US 11,312,295 B1Granted

Multifunction siren device locking system

AssigneeFeniex Industries, Inc.

InventorsHamza Deyaf, Kyle Hale, Nicholas Cameron Marth, Aaron Brown, Geoffrey Salazar

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Abstract

Examples provide a siren device having a plurality of lockable functions, such as amplifier strength and siren tone functions. At production, one or more of the available functions are placed in a locked state in which the locked function is inoperable. One or more of the functions may be initially unlocked at manufacture or purchase. The user can obtain an unlock code to unlock one or more of the functions, if desired, after purchase. Thus, if a user wants to increase the amplifier strength from one-hundred watts to two-hundred watts, the user can obtain one or more unlock codes to unlock that selected function for a licensed time-period. When unlocked, the selected function operates normally. A data storage device on the multifunction siren device stores an assigned UID, a set of available lockable functions, and a lock status of each function in the set of available functions.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for lockable emergency vehicle siren device functions, the system comprising:

a siren device comprising a set of available functions, the set of available functions comprising a first amplifier function and a second amplifier function two-hundred-Watt (200 w) amplifier function, wherein the first amplifier function is a one-hundred-Watt (100 w) amplifier function, and wherein the second amplifier function is an amplifier function have a greater wattage than the first amplifier function;
a data storage device stores a plurality of available functions and a lock status of each function in the plurality of available functions, the lock status comprising an unlock state or a locked state, the locked state associated with a selected function in the set of available functions indicating the selected function in the locked state is prevented from operating without an unlock code;
and
a processor communicatively coupled to a memory of the siren device, the memory having stored thereon computer-executable instructions causing the processor to:
enable the selected function to operate normally in response to receiving the unlock code;
and
update the lock status of the selected function from the lock state to the unlocked state on the data storage device on the siren device.

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A siren device having lockable functions comprising:

at least one speaker capable of emitting an audible siren sound;
a set of available functions, the set of available functions comprising a 100 w amplifier function and a 200 w amplifier function;
a data storage device storing an assigned UID and a status of each function in the set of available functions, at least one selected function in the set of available functions in a locked state preventing operation of the at least one selected function;
universal serial bus (USB) port that communicatively couples to a user device;
and
a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, the memory having stored thereon computer-executable instructions causing the processor to:
disable the 200 w amplifier function in response to a locked status of the 200 w amplifier function, wherein the siren device is operable to function as a 100 w siren device while in an unlocked state, wherein the 200 w amplifier function is in the locked state;
receive an unlock code associated with the 200 w amplifier function via a network connection;
enable the 200 w amplifier function to operate normally for a duration of a predetermined license time-period in response to receiving a unique unlock code corresponding to the 200 w amplifier function;
and
change a lock status of the 200 w amplifier function from a lock state to an unlocked state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.