Portable wearable primary device which communciates data to secondary device that is in communication with multiple networks and related communication systems

• US 9,756,454 B1
• Filed: 02/25/2015
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silent Beacon LLC
• Original Assignee: Silent Beacon LLC
• Inventors: Kelley, Kenny
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Justus, Ralph H
• Application Number:
  US14/631,702
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• Field of Search: 455 412
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

An personal portable communication device and system is provided which includes a handheld beacon that has a controller, a short range signal transmitter, and a power source, and at least one switch, an indicator light and a short range signal receiver that transmits and receives signals to a secondary relay communication device such as a smartphone wherein the secondary device sends second communication signals including messages according to predetermined instructions to predetermined destinations.

Claims

1. An communication system comprising a primary device said primary device comprising a controller, a short range signal transmitter, and a power source, and at least one switch, and an indicator light and a short range signal receiver wherein said receiver is adapted to receive a short range signal reflecting that a transmission signal by said primary device was successfully received by a relay communication device and a second signal was transmitted from said relay device according to a predetermined protocol and in response, to activate said indicator light, and in response to the activation of said switch, said controller configures an outbound signal that includes instructions to a processor in said relay receiver to relay a predetermined message to at least one predetermined destination device selected from a plurality of predetermined destination devices that are stored in said relay device and said second signal further comprises either an email, text and voice telephonic calls, and said relay sends a first predetermined message content to a first selected destination in response to the detection of a signal from said primary device and transmits subsequent messages either in response to reply signals from the first destination or, in the absence of reply signals after a predetermined time, sends subsequent messages according to predetermined programming of said relay device.

2. The system recited in claim 1 wherein said short range frequency signal comprises a signal transmitted in accordance with the Bluetooth standard.

3. The system recited in claim 1 wherein said relay device comprises a software application for a smart phone wherein said application provides instructions to a processor associated with said smart phone to recognize said short range signal, and then process said signal and transmit a second transmission signal to predetermined destinations according to predetermined instructions.

4. The system recited in claim 3 wherein said instructions are for the transmission of data in the form of a audible or voice message to phone numbers which comprise predetermined destinations.

5. The system recited in claim 3 wherein said instructions further comprise instructions to transmit signals comprising data for transmission to predetermined destinations.

6. The system recited in claim 1 further comprises a plurality of indicator lights, wherein said lights are activated to indicate that device has sufficient power, and are activated when a signal is transmitted.

7. The system recited in claim 1 wherein said controller provides a signal to said indicator light devices when said device is activated, and sends a signal to one said indicator light when a message has been successfully transmitted to and acknowledged to be receive by a destination.

8. The system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a loudspeaker and microphone, and wherein said device is configured to transmit a voice signal and receive and broadcast an audio signal.

9. The system recited in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of manual switches, wherein said manual switches control the selection of the content of a message for transmission by said device.

10. The system recited in claim 1 further comprising a global positioning receiver and processor, said global positioning receiver and said processor located in said relay device, and said signal transmitted from said device includes information relating to data determined by said global positing receive and processor.

11. The system recited in claim 1 further comprising an accelerometer said accelerometer is in communication with said processor and said signal is transmitted from said device in response to a signal from said accelerometer.

12. A communications system for providing an alert message comprising a primary device as recited in claim 1 and further comprising a relay device said relay device comprising a portable smart phone, wherein said smart phone is adapted to receive said short range frequency signals and, in response to a predetermined signal from said primary device, activate an outbound preselected signal directed to predetermined destination devices.

13. The system recited in claim 12 wherein said outbound signal from said relay device comprises a text message directed to preselected address.

14. The system recited in claim 12 wherein said outbound signal from said relay device comprise email transmissions.

15. The system recited in claim 12 wherein said predetermined destination comprise cell phone calls to pre-selected phone numbers.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said relay initiates a short range signal back to said primary device when a communication has been successfully received and acknowledged by said destination.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein said relay contacts a sequence of numbers in a predetermined serial sequence until a communication to a destination device is successful and said destination device transmits a recognized acknowledgment of said communication, and wherein said recognition is determined by predetermined programmed instruction stored in a memory associated with said relay.

18. The system of claim 12 wherein the relay device relays a voice transmission to and from the said primary device and said preselected destination.