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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2023
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Wei Wang, Harrison, NJ (US);

Lars Benjamin Johnson, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/0236 (2013.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 21/0261 (2013.01); G08B 21/0288 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including assessing a danger level associated with an object; locating a target person and a caregiver; monitoring movement of an unsupervised target person relative to a boundary around the object; and providing a warning in a caregiver's voice if the person crosses the boundary. A content and volume of the warning, a direction of the warning with respect to a trajectory of movement of the person, and a tone of voice of the warning can be selected according to the danger level and a profile of the person. The method also includes initiating a distraction procedure directed to the person according to the profile; the distraction can include an audio message directing attention of the person to another object. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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