WIRELESS SECURITY DEVICE AND METHOD TO PLACE EMERGENCY CALLS

• US 20130122853A1
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZOMM, LLC
• Original Assignee: ZOMM, LLC
• Inventors: Penix, Henry A., Penix, Laurie L., Hauser, Peter E. H., Penix, Zachary A.
• Application Number:
  US13/735,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20130122853A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/004 using portable personal devices hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellent gases or chemicals F41H9/10
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A wireless security device and method includes implementing, by a wireless security device, one or more Bluetooth™ wireless protocol profiles for connecting to one or more Bluetooth™ enabled devices. A Bluetooth™ enabled telephony device may be paired with the wireless security device using one or more Bluetooth™ wireless protocol profiles. The wireless security device may send a command to the telephony device over the wirelessly paired Bluetooth™ connection, to the telephony device. The command may cause the telephony device to place a telephone call to an emergency telephone number. Once the telephone call is placed, a prerecorded emergency message may be sent from the wireless security device to the telephony device, causing the telephony device to play the prerecorded emergency message.

Claims

1. A computing device including a processor and a memory configured to perform operations comprising:

creating a wirelessly paired connection between a wireless security device and telephony device;

identifying, over the wirelessly paired connection, a location of the telephony device based upon, at least in part, at least one of a telephone number of the telephony device, a telephone network providing service to the telephony device, and a global positioning system (GPS) location of the telephony device;

identifying an emergency telephone number based on, at least in part, the location of the telephony device;

sending a command, over the wirelessly paired connection, to the telephony device to place a telephone call to the emergency telephone number identified based on the location of the telephony device; and

after the telephone call is placed, sending a prerecorded emergency message to the telephony device over the wirelessly paired connection to a recipient of the telephone call.

2. The computing device of claim 1 further comprising implementing one or more wireless protocol profiles for connecting wireless security device to the telephony device wherein the one or more wireless protocol profiles include at least one of a hands-free profile, a headset profile, and an advanced audio distribution profile.

3. The computing device of claim 1 wherein identifying the location of the telephony device includes:

sending a command to the telephony device requesting one or more of;

the telephone number of the telephony device;

the telephone network providing service to the telephony device; and

the GPS location of the telephony device; and

receiving a response from the telephony device including one or more of;

the telephone number of the telephony device;

the telephone network providing service to the telephony device; and

the GPS location of the telephony device.

4. The computing device of claim 1 wherein identifying the emergency telephone number includes:

accessing a lookup table stored in the memory including one or more location codes and one or more emergency telephone numbers associated with the one or more location codes; and

correlating the location with at least one of the one or more location codes to obtain at least one of the one or more emergency telephone numbers.

5. The computing device of claim 1 further comprising:

providing speakerphone services;

sending audio data captured by a microphone of the wireless security device to the telephony device; and

after the telephone call is placed, audibly playing, by a speaker of the wireless security device, the audio data from the telephony device.

6. The computing device of claim 1 further comprising:

generating an out-of-range notification when a measurement of a quality parameter of the wirelessly paired connection is outside a predetermined quality threshold, the notification including one or more of;

illuminating a light of the wireless security device;

vibrating the wireless security device; and

generating an audible sound through a speaker of the wireless security device.

7. The computing device of claim 1 wherein further comprising:

generating a notification when the wirelessly paired connection between the wireless security device and the telephony device is disconnected, the notification including one or more of;

illuminating a light of the wireless security device;

vibrating the wireless security device; and

generating an audible sound through a speaker of the wireless security device.

8. A computing system including a processor and a memory configured to perform operations comprising:

creating a wirelessly paired connection between a wireless security device and telephony device;

identifying, over the wirelessly paired connection, a location of the telephony device based upon, at least in part, at least one of a telephone number of the telephony device, a telephone network providing service to the telephony device, and a global positioning system (GPS) location of the telephony device;

identifying an emergency telephone number based on, at least in part, the location of the telephony device;

sending a command, over the wirelessly paired connection, to the telephony device to place a telephone call to the emergency telephone number identified based on the location of the telephony device; and

after the telephone call is placed, sending a prerecorded emergency message to the telephony device over the wirelessly paired connection to a recipient of the telephone call.

