Method and electronic device for generating a crowd-sourced alert
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1. A method, on a second electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving a first emergency sound wave emitted from a speaker of a first electronic device at a microphone of the second electronic device;
validating the first emergency sound wave received at the microphone of the second electronic device based on a characteristic of the first emergency sound wave with a processor of the second electronic device; and
emitting a second emergency sound wave from a speaker of the second electronic device in response to the validating of the first emergency sound wave, wherein the second emergency sound wave has the characteristic upon which the first emergency sound wave was validated.
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Abstract
During an emergency, a user initiates an emergency trigger, which puts an electronic device into an emergency mode. The device then emits an emergency sound wave having one or more particular characteristics. In one embodiment, the emergency sound wave is inaudible. The device may then emit an audible alert. Nearby devices that detect the emergency sound wave may then, once they validate the emergency sound wave emit their own emergency sound waves, and emit their own audible alerts. This process allows the original alert to be propagated to many devices in the vicinity creating, in effect, a mesh of alerted devices.
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1. A method, on a second electronic device, the method comprising:
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receiving a first emergency sound wave emitted from a speaker of a first electronic device at a microphone of the second electronic device; validating the first emergency sound wave received at the microphone of the second electronic device based on a characteristic of the first emergency sound wave with a processor of the second electronic device; and emitting a second emergency sound wave from a speaker of the second electronic device in response to the validating of the first emergency sound wave, wherein the second emergency sound wave has the characteristic upon which the first emergency sound wave was validated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, on a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
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emitting a first emergency sound wave from a speaker of the portable electronic device to a plurality of other portable electronic devices to create a mesh of alerted devices; receiving a user input indicating a cancelation of the emergency associated with the emergency sound wave; in response to receiving the user input, emitting an all-clear sound wave from the speaker of the portable electronic device to close the mesh by causing the plurality of other portable electronic devices in the mesh of alerted devices to cease emitting a second emergency sound wave. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A second electronic device comprising:
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an audio input configured to detect a first emergency sound wave from a first electronic device, the audio input comprising a microphone; an audio output comprising a speaker; and a processor configured to validate the first emergency sound wave based on a characteristic of the first emergency sound wave detected by the microphone of the audio input, and control the audio output to emit from the speaker a second emergency sound wave having the characteristic upon which the first emergency sound wave was validated in response to validation of the first emergency sound wave. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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