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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Dan Schlager, Tiburon, CA (US);
William B. Baringer, Oakland, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A voice-activated personal alarm includes a satellite global positioning receiver, a specific danger sensor, a voice activation circuit, and a radio transmitter. In a specific embodiment, the satellite global positioning receiver relies upon the U.S. Global Positioning System (“GPS”). In another specific embodiment, the radio transmitter is provided by a wireless telephone using an existing wireless communications network and therefore also provides a two-way voice communication channel. In a specific embodiment of the invention, a distress phrase such as “HELP!” spoken into a microphone is recognized and activates the radio transmitter to transmit the current global location. In another embodiment, the detection of a specific danger by the danger sensor also activates the transmission of the current global location.