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US 8,943,345 B2Granted
Emergency mobile device power source
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorAri Craine
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Abstract
In various aspects, a portable electronic device includes electrical components supported by a housing, the electrical components including a user interface coupled to a processor and a storage medium including an emergency power storage module coupled to the processor. The portable apparatus further includes one or more power storage devices configured to provide electrical energy to the electrical components, at least one power storage device operably controlled by the emergency power storage module to provide emergency electrical energy to the electronic components for an emergency communication.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a portable electronic device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- providing, to a user of the portable electronic device, a list of contacts;
- receiving a selection of a contact from the list of contacts to designate as an emergency contact identifier;
- receiving a time period associated with the emergency contact identifier;
- determining that a capacity of a primary power source of the portable electronic device drops below a threshold level;
- determining that an incoming communication request from an external transmitter is associated with the emergency contact identifier;
- determining if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period;
- if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period, then utilizing a secondary power source of the portable electronic device to provide power to the portable electronic device for communicating with the external transmitter;
- and
- if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, then rejecting the incoming communication request.
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A method, comprising:
- providing, by a portable electronic device comprising a processor to a user of the portable electronic device, a list of contacts;
- receiving, by the portable electronic device, a selection of a contact from the list of contacts to designate as an emergency contact identifier;
- receiving, by the portable electronic device, a time period associated with the emergency contact identifier;
- determining, by the portable electronic device, that a capacity of a primary power source of the portable electronic device drops below a threshold level;
- determining, by the portable electronic device, that an incoming communication request from an external transmitter is associated with the emergency contact identifier;
- determining, by the portable electronic device, if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period;
- if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period, then utilizing, by the portable electronic device, a secondary power source of the portable electronic device to provide power to the portable electronic device for communicating with the external transmitter;
- and
- if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, then rejecting, by the portable electronic device, the incoming communication request.
6 more elements
A device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
- providing, to a user of the device, a list of contacts,
- receiving a selection of a contact from the list of contacts to designate as an emergency contact identifier,
- receiving a time period associated with the emergency contact identifier,
- determining that a capacity of a primary power source of the device drops below a threshold level,
- determining that an incoming communication request from an external transmitter is associated with the emergency contact identifier,
- determining if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period,
- if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period, then utilizing a secondary power source of the device to provide power to the device for communicating with the external transmitter, and
- if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, then rejecting the incoming communication request.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.