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System and method for automated response to distress signal

  • US 9,483,931 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2016
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for facilitating automated response to a distress signal, the system comprising:

  • an attachment for a multifunction mobile computing device, whereinthe attachment removably articulates to a sensor location coupled to a housing of the multifunction mobile computing device; and

    a computer program product in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable by the multifunction mobile computing device to implement;

    detecting a disarticulation of the attachment from the sensor location on the multifunction mobile computing device, andresponsive to the detecting the disarticulation of the attachment from the sensor location on the multifunction mobile computing device,over-riding a locked screen condition of the multifunction mobile computing device, andpresenting a distress signal control interface capable of receiving a command, andtransmitting to a distress signal response receiver over a radio-frequency network from a radio-frequency transmitter located within a housing of the multifunction mobile computing device the distress signal.

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