exposure includes determining at least one of an amount of radiation and a level of radiation, a wireless device user is exposed to. The system and method may also comprise inputting at least one of a threshold amount of radiation and a threshold level of radiation. The system and method may further comprise comparing at least one of the amount of radiation with the threshold amount of radiation and the level of radiation with the threshold level of radiation. In addition, the system and method may comprise transmitting an alert message based at least in part on a result of the comparison of at least one of the amount of radiation with the threshold amount of radiation and the level of radiation with the threshold level of radiation.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining at least one of an amount of radiation and a level of radiation, a wireless device user is exposed to;

comparing at least one of the amount of radiation with a threshold amount of radiation and the level of radiation with a threshold level of radiation; and

transmitting an alert message based at least in part on a result of the comparison of at least one of the amount of radiation with the threshold amount of radiation and the level of radiation with the threshold level of radiation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the amount of radiation the wireless device user is exposed to is a total amount of radiation the wireless device user is exposed to for a period of time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the level of radiation the wireless device user is exposed to is a radiation level the wireless device user is exposed to for a point in time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing at least one of the amount of radiation with a threshold amount of radiation and the level of radiation with a threshold level of radiation further comprises storing at least one of the amount of radiation and the level of radiation, the wireless device user is exposed to.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting an alert message further comprises displaying at least one of the amount of radiation and the level of radiation, the wireless device user is exposed to.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying at least one of the amount of radiation and the level of radiation, the wireless device user is exposed to via one or more websites or webpages associated with a service provider.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying, on the wireless device, at least one of the amount of radiation and the level of radiation, the wireless device user is exposed to.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert message comprises at least one of an audio message, a visual message, and a haptic message.

12. A computer readable media comprising code to perform the steps of the methods of claim 1.

13. A system, comprising:

a detection system associated with a wireless device configured to determine at least one of an amount of radiation and a level of radiation, a user associated with the wireless device is exposed to, wherein the detection system comprises;

a database module for storing at least one of a threshold amount of radiation and a threshold level of radiation;

a monitor module for comparing at least one of the amount of radiation with the threshold amount of radiation and the level of radiation with the threshold level of radiation; and

a notification module for transmitting an alert message based at least in part on a result of the comparison of at least one of the amount of radiation with the threshold amount of radiation and the level of radiation with the threshold level of radiation.

4. The method of claim 17 further comprises inputting at least one of the threshold amount of radiation and the threshold level of radiation via one or more websites or webpages associated with a service provider.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein inputting at least one of the threshold amount of radiation and the threshold level of radiation comprises inputting at least one of the threshold amount of radiation and the threshold level of radiation via an input associated with a wireless device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein inputting at least one of the threshold amount of radiation and the threshold level of radiation comprises inputting at least one of the threshold amount of radiation and the threshold level of radiation via an input associated with a detection system.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the detection system is integrated with the wireless device.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the detection system is an external device coupled to the wireless device.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the wireless device is associated with a service provider, and the service provider is in communication with the detection system.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the service provider is configured to provide one or more websites or webpages for the user associated with the wireless device to enter at least one of a threshold amount of radiation and a threshold level of radiation.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the detection system further comprises a communication module configured to communicate with at least one of the wireless device and a service provider.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the monitoring module includes at least one of a electromagnetic wave sensor, a thermal sensor, a magnetic sensor, a proximity sensor, and a Geiger counter.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the detection system further comprises a presentation module configured to cause a display of at least one of the amount of radiation and the level of radiation, the user associated with the wireless device is exposed to.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the alert message comprises at least one of an audio message, a visual message, and a haptic message.

22. A method, comprising:

determining at least one of an amount of radiation output and a level of radiation output associated with a wireless device;

monitoring at least one of the amount of radiation output and the level of radiation output associated with the wireless device; and

transmitting an alert message to a wireless device user in the event that (i) the amount of radiation output exceeds a threshold amount of radiation, or (ii) the level of radiation output exceeds a threshold level of radiation.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprises inputting at least one of the threshold amount of radiation and the threshold level of radiation via one or more websites or webpages associated with a service provider.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein monitoring at least one of the amount of radiation output and the level of radiation output associated with the wireless device further comprises storing at least one of the amount of radiation output and the level of radiation output associated with the wireless device.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein transmitting an alert message further comprises displaying at least one of the amount of radiation output and the level of radiation output associated with the wireless device.