Dynamic transmission of personal data to only trusted entities

• US 9,473,935 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2012
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Ehrlich, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Chuck
• Application Number:
  US13/684,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20130143530A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,422 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411, 455/404.1, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.2, 379/37
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Secure storage of important/relevant information on a device and/or internet cloud is facilitated, and enables automatic transmission of that important/relevant information when certain user-defined criteria are met, e.g., when 911 is dialed on a corresponding subscriber device. A baseline data collection and maintenance interface enables a subscriber to provision important/relevant information (e.g. medical/emergency information) authorized for transmittal, intended recipients of data (e.g. emergency personnel), and one or more information exchange events (e.g., dialing 911 on a corresponding subscriber device), in to a subscriber information database. A trigger monitoring server monitors a subscriber device for the occurrence of one or more information exchange events defined in an affiliated subscriber information database. The trigger monitoring server accesses a relevant subscriber information database to dynamically facilitate stored subscriber information to one or more predetermined data recipients, each instance an information exchange event is detected on a corresponding subscriber device.

Claims

1. A method for remotely monitoring a given subscriber device for an information exchange trigger event detected on the given subscriber device, comprising:

securely pre-storing subscriber information, received from a subscriber device associated with a given subscriber, in a subscriber information database separate of the subscriber device;

pre-authorizing a pre-designated third party recipient device for reception of the secure pre-stored subscriber information;

monitoring, via a remote trigger monitoring network server, the subscriber device to detect an occurrence of an information exchange trigger event on the monitored subscriber device;

transmitting, via the remote trigger monitoring network server, the secure pre-stored subscriber information to the pre-authorized pre-designated third party recipient device in response to detecting the information exchange trigger event;

causing a second subscriber device associated with the given subscriber to transmit additional subscriber information to the remote trigger monitoring network server in response to the information exchange trigger event; and

transmitting, via the remote trigger monitoring network server, the secure pre-stored subscriber information and the additional subscriber information to the pre-authorized pre-designated third party recipient device,

wherein the subscriber device outputs the secure pre-stored subscriber information in response to the information exchange trigger event and user input.

2. The method for remotely monitoring a given subscriber device for an information exchange trigger event detected on the given subscriber device according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber information database comprises:

an emergency information database.

3. The method for remotely monitoring a given subscriber device for an information exchange trigger event detected on said given subscriber device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more pre-designated third party recipient devices comprise:

an emergency services device.

4. The method for remotely monitoring a given subscriber device for an information exchange trigger event detected on the given subscriber device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more pre-designated third party recipient devices comprise:

a destination device identified within an address book maintained on the subscriber device.

5. The method for remotely monitoring a given subscriber device for an information exchange trigger event detected on the given subscriber device according to claim 4, wherein:

the address book is stored on the subscriber device.

6. A server to facilitate automatic, pre-authorized transmittal of secure pre-stored subscriber information to one or more pre-designated third party recipient devices when a subscriber pre-defined information exchange trigger event is detected on a corresponding subscriber device according to claim 1, wherein:

the secure pre-stored subscriber information is transmitted via email only to the one or more pre-designated third party recipient devices.

7. A server to facilitate automatic, pre-authorized transmittal of secure pre-stored subscriber information to one or more pre-designated third party recipient devices when a subscriber pre-defined information exchange trigger event is detected on a corresponding subscriber device according to claim 1, wherein:

the secure pre-stored subscriber information is transmitted via text message only to said one or more pre-designated third party recipient devices.

8. The method for remotely monitoring a given subscriber device for an information exchange trigger event detected on the given subscriber device according to claim 1, wherein the additional subscriber information is real-time information captured via the second subscriber device.

9. The method for remotely monitoring a given subscriber device for an information exchange trigger event detected on the given subscriber device according to claim 1, wherein the second subscriber device is one of a heart and a glucose monitoring device.