Wearable device for improved safety

• US 9,922,186 B1
• Filed: 03/30/2016
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Kahn, Philippe Richard, Kinsolving, Arthur, Christensen, Mark Andrew, Kahn, Sonia Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nam V
• Application Number:
  US15/085,699
• Time in Patent Office: 720 Days
• Field of Search: 726 20, 455 411, 340 51, 713186
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards

Abstract

A method of providing an additional safety mechanism comprising enabling a setting up of a transaction using a mobile device, between a recipient and a provider, the transaction to be completed face-to-face, providing a wearable device, capable of connecting to the mobile device of the recipient and the mobile device of the provider, the wearable device used to identify an owner of the wearable device as the indicated provider. The method further comprising using the connection between the wearable device and the recipient mobile device to provide an authentication of the recipient to the provider.

Claims

1. A method of providing an additional safety mechanism comprising:

enabling a setting up of a transaction between a recipient and a provider using a recipient mobile device at a first time, the transaction to be completed at a later time in-person by the recipient and the provider;

providing a wearable device, designed to connect to the recipient mobile device and a provider mobile device, the wearable device used to identify an owner of the wearable device as the provider; and

the connection between the wearable device and the recipient mobile device providing an authentication of the recipient to the provider, wherein when the transaction is a taxi service, the authentication occurs before the recipient enters a vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

utilizing a server to set up the transaction, the server validating the recipient and the provider.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the authentication occurs prior to the in-person engagement between the recipient and the provider.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a panic indication on the wearable device; and

alerting a designated contact, utilizing the provider mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the panic indication comprises one of a plurality of panic indications, and the designated contact is one or more of a service and law enforcement.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the panic indication is an unobtrusive interaction with the wearable device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

validating a registered user based on data from sensors in the wearable device, the validation confirming an identity of the registered user.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending an alarm when the authentication using the wearable device fails, and requiring the registered user to validate through a server.

9. A transaction validation system comprising:

a wearable device including a sensor to be worn by a user;

a user mobile device including a processor and memory, the user mobile device including;

a synchronization system to set up a connection between the wearable device and the user mobile device;

an application to enable setting up a transaction between the user and an other party, the transaction to be completed in-person;

during the in-person engagement between the user and a person, the wearable device to connect to the person'"'"'s mobile device when the user meets the person, a party validator in the wearable device used to authenticate the person as the other party to the transaction, wherein when the transaction is a taxi service, the authentication occurs before the other party enters a vehicle of the user.

10. The transaction validation system of claim 9, further comprising:

a server to set up the transaction, the server validating the user and the other party.

11. The transaction validation system of claim 9, wherein the authentication occurs prior to the in-person engagement between the user and the other party.

12. The transaction validation system of claim 9, further comprising:

a panic feature on the wearable device for receiving a panic indication on the wearable device, and alert a designated recipient, utilizing the user'"'"'s mobile device.

13. The transaction validation system of claim 12, wherein the panic indication comprises one of a plurality of panic indications, and the designated recipient is one or more of the service and law enforcement.

14. The transaction validation system of claim 13, wherein the panic indication is an unobtrusive interaction with the wearable device.

15. The transaction validation system of claim 9, further comprising:

a validator to validate the user based on data from sensors in the wearable device, the validation confirming an identity of the user.

16. A wearable device worn by a user, to enable a secured transaction between a user having a user mobile device and an other party having a second mobile device, the wearable device comprising:

a sensor;

a connection system to set up a connection between the wearable device and the user mobile device;

a party validator to connect to the second mobile device of a party who indicates they are part of the secured transaction, the party validator used to authenticate the party as the other party to the transactions;

wherein when the transaction is a transportation service, the authentication occurs before the other party enters a vehicle of the user.

17. The wearable device of claim 16, further comprising:

wherein the authentication occurs prior to the in-person engagement between the user and the other party.

18. The wearable device of claim 16, further comprising:

a panic feature to receive a panic indication on the wearable device, and alert a designated recipient, utilizing the user'"'"'s mobile device.

19. The wearable device of claim 16, further comprising:

a validator to validate a registered user based on data from sensors in the wearable device, the validator confirming an identity of the registered user.

20. The wearable device of claim 19, further comprising:

an alarm to trigger when the authentication using the wearable device fails; and

the validator further to require the registered user to validate through a server.