CELLPHONE BASED MONITORING SYSTEM & PROCESS
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Abstract
A remote monitoring device is integrated as part of a cell phone or personal digital assistant. By sharing computing resources of a communications transceiver, the cost of a monitoring device can be significantly reduced, while still permitting sufficient functionality to effectively observe an area of interest, such as a child'"'"'s sleeping area. An alert is generated and transmitted to an observer using a separate transceiver when activity at the monitored area (i.e., sound or video activity) meets a specified threshold.
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Citations
50 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. A method of monitoring events associated with a first user comprising the steps of:
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(a) enabling detection control options on a first cellphone, which reporting control options include; i. user selectable controls for identifying target events to be detected for the first user; and ii. an option for enabling said target events to be detected for the first user during a specified period, which begins at a first time and lasts for a first time duration; and iii. identification data for at least one second user designated by the first user to receive reports on selected ones of said detected target events; (b) causing said first cellphone to communicate said target events for the first user during said specified period to an Internet server; (c) processing said target events at said Internet server to identify a selected event; (d) reporting on said selected event by generating an alert from the Internet server communicated to a second cellphone of said at least one second user;
wherein said detection control options permit the second user to receive alerts for said selected events over a first communications channel which is separate from a second communications channel used by the second cellphone to receive voice data signals. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A communications system adapted to monitor events associated with a first user including:
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(a) a first routine adapted to enable detection control options on a first cellphone, which reporting control options include; i. user selectable controls for identifying target events to be detected for the first user; and ii. an option for enabling said target events to be detected for the first user during a specified period, which begins at a first time and lasts for a first time duration; and iii. identification data for at least one second user designated by the first user to receive reports on selected ones of said detected target events; (b) a second routine adapted to cause said first cellphone to communicate said target events for the first user during said specified period to an Internet server; (c) a third routine operating at said Internet server for processing said target events to identify a selected event; (d) said third routine being further adapted to report on said selected event by generating an alert from the Internet server which is communicated to a second cellphone of said at least one second user;
wherein said detection control options permit the second user to receive alerts for said selected events over a first communications channel which is separate from a second communications channel used by the second cellphone to receive voice data signals. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A communications system adapted to monitor events associated with a first user within a monitored area including:
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(a) a first routine adapted to enable event reporting control options on a first cellphone, which reporting control options include; i. user selectable controls for identifying target events to be detected for the first user within the monitored area; and ii. user selectable controls for identifying a threshold to be exceeded by said target events; iii. an option for enabling said target events to be detected for the first user during a specified period, which begins at a first time and lasts for a first time duration; and iv. identification data for at least one second user designated by the first user to receive reports on selected ones of said detected target events; (b) a second routine adapted to cause said first cellphone to communicate said target events for the first user within the monitored area during said specified period to an Internet server; wherein said second routine operates in a common memory shared by other routines used for communications by the first cellphone, and said routine is further adapted to disable at least some communications functions during said monitoring mode; (c) a third routine operating at said Internet server for processing said target events to identify a selected event; (d) said third routine being further adapted to report on said selected event by generating an alert from the Internet server which is communicated to a second cellphone of said at least one second user;
wherein said detection control options permit the second user to receive alerts for said selected events over a first communications channel which is separate from a second communications channel used by the second cellphone to receive voice data signals.
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