US 9,805,584 B2 · Mobile hardware for automated response to distress signal

Abstract

A system for facilitating automated response to a distress signal includes an attachment for a multifunction mobile computing device. In some embodiments, the attachment removably articulates to a sensor location coupled to a housing of the multifunction mobile computing device. In some embodiments, the system includes a computer program product in a non-transitory computer-readable medium. In some embodiments, the program instructions are computer-executable by the multifunction mobile computing device to implement detecting a disarticulation of the attachment from the sensor location on the multifunction mobile computing device, and, responsive to the detecting the disarticulation of the attachment from the sensor location on the multifunction mobile computing device, transmitting to a distress signal response receiver over a radio-frequency network from a radio-frequency transmitter located within a housing of the multifunction mobile computing device the distress signal.

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Dependent claims

A system for facilitating automated response to a distress signal, the system comprising:

a network monitoring module configured for monitoring signals received over a data network for a presence of one or more distress signals transmitted over a public radio-frequency network from a radio-frequency transmitter located within a housing of a multifunction mobile computing device responsive to detecting a disarticulation of an attachment from a sensor location on a multifunction mobile computing device;
an assessment module configured for assessing priority of the one or more distress signals transmitted over the public radio-frequency network from the radio-frequency transmitter located within the housing of a multifunction mobile computing device responsive to detecting the disarticulation of an attachment from the sensor location on the multifunction mobile computing device;
and
a resource response module configured for communicating the distress signals to resources tasked to respond to the distress signals.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by one or more processors of a network-connected computing device to implement:

a network monitoring module monitoring signals received over a data network for a presence of one or more distress signals transmitted over a public radio-frequency network from a radio-frequency transmitter located within a housing of a multifunction mobile computing device responsive to detecting a disarticulation of an attachment from a sensor location on a multifunction mobile computing device;
an assessment module assessing priority of the one or more distress signals transmitted over the public radio-frequency network from the radio-frequency transmitter located within the housing of a multifunction mobile computing device responsive to detecting the disarticulation of an attachment from the sensor location on the multifunction mobile computing device;
and
a resource response module communicating the distress signals to resources tasked to respond to the distress signals.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile hardware for automated response to distress signal

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