Jay Ralph Elliot

US Patent:

20120105203, May 3, 2012

Filed:

Apr 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/096924

Inventors:

Jay Elliot - Los Gatos CA, US
Chris Witte - San Francisco CA, US
Elisa Miguelena - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

NUVEL, INC. - Campbell CA

International Classification:

G08B 5/22

US Classification:

340 81, 340 61

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention are generally related to systems for allowing a person to issue an alert or alarm, and are particularly related to a system and method for providing personal alerts. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a mobile device, such as a cellular telephone or personal digital assistant (PDA) or other device, and/or a software application with a user interface executing on the device. The software application includes a personal 911 or alert icon, which is available to the user as needed. In normal use, a user can configure and enable the device and/or application before an emergency situation occurs, so that it the opportunity to issue an alert available when needed. In an embodiment, the user can do this by depressing/activating and holding an alert icon displayed on the user interface. When released, the user has a short time to disable or cancel the alert. If the alert is not disabled during this time period, the application sends a message, such as a voice or text message, preferably with the users name and position (e.g. longitude and latitude, or other geographic information), estimated current address, and/or any other relevant information such as medical or other information provided by the user during the configuration process, to those contacts previously entered and recorded.