9. The computing system of claim 8 further comprising implementing one or more wireless protocol profiles for connecting wireless security device to the telephony device wherein the one or more wireless protocol profiles include at least one of a hands-free profile, a headset profile, and an advanced audio distribution profile.

10. The computing system of claim 8 wherein identifying the location of the telephony device includes:

sending a command to the telephony device requesting one or more of;

the telephone number of the telephony device;

the telephone network providing service to the telephony device; and

the GPS location of the telephony device; and

receiving a response from the telephony device including one or more of;

the telephone number of the telephony device;

the telephone network providing service to the telephony device; and

the GPS location of the telephony device.

11. The computing system of claim 8 wherein identifying the emergency telephone number includes:

accessing a lookup table stored in the memory including one or more location codes and one or more emergency telephone numbers associated with the one or more location codes; and

correlating the location with at least one of the one or more location codes to obtain at least one of the one or more emergency telephone numbers.

12. The computing system of claim 8 further comprising:

providing speakerphone services;

sending audio data captured by a microphone of the wireless security device to the telephony device; and

after the telephone call is placed, audibly playing, by a speaker of the wireless security device, the audio data from the telephony device.

13. The computing system of claim 8 further comprising:

generating an out-of-range notification when a measurement of a quality parameter of the wirelessly paired connection is outside a predetermined quality threshold, the notification including one or more of;

illuminating a light of the wireless security device;

vibrating the wireless security device; and

generating an audible sound through a speaker of the wireless security device.

14. The computing system of claim 8 wherein further comprising:

generating a notification when the wirelessly paired connection between the wireless security device and the telephony device is disconnected, the notification including one or more of;

illuminating a light of the wireless security device;

vibrating the wireless security device; and

generating an audible sound through a speaker of the wireless security device.

15. A computer program product residing on a computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

creating a wirelessly paired connection between a wireless security device and telephony device;

identifying, over the wirelessly paired connection, a location of the telephony device based upon, at least in part, at least one of a telephone number of the telephony device, a telephone network providing service to the telephony device, and a global positioning system (GPS) location of the telephony device;

identifying an emergency telephone number based on, at least in part, the location of the telephony device;

sending a command, over the wirelessly paired connection, to the telephony device to place a telephone call to the emergency telephone number identified based on the location of the telephony device; and

after the telephone call is placed, sending a prerecorded emergency message to the telephony device over the wirelessly paired connection to a recipient of the telephone call.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising implementing one or more wireless protocol profiles for connecting wireless security device to the telephony device wherein the one or more wireless protocol profiles include at least one of a hands-free profile, a headset profile, and an advanced audio distribution profile.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein identifying the location of the telephony device includes:

sending a command to the telephony device requesting one or more of;

the telephone number of the telephony device;

the telephone network providing service to the telephony device; and

the GPS location of the telephony device; and

receiving a response from the telephony device including one or more of;

the telephone number of the telephony device;

the telephone network providing service to the telephony device; and

the GPS location of the telephony device.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein identifying the emergency telephone number includes:

accessing a lookup table stored in the memory including one or more location codes and one or more emergency telephone numbers associated with the one or more location codes; and

correlating the location with at least one of the one or more location codes to obtain at least one of the one or more emergency telephone numbers.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising:

providing speakerphone services;

sending audio data captured by a microphone of the wireless security device to the telephony device; and

after the telephone call is placed, audibly playing, by a speaker of the wireless security device, the audio data from the telephony device.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising:

generating an out-of-range notification when a measurement of a quality parameter of the wirelessly paired connection is outside a predetermined quality threshold, the notification including one or more of;

illuminating a light of the wireless security device;

vibrating the wireless security device; and

generating an audible sound through a speaker of the wireless security device.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein further comprising:

generating a notification when the wirelessly paired connection between the wireless security device and the telephony device is disconnected, the notification including one or more of;

illuminating a light of the wireless security device;

vibrating the wireless security device; and

generating an audible sound through a speaker of the wireless security device.