DE202016008059U1 - Secure, GPS-based, graded method of sending alerts to social emergency networks with and without the use of appropriate countermeasures - Google Patents

Abstract

Method, an alarm message via text message / -en (SMS) is sent to an application stored on the mobile terminal of the user and predefined mobile phone numbers; which contains a URL created by the application, which contains at least the last found position of the mobile terminal.

Description

abstract

Secure, GPS-based, graded method of sending alerts to social emergency networks with and without the use of counter-applications

Preliminary note

This application is a subsequent application to various patents and utility models of the Applicant relating to emergency backup systems. It is to be seen in particular with the same day the utility model application of the same applicant. Both applications are, should and can be interwoven, although they have different perspectives and technical paths and goals.

It also applies to other equipment not covered by the applicant's previous applications in the category of personal mobile emergency devices (mPERS).

starting position

The current mPERS market is predominantly based on peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, i. At least 2 people use an application that triggers one person to alarm and another person to receive the alarm, either because it is predefined or because it is generally predestined for first responder and present in the area.

problem

P2P solutions are very comfortable, but basically fail when a person can not connect to the internet, which can have many reasons. If this is a regular problem for the first responder, which can be remedied by moving to an open WLAN, then the victim's inability to move can lead to this shortcoming not being remedied and an alarm not leaving his mobile transmitter.

It should therefore be shown how more security can be achieved, in particular those who can not and do not belong to the P2P network, because they lack a corresponding application or because, as in the Applicant's utility model application of the same day, they do not belong to identical neighborhood network.

Presentation of current solutions and problem description

Current solutions

1. A) There are currently many P2P local-positioning models available on the market where two parties can see each other's where each other is located. In this case, a coordinate is transmitted to one another by means of a data protocol, which is displayed on a corresponding application to the recipient readable. Some of these applications allow the alarm to be triggered by the user.
2. B) In one version of a P2P model for local tracking, the other person can be invited, but only sees this request in a certain timeframe (google trusted contacts 5 minutes if it makes a request with request for sending the coordinates) , SwiftAlarm! / WAY-where are you 2 minutes) will be rejected by the recipient (google trusted contacts, SwiftAlarm! / WAY-where are you) or will be accepted in this timeframe (SwiftAlarm! / WAY-where are you). This should be called dignified tracking
3. C) The use of mutual, so-called P2P modules in personal, mobile security warning systems is inter alia in the patent WO 2014/013275 A2 by the Applicant White Rabbit Ltd of 23 January 2014 described.

This is
in case of an alarm
from the device of the user who has a problem (victim)
to mobile devices of other users (Heroes)
a record is sent (message), which is predefined by protocol;
the other users have an identical or at least corresponding program unit on their mobile terminal, by means of which
the message is converted into a readable form with indication of the place where the victim is located
and so any other predefined or nearby user can tell if he or she is taking part in the rescue operation.

Problem description of the solution approaches

To A) First

1. All these applications require a mobile data connection between the devices.

This is basically not always as strong as, for example, an SMS transmission option; Bandwidths on the backbone fluctuate very much when the transmission devices (network tower) are heavily loaded, as in the case of a catastrophe, for example.

Especially in the event of a catastrophe, the bandwidth in the area of the sender is overstretched by the strong sudden use of a large number of victims (increased mobile data demand) and at the same time bandwidths are deducted as transmission paths are destroyed or cut off (lower data accessability).

2. The receiver needs an equivalent system, a kind of intercom application, in order to evaluate the received data protocol.

3. You do not know if there is an emergency at all, and instead have to guess ("where does he stay" / "should have been there or there" / "somehow I have a weird feeling")

To B) In addition to the problems just mentioned under 1. and 2. here is further to complain that

4. It is also not possible for a user, even in the case of the notified alarm, to forward important data, in particular ambulances, to the data mentioned in the data transmission.

4. Although this form of supervision is more dignified than the general and constant mutual knowledge of each other's whereabouts, it reaches its limits when a third party, such as a kidnapper, does not want the other person to locate the victim experiences.

5. Finally, the other participant can not inform third parties that an emergency exists, which are deposited by the victim as potential helpers.

To C) For this application, the concerns mentioned under 1,2 and 4-6 apply, furthermore

6. Is it of concern that third parties, even those not known to the victim, are informed of the exact location of the incident without having to state themselves that they wish to help. It is difficult for P2P messages to prove that the recipient has seen the message, so that someone can see the scene of the action and has nothing to do, but can respond accordingly. It is better if the person first has to state that they are basically ready for help and only then to see the exact place; He can then still refuse the help, for example, if the distance indication 500 Meter would actually be due to a river without a bridge only 10 km walk would be reached. But this is recorded that the person has seen the point and said, but not to be able to help. If, for example, an accident victim were robbed, the circle of persons who knew the place was determined.

