Reminder messages delivery from reminder device when triggered by reminder-required events

• US 9,333,945 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2012
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bo-In Lin
• Original Assignee: Bo-In Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Bo-In
• Primary Examiner(s): NWUGO, OJIAKO K
• Application Number:
  US13/567,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20120293341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,374 Days
• Field of Search: 340/989, 340/540, 340/541, 340/573.1, 701/469, 701/483, 701/484
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method to deliver a reminder message. The method includes a step of triggering a delivery of the reminder message upon detecting or sensing a reminder message required event-or-activity to prevent a person from forgetting or losing a person item. In an exemplary embodiment, the step of sensing the reminder message required event-or-activity includes a step of detecting or sensing an activity when the person preparing to leave a place for a next destination.

Claims

1. A luggage having a pull out handle, comprising:

a reminder device attached to the pull out handle of the luggage, the reminder device further comprises

a memory device;

an input/output (I/O) port to allow a user to input a reminder message into the memory device to remind the user of personal items easily forgotten when the user intend to leave a location, and for transmitting the reminder message directly to a cellular phone as an inter-device transmitted reminder message when a handle of the luggage is pulled out by the user as a user'"'"'s action activated triggering event to activate and trigger a transmission of the inter-device transmitted reminder message before the user leaves the location;

an accelerometer to sense said user'"'"'s action of luggage handle pull out; and

a transmitter device to transmit said inter-device transmitted reminder message in response to sensing said user'"'"'s action of luggage handle pull out.

2. The luggage of claim 1 wherein:

the reminder device further directly transmits the inter-device transmitted reminder message as a text message on a display panel on the cellular phone.

3. The luggage of claim 1 wherein:

the reminder device further directly transmits the inter-device transmitted reminder message as an audio reminder message on the cellular phone when the handle of the luggage is pulled out.

4. The luggage of claim 1 wherein:

the reminder device further includes an accelerometer for detecting an acceleration as an acceleration activated inter-device message transmission triggering event to directly transmit the inter-device transmitted reminder message to the cellular phone when the luggage in an automobile is moved with the acceleration detected by the accelerometer.

5. The luggage of claim 4 wherein:

the reminder device further directly transmits the inter-device transmitted reminder message as a text message on a display panel of the cellular phone when the accelerometer detects the acceleration.

6. The luggage of claim 4 wherein:

the reminder device further directly transmits the inter-device transmitted reminder message as an audio reminder message when the accelerometer detects the acceleration.