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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:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Denise A. Bell, Austin, TX (US);
Jana H. Jenkins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Campbell, CA (US);
Sarah R. Plantenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G08B 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G08B 25/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided in which a smart device identifies a crime risk based upon proximity parameters corresponding to the current location of the smart device. In turn, the smart device determines whether to alert a user of the smart device based upon user preferences and, in turn, alerts the user accordingly.