It is claimed by the manufacturers of most applications that only P2P applications would allow locating to be carried out and transmitted both mutually and safely.

This is to be considered wrong or at least misleading; rather, it is the starting point that forms the basis of this application.

heading

Describe a GPS-based, tiered method for sending alerts to social emergency networks without the need for a p2p network, but still be able to leverage existing ones.

presentation

Shipped by sms

a) First, an SMS is sent to in the application on the mobile terminal of the user stored and predefined mobile phone numbers selected for the help of person (s).

This text message includes a URL created by the application, which contains at least the last position found, but preferably several positions for better location of the victim.

In order to ensure that the location is correct, an extension can be used to indicate whether the last found location is the same as that displayed
or
whether a location was attempted, but no location satellite was found, if and since when the person presumably lives in a building,
or
whether a location was tried by the device, but was not technically possible, if and since when either the localization chip in the mobile device was turned off or defective.

Shipping via mobile internet

a) at the same time
or
in a preferred modification also in the case of non-existence of the possibility to send a text message
or
if there is definitely a stable mobile internet connection, the URL or location or positions can also be sent to a server via mobile internet and / or WLAN.

This transmission may also include the numbers of the mobile terminals of the predefined users
or
Alternatively, these numbers can also be obtained from the server by a database storing the user's predefined numbers.

b) If the application can ensure that there is an Internet connection between the transmitting device and a receiving device equipped with the counterpart application, the positions and / or the URL can also be sent directly to the counterparty application; This is the typical P2P application that is common today.

Shipped by SMS to server

In a preferred modification and extension to Figure 1 and also to Figure 2, the same or one of the text messages similar to that referred to in Figure 1 may be sent to a server capable of receiving text messages.

This transmission may also include the numbers of the mobile terminals of the predefined users
or
Alternatively, these numbers can also be obtained from the server by a database storing the user's predefined numbers.

Through the combination of 2 and 3, the highest security can be granted that the server receives the information necessary for action in every case, even the worst case.

Conversion and forwarding via the Internet via a coding, which is forwarded as sms

Now it will
and or
If a recipient does not have a corresponding mating application, the text message received from servers 2 and 3 may be converted to one of the text messages described in FIG. 1 along with the URL and sent to the predefined recipients found as described by a server capable of sending text messages.

Receiving the URL from a recipient with a counterpart application

If the recipient has a corresponding counterpart application, the received URL, as it has arrived, can be displayed in the form that corresponds to the counterpart application, ie also in the application. This is standard for connection via the Internet and thus Usus, with interposition by SMS but not shown so far. The transmission takes place in a coding that is understood by both applications.

Feedback of the predefined receiver to the transmitting unit

Some smartphones have the ability to confirm the receipt of a text message to the sending unit, so at 1 to the sender's smartphone at 2-4 back to the server described under 4.

This information can be processed directly by the application in the sender's smartphone, and to the server via mobile internet ( 2 ) or SMS ( 3 ).

In this case, the server can avoid shipping, if it has not yet been sent to recipients for which the receipt has been acknowledged.

View of one's own position and the position of third parties

The patent application WO 2014/013275 A2 claims that only in the presence of a counter-application could users see how they and third parties are victims.

In fact, this application does not need it.

Commercially available smartphones, once connected to the Internet, can transmit information to the server and thus display all positions of all first responders in the reverse direction.

Thus, a recipient's smartphone can call up and display the URL in the browser integrated or loaded in the smartphone or in a browser integrated in the application.

Note: This only seems to contradict the above premise that the mobile internet is often not reliable; because first the recipient is mobile, so he can search for a place where he has (mobile) internet in sufficient strength. He can also log in to stationary Internet or be logged in already.

Now the browser can recognize the location of the user's GPS-enabled receiver to tell him himself to assess the emergency route.

The smartphone can also forward this position to the server.

In a next step, the website can show where other similarly identified persons are, who have been called to help and have indicated their helpfulness.

telephone connection

Telephone connection of the first responders

The persons who are found and called for help and / or have offered assistance can enter in a conference call, which is preferably carried out by VolP - there must be logically already data connection
or
in a modification also by normal telephone connection, which is converted over a converter into a digital signal.

In an extension and modification, in the event that VolP is blocked, it may be possible to listen to the URL on the URL, which is spoken in the conference call.

Telephone connection of the victim

Since the victim is often unable to answer a call, especially if the alarm was triggered by a sensor, it makes sense to start the call directly from the application. Especially with strokes, the victim can often still verbally, but not physically act. If a first responder now calls the victim, the victim would have to actively accept the call and third responders would not be able to hear.

