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Method to detect an alarm situation and to send silent alerts to external systems using voice input to mobile devices

  • US 9,704,366 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2013
  • Issued: 07/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • a panic alert mobile application executing on a portable or wearable electronic device of an authorized user;

    the panic alert mobile application retrieving a word sequence associated with the authorized user from a memory wherein the word sequence comprises a string of words that would not normally be used in conversation by the authorized user;

    the panic alert mobile application continuously monitoring spoken words of the authorized user;

    the panic alert mobile application matching one of the spoken words detected by the panic alert mobile application with verbal metrics of the authorized user to determine whether the authorized user spoke the one of the spoken words;

    the panic alert mobile application adding the one of the spoken words to a temporary string when the panic alert mobile application determines that the one of the spoken words was spoken by the authorized user;

    the panic alert mobile application detecting the word sequence spoken by the authorized user when the temporary string matches the word sequence; and

    the panic alert mobile application reporting a panic alert to a central monitoring station of the security system in response to detecting the word sequence.

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