Personal emergency triggering, notification and communication for smartwatches

A wearable mobile device comprising:

• a memory storing a personal safety service client application;
• and
• a processing device coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the personal safety service client application from the memory to:
• detect activation of a periodic safety confirmation mode, wherein the activation is detected from a first user input received by the wearable mobile device;
• receive, from a personal safety service server, a request for safety confirmation;
• detect a safety confirmation event, wherein the safety confirmation event is detected from a second user input received by the wearable mobile device;
• provide an indication of the safety confirmation event to the personal safety service server, wherein the personal safety service server is configured to send a notification message via a push notification displayed on user devices of a predefined group of emergency contacts indicating the occurrence of an emergency if the indication of the safety confirmation event is not received within a first pre-defined time interval;
• and
• periodically receive additional requests for safety confirmation, wherein each additional request for safety confirmation is received after a second pre-defined time interval has passed.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• detecting activation of a periodic safety confirmation mode, wherein the activation is detected from a first user input received by a smartwatch;
• receiving, from a personal safety service server, a request for safety confirmation;
• detecting a safety confirmation event, wherein the safety confirmation event is detected from a second user input received by a smartwatch;
• providing an indication of the safety confirmation event to the personal safety service server, wherein the personal safety service server is configured to send a notification message via a push notification displayed on user devices of a predefined group of emergency contacts indicating the occurrence of an emergency if the indication of the safety confirmation event is not received within a first pre-defined time interval;
• and
• periodically receiving additional requests for safety confirmation, wherein each additional request for safety confirmation is received after a second pre-defined time interval has passed.