The telephone connection of the victim to the first responders can be made by VolP.

To ensure that even with low bandwidth communication for the victim is safe, preferably a normal telephone connection via mobile phone network, which is converted by means of converters into a data signal, which is then integrated into the conference call.

In any case, the application should loudly reproduce the contents of the conference call, so that even a paralyzed and speechless victim can know to reassure that and by whom rescue operations are carried out.

Forwarding out of a p2p connection to non-p2p connected persons

a) In a modification third parties can be invited out of an existing P2P system.

If a P2P connection between first responders is established, third parties can not regularly participate if they do not have the appropriate application and / or are included. This is achieved in an extension of the method in that a possibility is built into the p2p application to create a text message as described in 1) above, which allows a third party to see the relevant data via browser and / or join the conference call or contains the information to join the P2P connection.

In this case, it will therefore be assumed that transmitter and receiver have corresponding P2P modules and stable Internet connection and / or
a case from the top 5 is present.

Since the inviting user often does not know whether the intended recipient has the counter application and how he should forward the message; He himself can only raise an alarm for himself, but it would lead to the wrong place.

Therefore, a function is inserted here in the counter application, by means of which the recipient can forward the victim's alarm - either as a text message with URL as described above,
or as a data protocol via the Internet, if and especially if it is a pure P2P application, which unlike the above does not allow a text message path.

• a) aus Personen, die dem Empfänger bekannt sind und von denen er denkt, sie könnten hilfreich sein, falls sie noch nicht eingeladen wurden und/oder in einer weiteren Abwandlung
• b) aus Personen, die in einem Kommunikator (wie google maps oder anderen Websites) Ihre Position gemeldet und somit als in der Gegend gerade anwesend bekannt sind.
• b) Ist der Browser des neuen Nutzers nicht VOIP (RTR) fähig, so kann dieser zumindest zuhören, indem der Inhalt des Conference Call gestreamt wird und kann so im Internetbrowser abgehört werden.

The selection of names can be made from

• a) Persons known to the recipient whom he believes may be of assistance if they have not yet been invited and / or in another variation
• b) Persons who are in a communicator (such as google maps or other websites) reporting their position and are therefore known to be present in the area.
• b) If the browser of the new user is not VOIP (RTR) capable, it can at least listen by streaming the content of the conference call and can thus be intercepted in the Internet browser.

Improvement and extension of graceful location

Backup of the feedback

In the case of graceful location, for example, a person who has, for example, abducted the victim, can prevent the transmission of the location by refusing the location request in the given time frame.

aa) To prevent this, a key lock is assigned that only knows the victim and without which the request can not be rejected. If an incorrect entry is entered, the countdown continues.

p bb) If the code is entered incorrectly a predefined number of times, the location release is sent immediately.

In this case, it can be assumed that a third person would like to prevent the location.

cc) In the existing systems, the location request will only be positive if the user has not rejected the release in time. It is better that the coordinate is sent immediately and in the time limit is still trying to determine new coordinates and send them immediately. When the deadline expires, the release can then be made automatically from the application of the user. Thus, a third person can not effectively prevent the location even by turning off the mobile terminal.

dd) In addition to the code mentioned under aa) and bb), the victim can also receive or set a second code that triggers a silent alarm. In this case, entering the second code on the victim's mobile terminal will render everything as if the victim had entered the correct first code.

In addition, however, will
the alarm is triggered, and
the ambient noise around the smartphone is recorded and streamed via microphone;
The environment was recorded and streamed by camera.

ee) Finally, the switch on the mobile device can be set so that the device appears as if it would be turned off, but at the same time remain GPS location and mobile Internet switched on and / or and continue the functions mentioned under dd), without that it could know the culprit.

Alarm triggering from external

The o.g. Applications WAY and Google's Trusted Friends offer the requester no opportunity to trigger the alarm as if the victim had done it himself. In the case of release after passage of time or permission by the victim and especially in a case of a) dd) the receiver as described above, a string can be sent, by means of which he triggers the alarm on his own or from the device of the victim and sent to the persons predetermined by the victim.

In an extension, this permission can only be granted to certain persons.

Warning message when not moving

aa) In an extension, it can be set that a message is sent to predefined persons if the user has not moved his mobile terminal at certain times. This feature will not be triggered regularly at predefined sleep times and other times (sports) to which the user will probably not wear the mobile device.

bb) In a modification to this, the user can log out, so this feature and also the dignified tracking function in general.

If there is a warning that there was no movement, the receiver can decide if he wants to ask, maybe he knows that everything is ok, eg because the user is with him.

cc) In a modification, instead of the movement of the mobile terminal, a sensor connected to the mobile terminal can be monitored in the same way, especially if it is recognized that the sensor is worn, as in Applicant's patent application EP 1 679 672 represented and protected.

dd) In a modification, the activity can be detected and the warning time can be shortened.

