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Patent No.:

US 10021239 B1

Date of Patent:

Jul. 10, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2015

In home transition for data and power management of personal emergency response system (pers) device

Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Stephen Ledingham, Murrysville, PA (US);

Tomas Russ, Murrysville, PA (US);

Jeff Li, Murrysville, PA (US);

Pavan Reddy, Murrysville, PA (US);

Alan Brav, Murrysville, PA (US);

Bin Wu, Murrysville, PA (US);

Jinyan Li, Framingham, MA (US);

Brian Gallagher, Framingham, MA (US);

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Myron K Wyche

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 76/50 (2018.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04M 3/54 (2006.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H04M 1/72541 (2013.01); G01S 19/01 (2013.01); H04M 3/54 (2013.01); H04M 3/56 (2013.01); H04M 11/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 52/0241 (2013.01); H04W 76/007 (2013.01); H04W 76/50 (2018.02); H04M 2242/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01); Y02D 70/00 (2018.01);

Abstract

A Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) includes a call device () with a call button (), LAN (), WAN (), and locator service(s) (). The PERS further includes a hub or gateway device (). The call device is programmed to periodically send transmissions to the hub or gateway device using the LAN, recognize based on the transmissions that the call device is no longer in a home geo-fence, and transition to communicating using the WAN in response to recognizing that the call device is no longer in the home geo-fence. The transition also includes turning on the locator service(s). The call button triggers the call device to contact the hub or gateway device using the LAN, or a PERS call center when using the WAN. A speaker () and microphone () are built into the call device for use when communicating using the WAN.

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