NOTIFICATION SYSTEM USING A DUPLICATE START RECORD

• US 20150118989A1
• Filed: 10/31/2013
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kenneth Margon
• Original Assignee: Kenneth Margon
• Inventors: Margon, Kenneth
• Granted Patent: US 9,232,379 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• 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 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

The present invention provides a technique for notifying a call center of an alert and providing access to a notification server which contains precompiled database information of a desired action to take in response to the alert. The alert is provided through a radius start record from a pendant with the user. The pendant remains turned off, until activated by the user. After activated, a modem of the pendant registers the pendant with a cellular network and in parallel, the cellular network provides a duplicate radius start record to a group of servers, which means there must be an alert from the user, such as an emergency.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a cellular network;

a pendant having a modem configured to register to the cellular network when the pendant is activated, wherein the pendant is activated by turning the pendant on, wherein the activation makes the cellular network generate a radius start record and a duplicate radius start record, wherein the duplicate radius start record matches the radius start record;

a radius server configured to receive the duplicate radius start record, wherein the receipt of the duplicate radius start record by the radius server is indicative of an alert; and

a web server configured to receive a message from the radius server after the radius server receives the duplicate radius start record, the web server in communication with a call center, wherein the web server transmits the alert to the call center.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the pendant is part of a necklace.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the alert comprises an emergency alert.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the pendant comprises a push button for activation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the pendant comprises a touch sensor built into the body of the pendant for activation.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the pendant comprises fall detection for activation.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising the radius start record being sent to a wireless communication company.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the notification server comprises precompiled database information related to a user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the call center contacts a tenant.

10. A group of servers comprising:

a radius server configured to receive a duplicate radius start record from a cellular network, wherein the receipt of the duplicate radius start record by the radius server is indicative of an alert from a pendant having a modem configured to register to the cellular network when the pendant is activated, wherein the pendant is activated by turning the pendant on, wherein the activation makes the cellular network generate a radius start record and a duplicate radius start record, wherein the duplicate radius start record matches the radius start record; and

a web server configured to receive a message from the radius server after the radius server receives the duplicate radius start record, the web server in communication with a call center, wherein the web server transmits the alert to the call center.

11. A system comprising:

a radio network;

a pendant having a radio configured to register to the radio network when the pendant is activated, wherein the pendant is activated by turning the pendant on, wherein the activation makes the radio network generate a start record and a duplicate start record, wherein the duplicate start record matches the start record;

a server configured to receive the duplicate start record, wherein the receipt of the duplicate start record by the server is indicative of an alert; and

a web server configured to receive a message from the server after the server receives the duplicate start record, the web server in communication with a call center, wherein the web server transmits the alert to the call center.