Securealert, Inc.

American Secure Care, LLC

Nicholas A Natale

Brian M Boling

Michael C Bernstein

An emergency-use-only cellular phone provides for contacting and establishing full-duplex voice communication with emergency personnel at either a public emergency response service or a private roadside assistance service. The phone automatically places a cellular call to the public emergency response service with a single press of a first activation button, and to the private roadside assistance service with a single press of a second activation button. When either activation button is pressed, the following functions are initiated: (1) electrical power from a power supply is provided to a cellular transmitter and receiver, (2) the cellular receiver is activated to search for an available channel from among A or B cellular system channels, (3) an emergency telephone number corresponding to the selected service is accessed from memory, and (4) the cellular transmitter is activated to establish communication with the selected emergency response service. Since all of these functions are initiated by pressing one button, communication with the selected emergency response service may be established simply and speedily, even under stressful conditions. The phone may include a modular GPS receiver unit for providing location information to the public emergency response service or a private roadside assistance service.

Emergency phone with single button activation

Emergency phone with alternate number calling capability

A thermostat system for controlling activation of a temperature management system is operable in an energy-savings mode for enhancing energy savings and in a comfort mode for enhancing comfort, where the operating mode is selectable by a user. The thermostat system has operating mode control circuitry which includes (1) a manual mode control operable to cause the operating mode control circuit to switch between the energy-savings and the comfort states when pressed by the user, (2) a wireless receiver for receiving a wireless mode switching signal that causes the operating mode switching circuitry to switch between the energy-savings and the comfort states, and (3) telephone communication circuitry for receiving a telephonic mode switching signal that causes the operating mode switching circuitry to switch between the energy-savings and the comfort states. Thus, the present invention offers at least three convenient ways for the user to switch between energy-savings and comfort modes of operation. A temperature sensor senses the temperature of the air space and produces a sensed temperature signal based on the temperature of the air space. A controller produces an under-temperature signal when the sensed temperature signal indicates that the temperature is less than a minimum temperature and an over-temperature signal when the sensed temperature signal indicates that the temperature is greater than a maximum temperature. When the under-temperature or over-temperature signal is produced, the telephone communication circuitry places a telephone call to a telephone number of a designated receiving telephone to give a warning concerning the over- or under-temperature condition.

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Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Nicholas A Natale