Mobile telephone dog training tool and method
First Claim
1. A dog training tool comprising:
- a mobile telephone having a processor, memory, GPS receiver and a communication module operable to establish a WWAN interface with a mobile telephone circuit, a WPAN interface with a WPAN and a WLAN interface with a WLAN;
an adapter having a controller, a WPAN interface and a VHF transceiver, the adapter communicating with the mobile telephone through the WPAN interface;
a collar adapted to couple to a dog, the collar having a VHF transceiver operable to communicate with the adapter, an accelerometer operable to detect movement of the collar and having a GPS receiver operable to detect a GPS position, the VHF transceiver configured to send the GPS position to the adapter upon detection of movement by said accelerometer of the dog collar by a predetermined distance from the GPS position at which the VHF transceiver last sent a GPS position, and to send the GPS position after a predetermined time elapses if the detection of movement of the dog collar by the predetermined distance does not take place before the predetermined time elapses; and
a training application stored in memory of the mobile telephone and operable to execute on the processor of the mobile telephone, the training application operable to present the GPS position received by the adapter through the adapter VHF transceiver and forwarded from the adapter to the mobile telephone through the WPAN interface, the training application present the GPS position on a display of the mobile telephone.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone adapts to use as a gundog training tool by interfacing with a dog collar using a wireless communication device, such as a WWAN text or IP interface, a WLAN interface or a radio transceiver that couples to the mobile telephone and is accessible to a training application running on the mobile telephone. The dog collar includes a GPS receiver to provide position information to the mobile telephone and a shock device to provide training stimulus to the dog. A wireless headset interfaces with the mobile telephone to provide audible indications of position to an end user, such as a dog point and tone indicators of directions to the dog. A wireless handset interfaces with the mobile telephone to accept inputs for application to the collar, such as training stimulus.
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23 Claims
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1. A dog training tool comprising:
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a mobile telephone having a processor, memory, GPS receiver and a communication module operable to establish a WWAN interface with a mobile telephone circuit, a WPAN interface with a WPAN and a WLAN interface with a WLAN; an adapter having a controller, a WPAN interface and a VHF transceiver, the adapter communicating with the mobile telephone through the WPAN interface; a collar adapted to couple to a dog, the collar having a VHF transceiver operable to communicate with the adapter, an accelerometer operable to detect movement of the collar and having a GPS receiver operable to detect a GPS position, the VHF transceiver configured to send the GPS position to the adapter upon detection of movement by said accelerometer of the dog collar by a predetermined distance from the GPS position at which the VHF transceiver last sent a GPS position, and to send the GPS position after a predetermined time elapses if the detection of movement of the dog collar by the predetermined distance does not take place before the predetermined time elapses; and a training application stored in memory of the mobile telephone and operable to execute on the processor of the mobile telephone, the training application operable to present the GPS position received by the adapter through the adapter VHF transceiver and forwarded from the adapter to the mobile telephone through the WPAN interface, the training application present the GPS position on a display of the mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for training a dog, the system comprising:
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a mobile telephone having a processor, memory, display and plural wireless communication devices including at least a short-range WPAN wireless communication device, the mobile telephone operable to communicate with a mobile telephone network to support wireless telephone calls and having a GPS receiver operable to present the position of the mobile telephone on a map presented at the display; an adapter having a controller and a short-range WPAN wireless communication device, the adapter interfaced with the mobile telephone through the short-range WPAN wireless communication devices and having a separate longer-range wireless communication device for communicating with one or more dog collars; a dog collar having a GPS receiver operable to determine the position of the dog collar, an accelerometer operable to detect a change in position of the dog collar and a longer-range wireless communication device to communicate the position of the dog collar to the adapter longer-range wireless communication device, the adapter forwarding the position to the mobile telephone through the short-range WPAN wireless communication device, the dog collar communicating the position of the dog collar to the adapter with the longer-range wireless communication device after each change in position of the dog collar by at least a predetermined distance from the position at which the dog collar last communicated using the longer-range wireless communication device to transmit to the adapter, the dog collar further communicating the position of the dog collar after a predetermined time period elapses if the position of the dog collar does not change by the predetermined distance in the time period; and a training application stored in the mobile telephone memory and operable to execute on the processor to present the dog collar position on the map. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A dog training tool comprising:
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a mobile telephone having a processor, a memory, a GPS receiver operable to detect a GPS position of the mobile telephone and plural communication devices, the communication devices operable to establish a WWAN interface with a mobile telephone circuit, a WLAN interface with a WLAN, and a WPAN interface with a WPAN; an adapter having a controller, a communication device operable to establish a WPAN interface with a WPAN and a wireless radio transceiver, the adapter interfaced with the mobile telephone through the WPAN; a collar adapted to couple to a dog, the collar having a GPS receiver operable to determine a GPS position and a collar communication module operable to wirelessly communicate the GPS position with the adapter wireless radio transceiver; a training application stored in the memory of the mobile telephone and operable to execute on the processor of the mobile telephone, wherein the training application is operable to obtain the GPS position of the collar from the adapter through the WPAN interface and present the GPS position of the collar on a map displayed at the mobile telephone; and a microphone integrated in the mobile telephone, the microphone operable to detect an audible sound and represent the audible sound as a signal, wherein the training application is further operable to detect the microphone signal as a gunshot and store the GPS position of the mobile telephone in response to the detection of the gunshot. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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