System and method for disseminating information and implementing medical interventions to facilitate the safe emergence of users from predicaments

• US 20150137972A1
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Life Protector LLC
• Original Assignee: Michael Nepo
• Inventors: Nepo, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,443,415 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• 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 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 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• 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 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/12 Checking intermittently signalling or alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications

Abstract

A method for disseminating information regarding a problem and administering medical interventions comprises providing a mobile device wirelessly connectable to a network, receiving and storing contact information corresponding to a designated list of information recipients, receiving, via the mobile device and via the wireless trigger transmitting to the mobile device, a signal from a user indicating the problem, receiving, via the mobile device, information regarding the problem, transmitting an indication of the problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network, prompting a participant of the rescue clearinghouse, different from the user, to make a decision about a course of action regarding the problem, and at least one of transmitting the information regarding the problem to the information recipients from the designated list and transmitting the information regarding the problem to a government rescue organization, based at least in part on the decision.

Claims

1. A method for disseminating information regarding a problem, comprising:

providing a mobile device wirelessly connectable to a network;

receiving and storing contact information corresponding to a designated list of information recipients;

receiving, via the mobile device, a signal indicating the problem;

receiving, via the mobile device, information regarding the problem;

transmitting an indication of the problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network;

prompting a participant of the rescue clearinghouse, different from the user, to make a decision about a course of action regarding the problem; and

at least one of transmitting the information regarding the problem to the information recipients from the designated list and transmitting the information regarding the problem to a government rescue organization, based at least in part on the decision.

2. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

providing a locating device connected to the mobile device; and

recording a location of the user in real time via the locating device to produce location information, wherein the information regarding the problem comprises the location information.

3. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 2, wherein the recording the location of the user in real time comprises recording the location of the user in discrete time intervals that depend at least in part on a battery power of the mobile device.

4. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 2, wherein the location information comprises instructions to locate the user based at least in part on an information recipient location.

5. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

providing a recording device connected to the mobile device and configured to record at least one of audio, video, and image; and

recording at least one of audio, video, and image in real time via the recording device to produce recording information,

wherein the information regarding the problem comprises the recording information.

7. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 5, wherein the information regarding the problem comprises both the location information and the recording information for a period of at least one minute prior to at least one minute after the step of receiving the signal from the user indicating the problem.

8. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 5, wherein the information regarding the problem comprises a time stamp of the step of receiving the signal from the user indicating the problem, to thereby provide time stamps for all recording information.

9. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, further comprising prompting the user for a password, receiving a designated false password from the user, and indicating that the password is correct, to thereby deceive a perpetrator.

10. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information regarding the problem comprises real-time and past medical information of the user.

11. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

providing a sound speaker connected to the mobile device; and

after receiving the signal from the user indicating the problem, emitting a noise from the sound speaker having a loudness at least 60 decibels at a distance of three feet from the sound speaker.

12. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal indicating the problem activates a silent panic or a loud panic, wherein the silent panic comprises transmitting an indication of the problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network without detection, wherein the loud panic comprises transmitting an indication of the problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network while the mobile device produces at least one of a loud spoken warning, a loud siren, and an emitting light.

13. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a panic trigger device comprising a button, wherein receiving the signal indicating the problem is activated by the user pressing the button at least twice, which signals the mobile device wirelessly.

14. The method of disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 12, wherein activating the loud panic comprises at least one of selecting a loud panic button icon displayed on a home screen of the mobile device and by pressing the wireless enabled panic trigger button a designated number of times at least twice, which signals the mobile device wirelessly.

15. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 13, wherein the panic trigger device is at least one of a ring, a bracelet, a toe trigger, a key fob, a pocket clip, a belt clip, a shoe clip, a collar clip, a shirtsleeve clip, and a head mount.

16. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 15, wherein the panic ring further comprises a health monitor configured to monitor at least one of a pulse, an activity level, a sweat analysis, a blood pressure, a pedometer statistic, and a sleep analysis.

17. The method of disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal indicating the problem comprises a bad date alert, wherein receiving the signal of the bad date alert prompts at least one of the mobile to device to ring loudly and the transmission of an indication of the problem to the designated list only and, wherein the bad date alert further comprises notifying the designated list that the problem is not a physical danger.

18. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, further comprising providing a monitor wirelessly connected to the mobile device, wherein receiving the signal from the user indicating the problem comprises receiving the signal from the user via the monitor, wherein the monitor comprises at least one of an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a gyroscope, a barometer, a thermometer, a GPS location monitor, an assisted GPS monitor, a terrestrial transmitter assisted location monitor, an ultrasonic location monitor, a beacon monitor, a bio-sensor, a toxin detector, a radiation detector, a g-force monitor, a pedometer, a sleep monitor, a brainwave monitor, a heart pulse monitor, a sweat monitor, a breathing monitor, an activity monitor, and nano-probe blood monitors.

19. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 18, wherein the monitor activates at least one of an automatic cardiac defibrillation pad, a transdermal medicine distribution patch, and a surgically implanted medicine distribution chamber.

20. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, wherein receiving the signal indicating the problem is activated by at least one of the mobile device and the panic trigger device detecting a preprogrammed verbal phrase.

21. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitting information regarding the problem to the information recipients from the designated list comprises transmitting information via an information server, accessible by the information recipients via an Internet website.

22. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 21, further providing an online chat module via the Internet website accessible by the information recipients to thereby enable the information recipients to electronically communicate via the network.

23. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 18, further comprising the step of providing at least one of a g-force detector and an accelerometer attached to the cell phone;

and receiving and storing information of a threshold g-force amount and a threshold change in the rate of speed, wherein receiving the signal indicating the problem comprises the mobile phone reaching at least one of the threshold g-force amount and the threshold change in the rate of speed.

28. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, wherein coordinates of a boundary are pre-programmed into the mobile device, wherein receiving the signal indicating the problem is activated by the user doing either a) or b) but not both:

a) exiting the boundary;

b) entering the boundary.

29. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 2, further comprising receiving and storing at least one specified location and specified time, wherein receiving the signal indicating the problem is activated by the mobile device by at least one of departing, not departing, arriving and not arriving at the specified location at a specified time.

30. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 1, further comprises providing the user with a decoy phone separate from the mobile phone, to thereby deceive a perpetrator.

6. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 6, wherein the recording device comprises a head-mounted video recorder wirelessly connected to the mobile device, and wherein the step of recording comprises pointing the head-mounted video recorder in a direction corresponding to the problem.

24. A method for disseminating information regarding a problem, comprising:

providing a mobile device wirelessly connectable to a network;

receiving and storing contact information corresponding to a designated list of information recipients;

receiving, via the mobile device, coordinates of an intended destination;

tracking the movements of the mobile device from a current location to the intended destination;

transmitting an indication of a problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network when the mobile device is either no longer moving or is deviating from routes which lead to the intended destination;

prompting a participant of the rescue clearinghouse, different from the user, to make a decision about a course of action regarding the problem; and

at least one of transmitting the information regarding the problem to the information recipients from the designated list and transmitting the information regarding the problem to a government rescue organization, based at least in part on the decision.

25. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 24, further comprising providing a warning to the user before transmitting the information regarding the problem, so as to provide the user with an opportunity to cancel the transmitting if the deviation is not related to a problem.

26. A method for disseminating information regarding a problem, comprising:

providing a mobile device wirelessly connectable to a network;

receiving and storing contact information corresponding to a designated list of information recipients;

receiving, via the mobile device, a signal from a user indicating a safe time period;

measuring an elapsing of the safe time period; and

either a) or b) but not both;

a) within the safe time period, receiving a completion indication from the user;

b) transmitting an indication of a problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network;

prompting an operator of the rescue clearinghouse, different from the user, to make a decision about a course of action regarding the problem; and

at least one of transmitting the information regarding the problem to the information recipients from the designated list and transmitting the information regarding the problem to a government rescue organization, based at least in part on the decision.

27. The method for disseminating information regarding a problem as claimed in claim 26, further comprising providing a warning to the user at a predetermined time before the elapsing of the safe time period, so as to provide the user with an opportunity to cancel the timed dissemination of the rescue information before the elapsing of the safe time period.