Portable device for indicating emergecny events

A portable device comprising:

• a touch screen;
• a tap recognizer module for automatically detecting a specific sequence of taps on the touch screen;
• an emergency event module for automatically determining whether the sequence of taps corresponds to an emergency event;
• a proximity detection module for automatically determining whether a mobile device corresponding to a user listed as an emergency contact is in a state of proximity to the portable device;
• a notification module for automatically transmitting a message, indicating the emergency event, to the user of the mobile device determined to be in the state of proximity;
• and
• a plurality of sensors and wherein the emergency event module is programmable to:
• (1) automatically process data from the plurality of sensors and (2) automatically modify the message before automatically transmitting it to the user of the mobile device determined to be in the state of proximity.

A portable device comprising:

• a touch screen;
• a swipe recognizer module for automatically detecting a specific pattern of swipes on the touch screen;
• an emergency event module for automatically determining whether the pattern of swipes corresponds to an emergency event;
• a proximity detection module for automatically determining whether a mobile device corresponding to a user listed as an emergency contact is in a state of proximity to the portable device;
• a notification module for automatically transmitting a message, indicating the emergency event, to the user of the mobile device determined to be in the state of proximity;
• and
• a first battery for providing power to the portable device and a second battery for providing power to the portable device, wherein the second battery is used only in association with the emergency event module and other functionality needed to detect and manage the emergency event and wherein the second battery is for providing power to the emergency event module and the other functionality required to detect and manage the emergency event even when the portable device is powered off.