Mobile phone alert system and method

• US 8,055,306 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2009
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Chien-Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro; Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bush; Michael S
• Application Number:
  US12/417,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20100022224A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 370/259, 370/277, 370/310, 370/310.2, 370/311, 370/327, 370/328, 370/352, 455/404.1, 455/414.1, 455/423, 455/567
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72421 with automatic activation of emergency service functions, e.g. upon sensing an alarm

Abstract

A mobile phone alert system sets one or more alert conditions of a mobile phone, and sets a response message corresponding to each of the alert conditions. The system further monitors communication status of the mobile phone when the mobile phone is communicating with a contact mobile phone, determines if an alert condition occurs by determining if the communication status meets the one or more alert conditions, retrieves and sending a corresponding response message to the contact mobile phone number via a first network, in response to a determination that the alert condition occurs to the mobile phone. Additionally, the system may further search a second available network, sends the response message and a request of sending the response message to the contact mobile phone number to a service center via the second network, in response to the response message has not been sent successfully via the first network.

Claims

1. A mobile phone alert method, the method comprising:

setting one or more alert conditions of a mobile phone, and setting a response message corresponding to each of the alert conditions;

storing the one or more alert conditions and the response message of each alert condition into a storage system;

establishing a connection between the mobile phone and a contact mobile phone via a first network;

monitoring communication status of the mobile phone while the mobile phone is connected with the contact mobile phone over the first network;

determining if an alert condition occurs to the mobile phone by determining if the communication status of the mobile phone meets the one or more alert conditions;

retrieving a response message corresponding to the alert condition from the storage system and sending the response message to the contact mobile phone from the mobile phone via the first network, to inform a user of the contact mobile phone of a reason why the communication is dropped via the first network, in response to a determination that an alert condition occurs to the mobile phone, the response message sent while the mobile phone is connected to the contact mobile phone;

searching a second available network, in response to a determination that the response message has not been sent successfully via the first network; and

sending a request of sending the response message to the contact mobile phone to a service center via the second available network, to inform a user of the contact mobile phone of a reason why the communication is dropped via the second network.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the alert condition is a low battery power condition or a weak signal strength condition.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage system is selected from the group consisting of a smart media card, a secure digital card, and a compact flash card.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first network is selected from the group consisting of a global system for mobile communication (GSM) network, a general packet radio service (GPRS) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and a universal mobile telephone service(UMTS) network.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second available network is a wireless local area network.

6. A mobile phone alert system, the system comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a setting module configured for setting one or more alert conditions of a mobile phone, and setting a response message corresponding to each of the alert conditions;

a storing module configured for storing the one or more alert conditions and the response message of each alert condition into the storage system;

a monitoring module configured for monitoring communication status of the mobile phone when a connection between the mobile phone and a contact mobile phone has been established via a first network and while the mobile phone is connected with the contact mobile phone over the first network, and determining if an alert condition occurs to the mobile phone by determining if the communication status of the mobile phone meets the one or more alert conditions;

a sending module configured for retrieving a response message corresponding to the alert condition from the storage system and sending the response message to the contact mobile phone from the mobile phone via the first network, to inform a user of the contact mobile phone of a reason why the communication is dropped via the first network, in response to a determination that an alert condition occurs to the mobile phone, the response message sent while the mobile phone is connected to the contact mobile phone;

the monitoring module further configured for searching a second available network, in response to a determination that the response message has not been sent successfully via the first network; and

the sending module further configured for sending a request of sending the response message to the contact mobile phone to a service center via the second available network, to inform a user of the contact mobile phone of a reason why the communication is dropped via the second available network.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the alert condition is a low battery power condition or a weak signal strength condition.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the storage system is selected from the group consisting of a smart media card, a secure digital card, and a compact flash card.

9. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first network is selected from the group consisting of a global system for mobile communication (GSM) network, a general packet radio service (GPRS) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and a universal mobile telephone service(UMTS) network.

10. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second available network is a wireless local area network.

11. A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a mobile phone alert method, the method comprising:

setting one or more alert conditions of a mobile phone, and setting a response message corresponding to each of the alert conditions;

storing the one or more alert conditions and the response message of each alert condition in a storage system;

establishing a connection between the mobile phone and a contact mobile phone via a first network;

monitoring communication status of the mobile phone while the mobile phone is connected with the contact mobile phone over the first network;

determining if an alert condition occurs to the mobile phone by determining if the communication status of the mobile phone meets the one or more alert conditions;

retrieving a response message corresponding to the alert condition from the storage system, and sending the response message to the contact mobile phone from the mobile phone via the first network, to inform a user of the contact mobile phone of a reason why the communication is dropped via the first network, in response to a determination that an alert condition occurs to the mobile phone, the response message sent while the mobile phone is connected to the contact mobile phone;

searching a second available network, in response to a determination that the response message has not been sent successfully via the first network; and

sending a request of sending the response message to the contact mobile phone to a service center via the second available network, to inform a user of the contact mobile phone of a reason why the communication is dropped via the second available network.

12. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the alert condition is a low battery power condition or a weak signal strength condition.

13. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the storage medium is selected from the group consisting of a smart media card, a secure digital card, and a compact flash card.

14. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first network is selected from the group consisting of a global system for mobile communication (GSM) network, a general packet radio service (GPRS) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and a universal mobile telephone service(UMTS) network.

15. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second available network is a wireless local area network.