Alarm notification system and method

• US 8,787,868 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2009
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bernard Leblanc, Daniel LeBlanc
• Original Assignee: Bernard Leblanc, Daniel LeBlanc
• Inventors: Leblanc, Daniel, Leblanc, Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US13/382,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20120100828A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,800 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041-4042, 455572-574, 4553431-3436, 4551271-1275, 455/128, 455/129, 455/567, 455/458, 455/466, 455/550.1, 455/575.1, 455/90.3, 340/539.11
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1409 for removal detection of electrical appliances by detecting their physical disconnection from an electrical system, e.g. using a switch incorporated in the plug connector
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

Apparatus for alert notification, the apparatus comprising: a power mode detector, configured to detect a predefined change in a power mode of a mobile phone, and an alert notifier, associated with the power mode detector and configured to notify a predefined user about an alert condition the detected predefined change in the power mode is indicative of.

Claims

1. Apparatus for alert notification, the apparatus comprising:

a power mode detector, configured to detect a shift of a mobile phone between two power modes of the mobile phone, the detected shift being indicative of an alert condition; and

an alert notifier, associated with said power mode detector and configured to notify a predefined user about the alert condition, wherein the power modes of the mobile phone comprise a mode of consuming a power source internal to the mobile phone and a mode of charging the power source internal to the mobile phone.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predefined change in the power modes of the mobile phone differ in a power source being consumed by the mobile phone.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shift further comprises stopping to consume a power source external to the mobile phone.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shift further comprises stopping to consume a power source inside the mobile phone.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said alert notifier is further configured to notify the predefined user about the alert condition, using a phone call.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said alert notifier is further configured to notify the predefined user about the alert condition, using a video phone call.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said alert notifier is further configured to notify the predefined user about the alert condition, using an SMS (Short Messages Service) message.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said alert notifier is further configured to notify the predefined user about the alert condition, using an e-mail message.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said alert notifier is further configured to notify the predefined user about the alert condition, using a message comprising GPS (Global Positioning System) data.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said alert notifier is further configured to notify the predefined user about the alert condition, using a message comprising a picture taken by the mobile phone.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an electric circuit configured to cause the shift.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mechanical device configured to cause the shift.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a pulley system configured to cause the shift.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a car alarm system configured to cause the shift.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a home alarm system configured to cause the shift.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a user interface operable by a user, for customizing at least one of said power mode detector and said alert notifier.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a user interface operable by a user remote from the cellular phone, for customizing at least one of said power mode detector and said alert notifier.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for performing the steps of:

a) detecting a shift of a mobile phone between two power modes of the mobile phone, the detected shift being indicative of an alert condition; and

b) notifying a predefined user about the alert condition, wherein the power modes of the mobile phone comprise a mode of consuming a power source internal to the mobile phone and a mode of charging the power source internal to the mobile phone.

19. Kit for alert notification, the kit comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for performing the steps of:

detecting a shift of a mobile phone between two power modes of the mobile phone, the detected shift being indicative of an alert condition; and

notifying a predefined user about the alert condition; and

a device connectable to the mobile phone and configured to cause the shift, wherein the power modes of the mobile phone comprise a mode of consuming a power source internal to the mobile phone and a mode of charging the power source internal to the mobile phone.

20. Kit for alert notification, the kit comprising:

a power mode detector, configured to detect a shift of a mobile phone between two power modes of the mobile phone, the detected shift being indicative of an alert condition; and

an alert notifier, associated with said power mode detector and configured to notify a predefined user about the alert condition, wherein the power modes of the mobile phone comprise a mode of consuming a power source internal to the mobile phone and a mode of charging the power source internal to the mobile phone.

21. Method for alert notification, the method comprising the steps of:

a) detecting a shift of a mobile phone between two power modes of the mobile phone, the detected shift being indicative of an alert condition; and

b) notifying a predefined user about the alert condition, wherein the power modes of the mobile phone comprise a mode of consuming a power source internal to the mobile phone and a mode of charging the power source internal to the mobile phone.