System containing location-based personal emergency response device
First Claim
1. A safety and security system comprising:
- a plurality of wearable transceiver devices carried by a plurality of spaced-apart users, each of said wearable transceiver devices comprising at least one button including a communication button, a radio receiver, and a preprogrammed radio transmitter;
at least one cell phone with an assisted GPS chip for locating the geographical coordinates of the cell phone;
at least one landline-based phone; and
a central monitoring station having at least one human monitor, the communication button, the receiver, and the transmitter of each such wearable transceiver device being operationally connected in such a way that a user may press the communication button to establish voice-to-voice contact with the human monitor of the central monitoring station via the landline-based phone or the cell phone and to send the geographical coordinates of the device to the central monitoring station and to establish voice-to-voice communication between the human monitor of the central monitoring station and the user, each such wearable transceiver device capable of operating independently of the other such devices in connecting with the central monitoring station via the landline-based phone or the cell phone.
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Abstract
A safety system comprising a plurality of wearable transceiver devices for operation in independent use with a plurality of a landline-based phone and a cell phone to establish contact between a user of a wearable transceiver device and a central monitoring station. The wearable transceiver devices sense a crash or a fall and notify a monitor by a landline-based phone or a cell phone of this incident and the assisted GPS determined location of the incident. The information is provided to the monitor a short predetermined time following activation unless the device is deactivated by pressing a communication button. When the device has not been activated by a crash or fall, the user may press the communication button to communicate with the monitor to obtain a wide variety of services. A cell phone having reserve batteries, accelerometers, and assisted GPS location capabilities is also disclosed.
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8 Claims
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1. A safety and security system comprising:
- a plurality of wearable transceiver devices carried by a plurality of spaced-apart users, each of said wearable transceiver devices comprising at least one button including a communication button, a radio receiver, and a preprogrammed radio transmitter;
at least one cell phone with an assisted GPS chip for locating the geographical coordinates of the cell phone;
at least one landline-based phone; and
a central monitoring station having at least one human monitor, the communication button, the receiver, and the transmitter of each such wearable transceiver device being operationally connected in such a way that a user may press the communication button to establish voice-to-voice contact with the human monitor of the central monitoring station via the landline-based phone or the cell phone and to send the geographical coordinates of the device to the central monitoring station and to establish voice-to-voice communication between the human monitor of the central monitoring station and the user, each such wearable transceiver device capable of operating independently of the other such devices in connecting with the central monitoring station via the landline-based phone or the cell phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- a plurality of wearable transceiver devices carried by a plurality of spaced-apart users, each of said wearable transceiver devices comprising at least one button including a communication button, a radio receiver, and a preprogrammed radio transmitter;
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6. A system comprising a protected area having preset boundaries in which the activation of a cell phone or a landline-based phone by a signal from a wearable transceiver device will cause the cell phone or landline-based phone to contact a central monitoring station, a series of location alarms for advising a user who should be within the protected area that the user is traveling outside a protected range of either the cell phone or the landline-based phone, which alarms are staged so that if the user gets within a preset distance of the boundaries the user is advised of this and if the user gets outside of the protected area, the wearable transceiver device will initiate a call made by the cell phone or landline-based phone to the central monitoring station to notify the central monitoring station that the user is outside of the protected area.
- 7. A cell phone comprising a first accelerometer programmed to detect a crash, a communication button, a pre-programmed audible timer, such that the pressing of the communication button will connect the cell phone with a central monitoring station, and such that the event of a crash will activate the countdown timer to initiate an audible countdown from the time a perceived fall or crash is sensed until the timer reaches zero, the cell phone being programmed such that the countdown may be deactivated by the pressing of the communication button in which case no signal is sent, and the cell phone being programmed such that if the countdown is not deactivated and the timer reaches zero, the cell phone is automatically connected with the central monitoring station.
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