SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS TO A USER

• US 20140028456A1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rajendra Padma Sadhu
• Original Assignee: Rajendra Padma Sadhu
• Inventors: Sadhu, Rajendra Padma
• Granted Patent: US 9,652,965 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7465 Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/17 Emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/39 the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• 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: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A system for transmitting alerts and notifications to a user. The system includes a user wearable portable data communication unit configured to set a predetermined period of time and select a geographical area by using a mapping software integrated with the user wearable portable data communication unit for geo-fencing the selected geographical area, an alerting unit configured in the user wearable portable data communication unit to transmit notifications and alerts to predefined list of contacts on determining the crossing of the user from the selected geo-fence area and exceeding the predetermined time period set by the user and a web based server unit in communication with user wearable portable data communication unit through a data communication network configured to store the predefined list of contacts, threshold levels, frequency, way points, current location of the user and software versions.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting alerts and notifications to a user, the system comprising at least one of:

a user wearable portable data communication unit configured to set a predetermined period of time; and

select a geographical area by using a mapping software integrated with the user wearable portable data communication unit for geo-fencing the selected geographical area;

an alerting unit configured in the user wearable portable data communication unit determines a crossing of the user wearing the user wearable portable data communication unit from the selected geo-fence area; and

exceeding the predetermined time period set by the user to transmit notifications; and

alerts a predefined list of contacts and the corresponding user wearing the user wearable portable data communication unit; and

a web based server unit in communication with user wearable portable data communication unit through a data communication network configured to store at least one of the predefined list of contacts, threshold levels, frequency, way points, current location of the user, and software versions to update the user wearable portable data communication unit with the latest settings, whereby the latest settings comprising a global positioning system sampling interval; and

a data upload interval.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a display unit configured in the user wearable portable data communication unit to display the geographical area selected by the user through a mapping software integrated with the user wearable portable data communication unit.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the alerts are transmitted to the predefined list of contacts on determining the current geographical location of the user in accordance with the predetermined time period set to the user wearable portable data communication unit.

4. A method for transmitting alerts and notifications to a user, the method comprising:

setting a predetermined period of time to a user wearable portable data communication unit by a user, and selecting a geographical area displayed over the user wearable portable data communication unit by using a mapping software, whereby the mapping software is integrated with the user wearable portable data communication unit configured to fence the selected geographical area;

transmitting notifications to a predefined list of contacts provided by the user wearing the user wearable portable data communication unit by an alert unit on determining a crossing of the user wearing the user wearable portable data communication unit from the selected geo-fence area and exceeding the predetermined time period set by the user;

prompting safety response alerts to the user wearing the user wearable potable data communication unit based on the predetermined time period set by the user, whereby the alerts comprising an alert message and an alarm sound; and

dynamically responding back to the prompted alerts transmitted to the user wearable portable data communication unit for avoiding the transmission of notifications to the predefined list of contacts provided by the user.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising a step of polling a web based server unit by the user wearable portable data communication unit through a data communication network for receiving automatic trigger from the web based server unit, a latest firmware version from the web based server unit, an updated version of firmware stored in the web based server unit, and loading it on the user wearable portable data communication unit.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising a step of storing the updated settings received from the web based server unit in a memory unit configured in the user wearable portable data communication unit to act in accordance with the stored settings.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising a step of storing the predefined list of contacts;

threshold levels, frequency, way points, current location of the user, and software versions in the web based server unit communicating with the user wearable portable data communication unit.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising a step of collecting one or more prime locations contiguous to the current geographical location of the user wearable portable data communication unit by the mapping software based on the current global positioning system of the user wearable portable data communication unit.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising a step of transmitting the collected one or more prime locations contiguous to the current geographical location of the user wearable portable data communication unit worn by a visually impaired person through a speaker, Bluetooth, and radio communication according to a predetermined time period set by the user.