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US 2022/0051542 A1Published application
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.
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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;
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- 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.
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A system 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 WiFi radio;
- a short-range wireless device;
- a rechargeable battery configured to be rechargeable via the external USB interface;
- a processor;
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the device to:
- receive, via the input button, an indication that the input button on the silicone band was pressed;
- in response to receiving the indication that the input button on the silicone band was pressed, transmit, via the WiFi radio, a signal that the input button on the silicone band was pressed;
- receive, via the WiFi radio, geographic location information for the silicone band;
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- transmit, via the WiFi radio or via the short-range wireless device, the geographic location information for the silicone band.
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A method comprising:
- establishing, by a computing device, a connection between the computing device and a wearable device;
- determining, by the computing device and based on the connection between the computing device and the wearable device, whether a distance between the computing device and the wearable device is greater than a threshold distance;
- based on determining that the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is greater than the threshold distance, generating, by the computing device, an alert indicating that the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is greater than the threshold distance;
- receiving, by the computing device, a request to stop the alert indicating that the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is greater than the threshold distance;
- in response to receiving the request to stop the alert indicating that the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is greater than the threshold distance:
- determining whether the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is less than the threshold distance;
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- determining whether the computing device has received, while the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is less than the threshold distance, a signal indicating that an input button on the wearable device was pressed;
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- based on determining that the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is less than the threshold distance, and that the computing device has received, while the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is less than the threshold distance, the signal indicating that an input button on the wearable device was pressed, stopping, by the computing device, the alert indicating that the distance between the computing device and the wearable device is greater than a threshold distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.