×

Personalized message escrow with graphical route representation

  • US 8,126,424 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2008
  • Issued: 02/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving a first communication indicative of an initiation of a security period associated with a personal security service subscriber;

    receiving a personalized message including voice content provided by the subscriber;

    maintaining the personalized message in an escrow storage during the security period;

    processing the voice content of the personalized message to derive one or more text-based elements;

    generating information characterizing an itinerary of the subscriber during the security period based in part on a comparison of the derived one or more text-based elements against a dictionary of known physical locations, wherein the itinerary includes a starting point, a destination point, and a candidate route between the starting point and the destination point;

    causing a visual representation of the candidate route to be presented to the subscriber for confirmation; and

    delivering the personalized message, information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event including deviation from the itinerary during the security period associated with the subscriber.

View all claims
  • 5 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×