PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM

• US 20140171152A1
• Filed: 07/08/2013
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael K. Dempsey
• Original Assignee: Michael K. Dempsey
• Inventors: DEMPSEY, Michael K.
• Application Number:
  US13/936,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20140171152A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/564
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/043 detecting an emergency event, e.g. a fall
• 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 1/72418 for supporting emergency services

Abstract

The present invention is directed towards an easy-to-use and inexpensive personal emergency response system which allows elderly people to summon help should they need it. The system does not require a central monitoring service and hence there is no special monthly monitoring fee. The system also contains all of the information it needs to summon aid and communicate with a standard, unmodified, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) telephone or other communication device; this further reduces cost and complexity. The system also allows two-way voice communications between the user and the responsible party that has been notified in the event of an emergency.

Claims

1. A system, comprising

at least one activator element configured to transmit an activator signal,

at least one communication device configured to receive the activator signal and in response transmit a signal, and

a memory element for storing all of the information sufficient to allow the communication device to transmit the signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the activator element is an actuator button or a fall sensor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the activator element is remotely controlled.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication device is a radio or a phone.