TRIGGER EVENT BASED RESPONSE EXECUTION WITH UNINTENTIONAL BUTTON PRESS PREVENTION

• US 20150334063A1
• Filed: 05/15/2014
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Button Corporation Oy
• Original Assignee: The Button Corporation Oy
• Inventors: Pesola, Juuso, Leminen, Jari, Pnknen, Sami, Rautio, Harri, Heilakka, Erkki
• Application Number:
  US14/278,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20150334063A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

An identification message is sent from a sensor apparatus, over a wireless communication network, in response to a trigger event, i.e. a button press, sensed by a sensor device comprised in the sensor apparatus. The button is kept pressed down until instructed by the network server to return the button to its initial position. The identification message includes a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus. The identification message is received at a network server. A pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message is accessed by the network server. A response action is caused to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a sensor apparatus, configured to send an identification message over a wireless communication network in response to a trigger event sensed by a sensor device comprised in the sensor apparatus, the identification message consisting of a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus; and

a network server, configured to receive the identification message, access a pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message, and cause a response action to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile,

wherein the sensor apparatus comprises a button, and the trigger event consists of pressing the button down; and

wherein the sensor apparatus is further configured to keep the button pressed down until instructed by the network server to return the button to its initial position.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the response action comprises a database transaction.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the response action comprises generating an action message based on information in the accessed action profile, and sending the generated action message to a network node based on the information in the accessed action profile.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the information in the action profile comprises recipient data, content of the action message, and a type of the action message.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the network server is configured to instruct the sensor apparatus to return the button to its initial position in response to successfully receiving the identification message.

6. A method, comprising:

sending, from a sensor apparatus, an identification message over a wireless communication network in response to a trigger event sensed by a sensor device comprised in the sensor apparatus, the identification message consisting of a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus;

receiving the identification message at a network server;

accessing, by the network server, a pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message; and

causing, by the network server, a response action to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile,

wherein the sensor apparatus comprises a button, and the trigger event consists of pressing the button down; and

wherein the method further comprises causing the button being kept pressed down until instructed by the network server to return the button to its initial position.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the response action comprises a database transaction.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the response action comprises generating an action message based on information in the accessed action profile, and sending the generated action message to a network node based on the information in the accessed action profile.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the information in the action profile comprises recipient data, content of the action message, and a type of the action message.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising instructing, by the network server, the sensor apparatus to return the button to its initial position in response to successfully receiving the identification message.

11. A sensor apparatus, comprising:

a sensor device configured to sense a trigger event; and

a wireless transmitter configured to send an identification message over a wireless communication network to a network server in response to the trigger event sensed by sensor device, the identification message consisting of a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus,

wherein the sensor apparatus further comprises a button, and the trigger event consists of pressing the button down; and

wherein the sensor apparatus is further configured to keep the button pressed down until instructed by the network server to return the button to its initial position.