Smart device safety mechanism
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1. A method of providing an alert to a user of a smart device, wherein the method comprises:
- detecting a pedestrian within a pedestrian detection distance, wherein the detecting includes identifying a digital footprint of the detected pedestrian;
determining, based on an analysis of the digital footprint, if the detected pedestrian is friendly;
increasing a risk tolerance threshold in response to determining that the detected pedestrian is friendly;
identifying, by the smart device, a crime risk based upon one or more proximity parameters corresponding to a current location of the smart device;
determining whether to alert the user of the identified crime risk based upon one or more user preferences, wherein the one or more user preferences includes at least the risk tolerance threshold; and
generating an alert in response to the determination.
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Abstract
An approach is provided in which a smart device identifies a crime risk based upon proximity parameters corresponding to the current location of the smart device. In turn, the smart device determines whether to alert a user of the smart device based upon user preferences and, in turn, alerts the user accordingly.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing an alert to a user of a smart device, wherein the method comprises:
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detecting a pedestrian within a pedestrian detection distance, wherein the detecting includes identifying a digital footprint of the detected pedestrian; determining, based on an analysis of the digital footprint, if the detected pedestrian is friendly; increasing a risk tolerance threshold in response to determining that the detected pedestrian is friendly; identifying, by the smart device, a crime risk based upon one or more proximity parameters corresponding to a current location of the smart device; determining whether to alert the user of the identified crime risk based upon one or more user preferences, wherein the one or more user preferences includes at least the risk tolerance threshold; and generating an alert in response to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile device comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory coupled to at least one of the processors; a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of; detecting a pedestrian within a pedestrian detection distance, wherein the detecting includes identifying a digital footprint of the detected pedestrian; determining, based on an analysis of the digital footprint, if the detected pedestrian is friendly; increasing a risk tolerance threshold in response to determining that the detected pedestrian is friendly; identifying a crime risk based upon one or more proximity parameters corresponding to a current location of the mobile device; determining whether to alert the user of the identified crime risk based upon one or more user preferences, wherein the one or more user preferences includes at least the risk tolerance threshold; and generating an alert in response to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer program code that, when executed by a mobile device, causes the mobile device to perform actions comprising:
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detecting a pedestrian within a pedestrian detection distance, wherein the detecting includes identifying a digital footprint of the detected pedestrian; determining, based on an analysis of the digital footprint, if the detected pedestrian is friendly; increasing a risk tolerance threshold in response to determining that the detected pedestrian is friendly; identifying a crime risk based upon one or more proximity parameters corresponding to a current location of the mobile device; determining whether to alert the user of the identified crime risk based upon one or more user preferences, wherein the one or more user preferences includes at least the risk tolerance threshold; and generating an alert in response to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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