Method to detect an alarm situation and to send silent alerts to external systems using voice input to mobile devices
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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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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus that embodies a method including a panic alert mobile application of a security system that protects a secured geographic area executing on a portable electronic device of an authorized user, the panic alert mobile application retrieving a predetermined word sequence associated with the authorized user, the panic alert mobile application continuously monitoring spoken words of the authorized user, the panic alert mobile application detecting the predetermined word sequence in the spoken words of the authorized user and the panic alert mobile application reporting a panic alert to a central monitoring station of the security system.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a central monitoring station that protects a secured area via a local security system; and a portable or wearable electronic device of an authorized user of the local security system, wherein the portable or wearable electronic device executes a panic alert mobile application of the local security system, wherein the panic alert mobile application continuously monitors for spoken words of the authorized user for a word sequence including a string of words that would not normally be used in conversation by the authorized user, and wherein the panic alert mobile application matches 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, adds 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, detects the word sequence when the temporary string matches the word sequence, and reports a panic alert to the central monitoring station of the local security system in response to detecting the word sequence. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a security system that protects a secured area; a central monitoring station that receives alarm messages from the security system; and a portable electronic device of an authorized user of the security system, wherein the portable electronic device executes a panic alert mobile application of the security system, and wherein a first processor of the panic alert mobile application saves a word sequence from the authorized user including a string of words that would not normally be used in conversation by the authorized user, continuously monitors for spoken words of the authorized user, matches 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, adds 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, detects the word sequence when the temporary string matches the word sequence, and reports a panic alert to the central monitoring station of the security system in response to detecting the word sequence. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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