PERSONAL SAFETY MOBILE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

• US 20130183924A1
• Filed: 07/20/2012
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Liquid Rarity Exchange, LLC (Saigh and Son LLC)
• Original Assignee: Saigh and Son LLC
• Inventors: Saigh, Michael Martin, Arndt, Kevin Richard, Saigh, Andrew Victor
• Granted Patent: US 8,624,727 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 2300/00 Combinations or mixtures of active ingredients covered by classes A01N27/00 - A01N65/48 with other active or formulation relevant ingredients, e.g. specific carrier materials or surfactants, covered by classes A01N25/00 - A01N65/48
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 31/02 Acyclic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/44 containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 59/00 Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing elements or inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2300/00 Mixtures or combinations of active ingredients, wherein at least one active ingredient is fully defined in groups A61K31/00 - A61K41/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/045 Hydroxy compounds, e.g. alcohols; Salts thereof, e.g. alcoholates
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• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/327 Peroxy compounds, e.g. hydroperoxides, peroxides, peroxyacids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/40 Peroxides
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/10 Alcohols; Phenols; Salts thereof, e.g. glycerol; Polyethylene glycols [PEG]; Poloxamers; PEG/POE alkyl ethers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/183 Amino acids, e.g. glycine, EDTA or aspartame
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/0014 Skin, i.e. galenical aspects of topical compositions non-active ingredients are additionally classified in A61K47/00; A61K9/0009, A61K9/0021, A61K9/7015, A61K9/7023 take precedence; cosmetic preparations A61K8/00, A61Q; preparations for wound dressings or bandages A61L26/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/0063 Periodont
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/08 Solutions composition of solutions A61K47/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0277 Communication between units on a local network, e.g. Bluetooth, piconet, zigbee, Wireless Personal Area Networks [WPAN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 : Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 : using location based information parameters
• 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

In described embodiments, a system establishes a perimeter around an area, and mobile devices within the established perimeter communicate with a server that provides and collects personal and asset safety information. The provided information might enable users associated with the mobile devices to plan actions or take routes based on a given criteria, such as a safest route, through display on the mobile device. The collected information from the mobile device might be location, emergency event, environmental factors, sensor information and the like, which might then be communicated to users and/or administrators of the system. Location information, such as through global positioning system (GPS), might provide tracking of mobile devices and users or assets associated with each mobile device. GPS functionality associates latitude, longitude and elevation (X-Y-Z coordinate axis) data with the collected and provided information.

Claims

1. A personal safety notification system comprising:

a plurality of mobile devices in wireless communication with a network;

a server, coupled to the network, configured to communicate with each mobile device, wherein the server is coupled to a database comprising personal safety information related to predefined alerts/events, and is coupled to one or more other databases including one or more of geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration information; and

a plurality of nodes configured to provide a perimeter about an area and coupled to the server wherein, when one or more of the plurality of mobile devices enters the area, the corresponding mobile device enters an active sub-network within the personal safety notification system coordinated by the server,

wherein the server is further configured to receive alert/event details from each mobile device in the active sub-network, and provide the alert/event details to specific ones of the plurality of mobile devices in the active sub-network in response to the occurrence of a given alert/event, the alert/event details including X-Y-Z coordinate information for aspects of the area within the active sub-network.

2. The personal safety notification system of claim 1, wherein, when the given alert/event occurs within the area comprising the active sub-network:

for selected ones of the plurality of mobile devices, the server is configured to provide i) information of the corresponding given alert/event, and ii) associated information related to corresponding geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration information related to the given alert/event, wherein the associated information includes the X-Y-Z coordinate information within the active sub-network.

3. The personal safety notification system of claim 2, wherein the associated information includes a map overlay and classified safe and hazardous routes in relation to the specific alert/event.

4. The personal safety notification system of claim 2, wherein one or more of the plurality of mobile devices in the active sub-network are configured to capture, timestamp and display aspects of a given alert/event when experienced by the corresponding user.

5. The personal safety notification system of claim 2, wherein each mobile device is at least one of a wireless phone, smartphone, lockbox, laptop computer, notebook, WiFi enabled device, a wireless triggering device, and a radio.

