Method for self-calling and emergency reporting with mobile terminal, system thereof, and recording medium storing the same

• US 8,983,422 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2010
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: S1 Corporation (ACI Worldwide Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: S1 Corporation (ACI Worldwide Incorporated)
• Inventors: Park, Min Soo, Park, Jun Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, MONG-THUY THI
• Application Number:
  US13/514,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20130005295A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,880 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/456.6
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A method of self-calling and emergency reporting using a mobile terminal, and a system thereof, are provided. The method includes: when a particular pattern of a user is inputed to a mobile terminal, and the particular pattern is authentication data previously inputed by the user, changing a mode of the mobile terminal to a self-reception mode previously determined by the user; outputting a query previously stored in a database to the user through the mobile terminal to perform voice recognition; executing a policy previously stored in the database according to the user'"'"'s voice recognition and a response pattern according to the query; and changing a mode of the mobile terminal to a standby mode when a personal identification number for termination is input.

Claims

1. A method of self-calling and emergency reporting, the method comprising:

(a) when a particular pattern of a user is input to a mobile terminal, determining, by the mobile terminal, whether or not the particular pattern is authentication data previously input by the user;

(b) when the particular pattern is the authentication data previously input by the user, changing a mode of the mobile terminal to a self-reception mode previously determined by the user;

(c) outputting a query previously stored in a database to the user through the mobile terminal to perform voice recognition;

(d) executing a policy previously stored in the database according to the user'"'"'s voice recognition and a response pattern according to the query, wherein the policy includes notifying a third party when a response to the query has not been received within a predetermined time; and

(e) inputting a personal identification number to terminate the self-reception mode and place the mobile terminal in a standby mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular pattern includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a motion pattern of the mobile terminal, a keypad input pattern of the mobile terminal, a touch pattern of the mobile terminal, an emergency button input of the mobile terminal, and the user'"'"'s voice.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) includes:

comparing the user'"'"'s particular pattern input to the mobile terminal with the authentication data of the user previously stored in the database to check whether or not they are identical; and

when the particular pattern and the user'"'"'s input data are identical, performing user authentication.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (b) includes

changing the mode of the mobile terminal to a bell sound mode and changing a volume of a bell sound of the mobile terminal to a predetermined volume of the bell sound.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (b) includes:

when the particular pattern is the authentication data previously input by the user, changing a mode of the mobile terminal to a bell sound mode; and

when the mode of the mobile terminal is changed to the bell sound mode, changing a bell sound of the mobile terminal to a bell sound and a volume of the bell sound stored in the database.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (b) includes automatically executing a particular program installed in the mobile terminal or transmitting an emergency rescue message by the mobile terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (b) includes:

outputting a bell sound from the mobile terminal which has been changed to the self-reception mode, and checking whether a call incoming is performed;

when the call incoming is performed, interrupting an output of the bell sound according to an external call and recording a self-calling state in the database;

when the call incoming is performed, determining whether or not a phone number of the external call is identical to a phone number stored in the database; and

when the phone number of the external call is identical to the phone number stored in the database, changing a mode of the mobile terminal to a three-party call mode, and when the phone number of the external call is different from the phone number stored in the database, interrupting the external call.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (c) includes:

outputting the query previously stored in the database to the user;

when the user'"'"'s voice is input according to the query, determining whether or not the user'"'"'s voice according to the query is identical to the user'"'"'s voice previously stored in the database; and

when the user'"'"'s voice according to the query is identical to the user'"'"'s voice previously stored in the database, checking user'"'"'s response information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (e) includes

after the policy previously stored in the database is executed, terminating the self-reception mode of the mobile terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (e) includes

when data different from the user'"'"'s personal identification number is input to the mobile terminal, maintaining the self-reception mode.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the database includes a memory installed in the mobile terminal or an external database server.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (b) includes:

when the particular pattern is the authentication data previously input by the user, storing at least one of user data selected from the group consisting of the user'"'"'s current location information, the user'"'"'s phone number, the user'"'"'s input voice, and video data input to a camera module of the mobile terminal in the database; and

transmitting the user data to a third party previously stored in the database.

13. A system of self-calling and emergency, the system comprising:

a data input unit for receiving a particular pattern from a user when an emergency occurs, receiving a response of the user according to a query previously stored in a database, and receiving a personal identification number of the user for termination of a self-reception mode;

a controller for determining whether or not the particular pattern is authentication data previously input by the user to perform user authentication, changing a mode of the mobile terminal to the self-reception mode which is a mode previously input to the database according to the user authentication, executing a policy stored in the database according to the user'"'"'s voice recognition and response pattern, wherein the policy includes notifying a third party when a response to the query has not been received within a predetermined time, and transmitting user data including information regarding the user'"'"'s current location to the third party previously input to the database; and

a voice recognition unit for performing voice recognition based on the user'"'"'s response according to the query previously stored in the database.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the particular pattern includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a motion pattern of the mobile terminal, a keypad input pattern of the mobile terminal, a touch pattern of the mobile terminal, an emergency button input of the mobile terminal, and the user'"'"'s voice.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the controller includes:

a main controller for checking whether or not the particular pattern is the authentication data previously input by the user to perform user authentication, and executing the policy previously stored in the database according to the user'"'"'s voice recognition and response pattern;

a reception controller for changing the mode of the mobile terminal to the self-reception mode as a mode previously input to the database according to the user authentication; and

a communication controller for transmitting user data including information regarding the user'"'"'s current location to a third party previously input to the database.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the reception controller changes the mode of the mobile terminal to a bell sound mode, and changes a volume of a bell sound to a predetermined value.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the user data of the communication controller includes at least one selected from the group consisting of user data among the information regarding the user'"'"'s current location, the user'"'"'s phone number, the user'"'"'s input voice, and video data input to a camera module of the mobile terminal.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein when the particular pattern is the authentication data previously input by the user, the main controller automatically executes a particular program installed in the mobile terminal or transmits an emergency rescue message by the mobile terminal.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the communication controller

checks call incoming by the user when a reception tone is sent to the mobile terminal according to the change to the self-reception mode,

when the call incoming is performed, interrupts output of a bell sound by an external call and records a self-call state in the database,

checks whether or not a phone number of the external call is identical to a phone number stored in the database, and when the phone number of the external call is identical to the phone number stored in the database, changes the mode of the mobile terminal to a three-party call mode, and

when the phone number of the external call is different from the phone number stored in the database, interrupts the incoming of the external call.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein when the user'"'"'s voice is input according to the query stored in the database, the voice recognition unit determines whether or not the user'"'"'s voice according to the query and a user'"'"'s voice previously stored in the database are identical, and when the user'"'"'s voice according to the query and a user'"'"'s voice previously stored in the database are identical, the voice recognizing unit checks the user'"'"'s response information.