SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING AND SURVEILLANCE OF PERSONS AND/OR SURROUNDINGS

• US 20110227730A1
• Filed: 01/26/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brent Stevenson, Kathy Stevenson
• Original Assignee: Brent Stevenson, Kathy Stevenson
• Inventors: Stevenson, Brent, Stevenson, Kathy
• Application Number:
  US13/014,049
• Publication Number:
  US 20110227730A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/002 Generating a prealarm to the central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

An embodiment includes a method for receiving a safety device alert activation notification; determining a user profile associated with the safety device; and determining an alert level based on the safety device activation notification, where the determination may a first and second alert level. One embodiment includes determining that a first alert level is present; retrieving a contact list associated with the user profile; initiating contact with at least one contact on the contact list; and determining whether first level emergency criteria are met.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a safety device alert activation notification;

determining a user profile associated with the safety device; and

determining an alert level based on the safety device activation notification, the determination being one of a first and second alert level.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining that a first alert level is present;

retrieving a contact list associated with the user profile;

initiating contact with at least one contact on the contact list; and

determining whether first level emergency criteria are met.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a determination is made that first-level emergency criteria are not met, and further comprising sending an alarm-cancel message.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein a determination is made that first-level emergency criteria are met, and further comprising:

determining a first safety device location;

selecting a first set of one or more alert targets based on the first safety device location;

generating a message for at least one alert target in the first set; and

sending the alert message to the at least one alert target in the first set.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

again determining that a first alert level is present;

determining a second safety device location;

determining, based on the first and second safety device location and the first set of one or more alert targets whether alert-target modification criteria are met;

determining that alert-target modification criteria are met;

selecting a second set of one or more alert targets based on the first safety device location

generating a message for at least one alert target in the second set; and

sending the alert message to the at least one alert target in the second set.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one alert target is a display screen.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one alert target is a law enforcement server.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a first user contact via the safety device; and

determining whether a user-contact reply has been received.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that a second alert level is present; and

determining whether the user-contact reply meets one of safe-reply criteria, hold-reply criteria, and emergency-reply criteria;

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining that the user-contact reply meets safe-reply criteria; and

sending an alert-cancel message.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining that the user-contact reply meets hold-reply criteria;

initiating a second first user contact via the safety device; and

determining whether a second user-contact reply has been received.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining that the user-contact reply meets emergency-reply criteria; and

sending a safety device emergency activation message to the safety device.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining that the user-contact reply meets emergency-reply criteria;

determining a first safety device location;

selecting a first set of one or more alert targets based on the first safety device location;

generating a message for at least one alert target in the first set; and

sending the alert message to the at least one alert target in the first set.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

again determining that a first alert level is present;

determining a second safety device location;

determining, based on the first and second safety device location and the first set of one or more alert targets whether alert-target modification criteria are met;

determining that alert-target modification criteria are met;

selecting a second set of one or more alert targets based on the first safety device location;

generating a message for at least one alert target in the second set; and

,

sending the alert message to the at least one alert target in the second set.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one alert target is a display screen.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one alert target is a law enforcement server.

17. The method of claim 8 wherein initiating a first user contact via the safety device comprises sending a text message.

18. The method of claim 8 wherein initiating a first user contact via the safety device comprises initiating a cellular telephone call.