ALERTING USERS WHEN A USER DEVICE IS DROPPED

• US 20160125721A1
• Filed: 10/29/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Hughes, Kent W., Chiang, David, Polehn, Donna L., Sanjeev, Kumar, Krishnaswamy, Nithya, Olson, Brian
• Application Number:
  US14/527,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20160125721A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms

Abstract

A user device may monitor sensor data gathered by the user device; detect, based on the sensor data, that the user device has been dropped; and output, based on detecting that the user device has been dropped, an alert indicating that the user device has been dropped.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

monitoring, by a user device, sensor data gathered by the user device;

detecting, by the user device and based on the sensor data, that the user device has been dropped; and

outputting, by the user device and based on the detected drop, an alert indicating that the user device has been dropped.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an alert cancellation countdown based on detecting that the user device has been dropped,

wherein outputting the alert includes outputting the alert when the alert cancellation countdown expires.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a speed of the user device prior to when the user device was dropped,

wherein displaying the alert cancellation countdown includes displaying the alert cancellation countdown when the speed of the user device satisfies a particular threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, based on detecting that the user device has been dropped, an alert profile, of a plurality of alert profiles,

wherein outputting the alert includes outputting the alert based on the selected alert profile.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining one or more conditions under which the user device is dropped;

wherein selecting the alert profile is based on the one or more conditions under which the user device is dropped.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a speed of the user device prior to when the user device was dropped.

wherein selecting the alert profile is based on the speed of the user device prior to when the user device was dropped.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data includes at least one of:

accelerometer sensor data,

gyroscope sensor data,

audio data,

video data, or

speed data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device is a first user device, wherein outputting the alert includes at least one of:

outputting an audible alert, or

outputting information identifying the location of the first user device to a second user device.

9. A user device comprising:

a non-transitory memory device storing;

a plurality of processor-executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the processor to;

monitor sensor data gathered by the user device;

detect, based on the sensor data, that the user device has been dropped; and

output, based on detecting that the user device has been dropped, an alert indicating that the user device has been dropped.

10. The user device of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

display an alert cancellation countdown based on detecting that the user device has been dropped,

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to output the alert, causes the processor to output the alert when the alert cancellation countdown expires.

11. The user device of claim 10, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

determine a speed of the user device prior to when the user device was dropped,

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to display the alert cancellation countdown, causes the processor to display the alert cancellation countdown when the speed of the user device satisfies a particular threshold.

12. The user device of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

select, based on detecting that the user device has been dropped, an alert profile, of a plurality of alert profiles,

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to output the alert, causes the processor to output the alert based on the selected alert profile.

13. The user device of claim 12, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

determine one or more conditions under which the user device is dropped;

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to select the particular alert profile, causes the processor to select the particular alert profile based on the one or more conditions under which the user device is dropped.

14. The user device of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

determine a speed of the user device prior to when the user device was dropped.

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to select the particular alert profile, causes the processor to select the particular alert profile based on the speed of the user device prior to when the user device was dropped.

15. The user device of claim 9, wherein the sensor data includes at least one of:

accelerometer sensor data,

gyroscope sensor data,

audio data,

video data, or

speed data.

16. The user device of claim 9, wherein the user device is a first user device,

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to output the alert, causes the processor to:

output an audible alert, or

output information identifying the location of the first user device to a second user device.

17. A user device comprising:

an accelerometer to sense acceleration of the user device; and

processing circuitry to;

determine, based on the sensed acceleration, whether the user device has been dropped; and

cause, when the user device is determined to have been dropped, an audible alert to be generated by the user device.

18. The user device of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is further to:

output information identifying the location of the user device to a second user device.

19. The user device of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is further to:

display an alert cancellation countdown based on determining that the user device has been dropped, and wherein the audible alert is generated when the alert cancellation countdown expires.

20. The user device of claim 19, wherein the processing circuitry is further to:

determine a speed of the user device prior to when the user device was dropped; and

vary the generation of the audible alert based on the determined speed of the user device.