Methods and devices for messaging within a personal security network
AssigneeFlare Safety, Inc.
InventorsSara Dickhaus De Zarraga, Quinn St. Clair Fitzgerald, Michael Garon
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Abstract
Methods and devices using a portable or wearable transistor configured to send an alert message to a personal security network. The personal security network comprises a platform by which users can select an appropriate alert response to a particular social interaction or event. The portable or wearable device comprises an electronics package with radio frequency communication capabilities, so that a user may discreetly and quickly escape from an unsafe or uncomfortable situation, by, for instance, sending out an alert message or causing her mobile phone to ring so that she has a means to excuse herself from the scene.
Claims7
A communication method in a portable device, comprising:
- identifying a user input;
- determining a status of a user based at least in part on the user input;
- forming a message identifying the status of the user;
- transmitting the message from the portable device to a node;
- and
- comprising at least one of:
- receiving a telephone call that is responsive to the message, wherein the telephone call is a pre-recorded message;
- or
- initiating a group text chain that is responsive to the status of the user, wherein the group text chain comprises a text message sent to a set of predefined contacts,
- wherein the portable device and the node are in a non-connected state.
A portable device, comprising:
- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
- identify a user input;
- determine a status of a user based at least in part on the user input;
- form a message identifying the status of the user;
- transmit the message from the portable device to a node;
- and
- comprising at least one of:
- receiving a telephone call that is responsive to the message, wherein the telephone call is a pre-recorded message;
- or
- initiating a group text chain that is responsive to the status of the user, wherein the group text chain comprises a text message sent to a set of predefined contacts,
- wherein the portable device and the node are in a non-connected state;
- a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is connected to the processor;
- and
- a band adapted to be worn by a user,
- wherein the processor is mounted on the band and wherein the band is an antenna for the transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.