EMERGENCY DETECTION MECHANISM

• US 20170140636A1
• Filed: 11/12/2015
• Published: 05/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Yvon, Marc P., Amato, Christel, Malkin, Peter K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,881,487 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention may include a method, a computer program product and a computer system for assessing interactions towards an electronic device. The embodiment may include a computing device that monitors a pattern of actions of a first user, where the first user is associated with a first electronic device. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines that at least one action from the first user indicates the first user is undergoing an aggressive act. The embodiment may include a computing device that responds to the aggressive act by: communicating results of the determination that the first pattern matches the data pattern to a second electronic device; and/or sending information detailing a command to activate a device component of one or both of the first electronic device and a third electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for assessing interactions towards an electronic device, comprising:

monitoring a pattern of actions of a first user, wherein the first user is associated with a first electronic device;

determining, via the first electronic device, that at least one action from the first user indicates an aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user, wherein determining the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user comprises;

determining a predicted travel path of the first user, wherein the predicted travel path comprises a predicted user location and a predicted user speed;

monitoring a location and a movement speed of the first user; and

determining the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user based on a deviation of the first user from the predicted travel path, wherein the deviation is selected from the group consisting of;

a difference between the location of the first user and the predicted user location, and a difference between the movement speed of the first user and the predicted user speed;

based on determining that the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user, activating a device component of one or both of the first electronic device and a second electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending information detailing a command to activate a device component comprises activating command to activate at least one of audio, visual and GPS components on one or both of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and receiving information from the activated device component.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving information from the activated device component of the second electronic device is received from the first electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data obtained by the second electronic device, wherein the data obtained by the second electronic device comprises data identifying a second user of the second electronic device;

and

wherein determining, via the first electronic device, that at least one action from the first user indicates the first user is undergoing an aggressive act comprises;

searching one or more databases for information associated with the first user and the second user, and

determining that a proximity between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is below a threshold value.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information associated with the first user and the second user comprises one or more of:

previous legal actions between the first user and the second user, previous social media communications between the first user and the second user, and previous aggressive acts by the second user against the first user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, via the first electronic device, that the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user further comprises receiving physiological data about the first user from the first electronic device, and determining the received physiological data matches a physiological data pattern indicative of a victim of an aggressive act.

7. (canceled)

8. A computer program product for assessing interactions towards an electronic device:

one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage devices, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to monitor a pattern of actions of a first user, wherein the first user is associated with a first electronic device;

program instructions to determine, via the first electronic device, that at least one action from the first user indicates an aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user, wherein program instructions to determine the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user comprises;

program instructions to determine a predicted travel path of the first user, wherein the predicted travel path comprises a predicted user location and a predicted user speed;

program instructions to monitor a location and a movement speed of the first user; and

program instructions to determine the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user based on a deviation of the first user from the predicted travel path, wherein the deviation is selected from the group consisting of;

a difference between the location of the first user and the predicted user location, and a difference between the movement speed of the first user and the predicted user speed;

based on determining that the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user, program instructions to activate

a device component of one or both of the first electronic device and a second electronic device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein program instructions to send information detailing a command to activate a device component comprises program instructions to activate at least one of audio, visual and GPS components on one or both of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and program instructions to receive information from the activated device component.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program instructions to receive information from the activated device component of the second electronic device is received from the first electronic device.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program instructions to receive data obtained by the second electronic device, wherein the data obtained by the second electronic device comprises data identifying a second user of the second electronic device;

and

wherein the program instructions to determine, via the first electronic device, that at least one action from the first user indicates the first user is undergoing an aggressive act;

program instructions to search one or more databases for information associated with the first user and the second user, and

program instructions to determine that a proximity between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is below a threshold value.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the information associated with the first user and the second user comprises one or more of:

previous legal actions between the first user and the second user, previous social media communications between the first user and the second user, and previous aggressive acts by the second user against the first user.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the program instructions to determine, via the first electronic device, that the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user further comprises receiving physiological data about the first user from the first electronic device, and program instructions to determine the received physiological data matches a physiological data pattern indicative of a victim of an aggressive act.

14. (canceled)

15. A computer system for assessing interactions towards an electronic device, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to monitor a pattern of actions of a first user, wherein the first user is associated with a first electronic device;

program instructions to determine, via the first electronic device, that at least one action from the first user indicates an aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user is undergoing an aggressive act, wherein program instructions to determine the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user comprises;

program instructions to determine a predicted travel path of the first user, wherein the predicted travel path comprises a predicted user location and a predicted user speed;

program instructions to monitor a location and a movement speed of the first user; and

program instructions to determine the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user based on a deviation of the first user from the predicted travel path, wherein the deviation is selected from the group consisting of;

a difference between the location of the first user and the predicted user location, and a difference between the movement speed of the first user and the predicted user speed;

based on determining that the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user, program instructions to activate

a device component of one or both of the first electronic device and a second electronic device.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein program instructions to send information detailing a command to activate a device component comprises program instructions to activate at least one of audio, visual and GPS components on one or both of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and program instructions to receive information from the activated device component.

17. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising program instructions to receive data obtained by the second electronic device, wherein the data obtained by the second electronic device comprises data identifying a second user of the second electronic device;

and

wherein the program instructions to determine, via the first electronic device, that at least one action from the first user indicates the first user is undergoing an aggressive act;

program instructions to search one or more databases for information associated with the first user and the second user, and

program instructions to determine that a proximity between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is below a threshold value.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the information associated with the first user and the second user comprises one or more of:

previous legal actions between the first user and the second user, previous social media communications between the first user and the second user, and previous aggressive acts by the second user against the first user.

19. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions to determine, via the first electronic device, that the aggressive act is being perpetrated on the first user further comprises receiving physiological data about the first user from the first electronic device, and program instructions to determine the received physiological data matches a physiological data pattern indicative of a victim of an aggressive act.

20. (canceled)