6. The personal safety notification system of claim 5, wherein the mobile device is enabled with a security process selected from a password key, cryptographic function key, and biometric key.

7. The personal safety notification system of claim 5, wherein the mobile device includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) module configured to collect GPS location information related to the mobile device for the given alert/event.

8. The personal safety notification system of claim 5, wherein the mobile device includes a display, wherein the mobile device, in coordination with the server, is configured to classify information related to the mobile device for the given alert/event and provide such classified information via the display.

9. The personal safety notification system of claim 2, wherein, within the perimeter, the personal safety notification system further comprises coordinate devices associated with predetermined geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration aspects of the area configured to provide corresponding X-Y-Z coordinate information, wherein each coordinate device is configured to match with a corresponding mobile device specific X-Y-Z coordinate information of at least one of geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration aspects of the area related to the given alert/event when reported from the corresponding mobile device.

10. A mobile device coupled to a server providing database information related to a personal safety notification system, comprising:

a sensor configured to read alert/event data in proximity to the mobile device;

a processor configured to control collection of the alert/event data by the sensor of the mobile device, the alert/event data having associated X-Y-Z coordinate information of the mobile device and each alert/event;

a memory configured to store the alert/event data collected by the mobile device, a wireless transceiver, in wireless communication with the server, configured to transfer the alert/event data collected by the mobile device to the server,

wherein, when the mobile device enters an area defined by a plurality of nodes configured to provide a perimeter about the area and coupled to the server, the mobile device enters an active sub-network within a personal safety notification system coordinated by the server through communication with the processor through the wireless transceiver.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the sensor is at least one of a camera, a microphone, an infrared detector and a radio detector.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the mobile device further comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) module configured to generate the associated X-Y-Z coordinate information of the mobile device and each alert/event.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the mobile device is further configured to communicate with coordinate devices associated with predetermined geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration aspects of the area configured to provide corresponding X-Y-Z coordinate information, wherein each coordinate device is configured to match with a corresponding mobile device specific X-Y-Z coordinate information of at least one of geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration aspects of the area related to the given alert/event when reported from the corresponding mobile device in coordination with the GPS module of the mobile device.

14. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein, when a given alert/event occurs within the area comprising the active sub-network:

for selected ones of the plurality of mobile devices, the mobile device is configured to provide to the server i) information of the corresponding given alert/event, and ii) associated information related to corresponding geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration information related to the given alert/event, wherein the associated information includes the X-Y-Z coordinate information within the active sub-network.

15. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein each mobile device is at least one of a wireless phone, smartphone, lockbox, laptop computer, notebook, WiFi enabled device, a wireless triggering device, and a radio.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the mobile device is enabled with a security process selected from a password key, cryptographic function key, and biometric key.

17. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the mobile device is a lockbox in wireless communication with the server, the lockbox further configured to detect an emergency situation and report the emergency situation to the server.

18. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the mobile device includes a display, wherein the mobile device, in coordination with the server, is configured to classify information related to the mobile device for the given alert/event and provide the classified information via the display.

19. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the mobile device includes a display, wherein the mobile device, in coordination with the server, is configured to overlay X-Y-Z coordinate information related to a location of the mobile device with a map on the display.

20. A method for alerting campus members of a campus emergency by a personal safety notification system, comprising:

communicating, by a server, with a plurality of mobile devices in wireless communication via a network;

collecting, by the server, alert/event details from one or more of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the server is coupled to a database comprising personal safety information related to predefined alerts/events, and is coupled to one or more other databases including one or more of geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration information; and

establishing, by a plurality of nodes, a perimeter about the campus and coupled to the server wherein, when one or more of the plurality of mobile devices enters the area, the corresponding mobile device enters an active sub-network within the personal safety notification system coordinated by the server,

providing, by the server, at least a portion of the alert/event details to specific ones of the mobile devices in the active sub-network in response to the occurrence of a given alert/event, the alert/event details including X-Y-Z coordinate information for aspects of the area within the active sub-network based on the one or more of geographic, topological, building, structure and area configuration information specific to the campus.