Panic alert for cellular telephone

• US 6,535,127 B1
• Filed: 10/20/2000
• Issued: 03/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Taylor, Elizabeth Anne
• Primary Examiner(s): POPE, DARYL C
• Application Number:
  US09/693,067
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 340/571, 340/573.1, 340/691.1, 340/321
• US Class Current: 340/571
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/02 with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid
• 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 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions

Abstract

An integrated electronic apparatus includes a personal electronic device other than a personal alarm. A personal alarm is integrated with the personal electronic device. A battery is electrically coupled to the personal electronic device and the personal alarm so as to provide electric power to both the personal electronic device and the personal alarm.

Claims

1. An integrated electronic apparatus, comprising:

a. a personal electronic device other than a personal alarm;

b. a personal alarm; and

c. a detachable battery electrically capable of coupling to the personal electronic device so as to provide electric power to the personal electronic device;

wherein the personal alarm is disposed within the detachable battery; and

wherein the personal alarm may be actuated regardless of whether the detachable battery is coupled to the personal electronic device.

2. The apparatus in claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device is a cellular telephone.

3. The apparatus in claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device comprises a pager.

4. The apparatus in claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device comprises a cellular telephone that includes a circuit programmed to cause the personal alarm to be activated when the cellular telephone is called from a remote telephone at which a predetermined sequence of keys is entered.