Personal Security App

Abstract

A personal security app for a cellphone that, on receipt of an activation signal, waits for a preselected time, then sends digital data and information to preselected destinations. The delay allows time for deactivation of false alarm. The data includes an alert message, a current location of the cellphone and images and audio captured in real-time by the cellphone's camera and microphone. The destinations may include the cellphone's local memory, a URL of a cloud based data repository, and user preselected cellphone numbers and email addresses belonging to trusted people who have agreed to act as guardians. The alarm may be activated by “pressing” an appropriate virtual button or by an audio signal such as a preselected spoken word or phrase. Other security actions may include simulating an incoming call, requesting a trusted person to monitor the user's cellphone location in real-time, or to rendezvous at a selected location.

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