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US 11,430,316 B2Granted
Wearable device and system for tracking
OwnerClaudia Lucia Alvarezinventor
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Abstract
A wearable device and a system for tracking the wearable device may enhance safety and peace of mind for a parent or caretaker of a child or other individual. The system may include a computing device, such as a smartphone, executing an application that provides alerts based on a distance between the computing device and the wearable device exceeding a threshold distance, based on the wearable device crossing a define geographic boundary, or one or more similar triggers. The wearable device may include an input button that allows a user of the wearable device to send a signal to the computing device of the parent or caretaker. An alert on the computing device might be disabled by pressing the input button on the wearable device.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a first device comprising:
- a silicone band configured to be worn around a wrist of a user or an ankle of the user, the silicone band holding a waterproof housing with an external universal serial bus (USB) interface and an input button, the waterproof housing containing at least:
- a global positioning system (GPS) device;
- a cellular network radio;
- a short-range wireless device;
- a rechargeable battery configured to be rechargeable via the external USB interface;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor of the first device, cause the first device to:
- receive, via the input button, an indication that the input button on the first device was pressed;
- in response to receiving the indication that the input button on the first device was pressed, transmit, via the cellular network radio and to a second device, a signal that the input button on the first device was pressed;
- receive, via the GPS device, signals indicative of a geographic location of the first device;
- determine, based on the signals indicative of the geographic location of the first device, the geographic location of the first device;
- transmit, via the cellular network radio and to the second device, the geographic location of the first device;
- and
- establish, via the short-range wireless device, a short-range wireless connection with the second device;
- and
- a second device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor of the second device, cause the second device to:
- receive the signal that the input button on the first device was pressed;
- in response to receiving the signal that the input button on the first device was pressed, generate an alert indicating that the input button on the first device was pressed;
- receive the geographic location of the first device;
- determine, based on the geographic location of the first device, whether the first device is outside a defined geographic boundary;
- in response to determining that the first device is outside the defined geographic boundary, generate an alert indicating that the first device is outside the defined geographic boundary;
- determine, based on the short-range wireless connection, whether a distance between the first device and the second device is greater than a threshold distance;
- and
- in response to determining that the distance between the first device and the second device is greater than the threshold distance, generate an alert indicating that the distance between the first device and the second device is greater than the threshold distance;
- receive an input requesting to deactivate the alert indicating that the distance between the first device and the second device is greater than the threshold distance;
- and
- in response to receiving the input requesting to deactivate the alert indicating that the distance between the first device and the second device is greater than the threshold distance, determine whether the distance between the first device and the second device is less than the threshold distance.
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A system comprising:
- a silicone band configured to be worn by a user, the silicone band holding a waterproof housing with an external universal serial bus (USB) interface and an input button, the waterproof housing containing at least:
- a WiFi radio;
- a short-range wireless device;
- a rechargeable battery configured to be rechargeable via the external USB interface;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive geographic location information for the silicone band;
- and
- transmit the geographic location information for the silicone band;
- and
- a computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor of the computing device, cause the computing device to:
- establish a short-range wireless connection with a device associated with a vehicle:
- determine that the short-range wireless connection with the device associated with the vehicle has terminated;
- receive the geographic location information for the silicone band;
- determine, based on the geographic location information for the silicone band, a geographic location of the silicone band;
- based on determining that the short-range wireless connection with the device associated with the vehicle has terminated, determine a distance between the silicone band and the computing device;
- and
- based on determining that the distance between the silicone band and the computing device is greater than a threshold distance, generate an alert indicating that the distance between the silicone band and the computing device is greater than the threshold distance.
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A system comprising:
- a first device comprising:
- a silicone band configured to be worn by a user, the silicone band holding a waterproof housing with an external universal serial bus (USB) interface and an input button, the waterproof housing containing at least:
- a global positioning system (GPS) device;
- a cellular network radio;
- a short-range wireless device;
- a rechargeable battery configured to be rechargeable via the external USB interface;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor of the first device, cause the first device to:
- receive, via the GPS device, signals indicative of a geographic location of the first device;
- determine, based on the signals indicative of the geographic location of the first device, the geographic location of the first device;
- and
- transmit, via the cellular network radio and to the second device, the geographic location of the first device;
- and
- a second device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor of the second device, cause the second device to:
- receive the geographic location of the first device;
- determine a geographic location of the second device;
- determine an outdoor temperature of the geographic location of the second device;
- determine whether the outdoor temperature of the geographic location of the second device is greater than a threshold temperature;
- based on determining that the outdoor temperature of the geographic location of the second device is greater than the threshold temperature, reduce a threshold distance;
- determine whether a distance between the first device and the second device is greater than the reduced threshold distance;
- and
- in response to determining that the distance between the first device and the second device is greater than the reduced threshold distance, generate an alert indicating that the distance between the first device and the second device is greater than the reduced threshold distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.