Personalized message escrow

• US 8,165,562 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2008
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• 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:
  US12/105,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20090191840A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,467 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/411
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/554 involving event detection and direct action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• 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, and delivering the personalized message to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event during the security period.

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 with a dictionary of known physical locations;

monitoring actions of the subscriber relative to the itinerary of the subscriber during the security period; and

delivering the personalized message to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event during the security period, wherein the occurrence of the security event includes a deviation of the actions of the subscriber relative to the itinerary of 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 the personalized message 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 to the one or more predetermined recipients if the user-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 to the one or more predetermined recipients upon receipt of 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 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:

identifying a starting point, a destination point, and a candidate route between the starting point and the destination point;

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:

receiving information identifying an itinerary-related companion;

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

delivering both the information identifying the itinerary-related companion and the personalized message the one or more predetermined recipients upon detection of the security event trigger.

13. 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 both the personalized message and the information representative of the itinerary-related companion to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detection of the security event trigger.

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

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

15. 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.

16. 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 the personalized message from the escrow storage.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the first communication and the second communication are received from different access terminals.

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

receive a personalized message including voice content provided by a personal security service subscriber;

maintain the personalized message 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 with a dictionary of known physical locations;

monitor actions of the subscriber relative to the itinerary of the subscriber during the security period; and

deliver the personalized message to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event during the security period, wherein the occurrence of the security event includes a deviation of the actions of the subscriber relative to the itinerary of the subscriber.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the personalized message further comprises content of one or more of the following content forms:

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

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

associate the personalized message with a security event trigger that is defined in part by a subscriber-specified time interval selection.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the occurrence of the security event corresponds to an end condition of the security period.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the end condition of the security period corresponds to an expiration of a subscriber-specified timer.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, 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 to the one or more predetermined recipients if the user-specified timer expires prior to a receipt of a communication indicative of a termination of the security period.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, 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 to the one or more predetermined recipients upon receipt of a signal representative of a subscriber-initiated emergency notification.

25. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, 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 to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detecting a violation of at least one of the plurality of security event triggers.

26. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

identify a starting point, a destination point, and a candidate route between the starting point and the destination point;

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.

27. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

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

associate information representative of the itinerary-related companion with a security event trigger; and

deliver both the personalized message and the information representative of the itinerary-related companion to the one or more predetermined recipients upon detection of the security event trigger.

28. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions to cause the machine to:

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

29. A system comprising:

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

receive a personalized message including voice content provided by a personal security service subscriber;

maintain the personalized message 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 with a dictionary of known physical locations; and

deliver the personalized message to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event during the security period, wherein the occurrence of the security event includes a deviation of the actions of the subscriber relative to the itinerary of the subscriber.