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

• Current Assignee: Rave Wireless Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Rave Wireless Incorporated
• Inventors: Piett, William Todd, Sevdinoglou, Constantinos Nickolaos, Saito, Ghen
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E
• Application Number:
  US12/105,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20090191842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/00 Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00; network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00; security arrangements for protecting computers or computer systems against unauthorised activity G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/30 for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information circuit switched telephony call monitoring H04M3/2281
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks

Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for maintaining a personalized message provided by a personal security service subscriber in an escrow storage during a security period associated with the subscriber; processing itinerary-related information of the personalized message against a dictionary of known physical locations to identify a starting point, a destination point, and a candidate route between the starting point and the destination point; generating a visual representation of the candidate route; and delivering the personalized message, the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event during the security period associated with the subscriber.

Claims

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.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the personalized message further comprises content of one or more of the following content forms:

text, audio, still images, animation, and video.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first communication comprises:

receiving valid security service subscriber login information.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first communication comprises:

receiving a signal representative of a time interval selection.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

associating contents of the escrow storage with a security event trigger that is defined in part by the time interval selection.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the occurrence of the security event corresponds to an end condition of the security period.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the end condition of the security period corresponds to an expiration of a subscriber-specified timer.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

prior to the expiration of the subscriber-specified timer, delivering a warning notification to prompt the subscriber to terminate the security period; and

delivering the personalized message, the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to the one or more predetermined recipients if the subscriber-specified timer expires prior to a receipt of a second communication indicative of a termination of the security period associated with the subscriber.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a signal representative of a subscriber-initiated emergency notification as a security event trigger; and

delivering the personalized message, the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detecting a signal representative of a subscriber-initiated emergency notification.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying each of a plurality of prespecified check in times as a respective security event trigger; and

delivering the personalized message, the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detecting a violation of at least one of the plurality of security event triggers.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating an estimated time of arrival based in part on the candidate route; and

identifying a due time calculated from the estimated time of arrival as the security event trigger.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

delivering the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route to an access terminal associated with the subscriber; and

receiving a second communication indicative of the confirmation of the candidate route as a prescribed route to be traversed by the subscriber.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information identifying an itinerary-related companion;

maintaining the information identifying the itinerary-related companion in the escrow storage during the security period; and

delivering the information identifying the itinerary-related companion and at least one of the personalized message and the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detection of a security event during the security period.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing the voice content of the personalized message against one or more directories of candidate identifiers to identify an itinerary-related companion; and

delivering the information identifying the itinerary-related companion and at least one of the personalized message and the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detection of a security event during the security period.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

delivering profile information associated with the subscriber to the one or more predetermined recipients.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first communication is received from one of the following:

an access terminal associated with the subscriber and a dedicated access terminal at a physical location associated with the subscriber.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second communication indicative of a termination of the security period associated with the subscriber; and

removing contents associated with the subscriber from the escrow storage.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the first communication and the second communication are received from different access terminals.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions to cause a machine to:

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

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

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

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

generate 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;

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

deliver 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.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the personalized message further comprises content of one or more of the following content forms:

text, audio, still images, animation, and video.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

associate contents of the escrow storage with a security event trigger that is defined in part by a subscriber-specified time interval selection.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the occurrence of the security event corresponds to an end condition of the security period.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the end condition of the security period corresponds to an expiration of a subscriber-specified timer.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

deliver a warning notification to prompt the subscriber to terminate the security period prior to the expiration of the subscriber-specified timer; and

deliver the personalized message, the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to the one or more predetermined recipients if the subscriber-specified timer expires prior to a receipt of a communication indicative of a termination of the security period.

25. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

identify a signal representative of a subscriber-initiated emergency notification as a security event trigger; and

deliver the personalized message, the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to the one or more predetermined recipients upon receipt of a signal representative of a subscriber-initiated emergency notification.

26. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

identify each of a plurality of prespecified check in times as a respective security event trigger; and

deliver the personalized message, the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detecting a violation of at least one of the plurality of security event triggers.

27. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

generate an estimated time of arrival based in part on the candidate route; and

identify a due time calculated from the estimated time of arrival as the security event trigger.

28. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

receive information identifying an itinerary-related companion;

maintain the information identifying the itinerary-related companion in the escrow storage during the security period; and

deliver the information identifying the itinerary-related companion and at least one of the personalized message and the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detection of a security event during the security period.

29. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

process itinerary-related information of the personalized message against one or more directories of candidate identifiers to identify an itinerary-related companion; and

deliver the information identifying the itinerary-related companion and at least one of the personalized message and the information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detection of a security event during the security period.

30. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

remove contents associated with the subscriber from the escrow storage responsive to a receipt of a signal indicative of a termination of the security period associated with the subscriber.

31. A system comprising:

an application server having a processor and a memory that stores instructions to cause the processor to;

maintain a personalized message including voice content provided by a personal security service subscriber in an escrow storage during a security period associated with the subscriber;

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

generate 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;

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

deliver 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.