Example: When jogging in the forest, a complete movement of one minute can trigger such an alert.

Alarm triggered externally during non-motion

In a modification, the permission for external triggering can be given only if there was no movement for a certain time.

Summary

This described method ensures that even with the worst data connection, anyone with a smartphone without an application of the victim corresponding application can actively and effectively help and third persons can be invited to.

Description of the drawings

• 1 ) Sending a URL via text message 10 from a mobile receiver 101 to mobile receivers 111 . 112 ... with the possibility of this text message 10 to other mobile receivers 121 , 122, ... forward. Feedback of the location via mobile internet 11 to a server 12 and the website 201 that calls the URL; Set up a conference call 202 by server 13 , from 101 via mobile internet 11 from 101 or by telephone connection 14 via converter 15 and internet connection 16 and participation of 111, ..., 121 via mobile internet connection 11 ,
• 2 ) Sending a coding via mobile Internet 11 from a mobile receiver 101 to mobile receivers 151 . 152 ... having one of the applications in 101 corresponding counter-application; Forwarding of this coding via mobile internet 11 to other mobile devices with the counter application 161 . 162 and forwarding of the coding by text message 10 to mobile receivers 121, 122 ... that do not have the counterpart application.
• 3 ) Sending a URL via text message 10 and / or a coding via mobile Internet 11 from a mobile receiver 101 to a server 16 which stores the designated recipient from memory 17 retrieves and the alarm as a text message 10 to mobile receivers 111 . 112 , and via mobile Internet as encoding to mobile devices with the counterpart application 161 . 162 , sent. Forwarding of this coding via mobile internet 11 to other mobile devices with the counter application 161 . 162 ,

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

This list of the documents listed by the applicant has been generated automatically and is included solely for the better information of the reader. The list is not part of the German patent or utility model application. The DPMA assumes no liability for any errors or omissions.

Cited patent literature

• WO 2014/013275 A2 [0006, 0034]
• EP 1679672 [0067]

Claims (36)

Method, an alarm message via text message / -en (SMS) is sent to an application stored on the mobile terminal of the user and predefined mobile phone numbers; which contains a URL created by the application, which contains at least the last found position of the mobile terminal. Claim according to 1) in which is transmitted in the URL, if the last found location equal to the one displayed. Claim according to 1) in which is transmitted in the URL, if a location was tried, but no tracking satelite was found. Claim according to 1) in which is transmitted in the URL, whether a location was tried by the device, but was not technically possible. Claim according to 1) -4) in which the URL is sent to a server via mobile Internet. Claim according to 1) -4) in which the position (s) is / are sent to a server via mobile internet. Claim according to 5) in which also number / n of the mobile terminals of the predefined users is / are included in the text message. Claim according to 5) in which the number / -n of the mobile terminals of the predefined users is retrieved from the server from a memory in which they are stored. Claim 1) to 8), 35) in which the positions are sent in a text message to a server that is capable of receiving text messages. Claim 6) and 9) in which the positions are converted by the receiving server into a URL which is sent as a text message / s to the predefined recipients mentioned in 8) by a server capable of sending text messages. Claim according to 1) -10) in which the URL received as a text message / -en is displayed in the mobile terminal of a recipient in a counterpart application corresponding to the application according to 1). Claim 1) - 11) is displayed at the position of the first helper after being transmitted to the server in the accessed website. Claim according to 12), in which the positions of the first responders are displayed to the other first responders in the accessed website. Claim according to 1) - 13) in the first aider by VolP enter into a conference call, which is opened to them in the URL displayed. Claim according to 1) - 13) in the first responder enter each other by means of a converter in the conference call, which is opened to them in the displayed URL. Claim 14) - 15) in which the URL opens the possibility to listen to what is spoken in the conference call. Claim 14) - 16) in which the call of the alarm triggering starts directly from the application. Claim 17) in which the integration of the call of the victim in the conference call is made by the call is converted by a converter into a data signal. Claim 1) - 18) in which third parties that do not belong to the recipient circle mentioned in 1) and 7) - 8) are invited by recipients having a counter application named in 11), by calling them in 1) -5) Text message created with URL and sent from the mobile device. System in which a user can query the location of the mobile terminal of a third party by sending a request by means of an application on his mobile device to a corresponding counter-application and sends the position to the requestor after a timeout at which the recipient does not contradict becomes; the opposition is protected by a password. System in which a user can query the location of the mobile terminal of a third party by sending a request by means of an application on his mobile device to a corresponding counter-application and sends the position to the requestor after a timeout at which the recipient does not contradict If the location is sent immediately with a query but only released after the deadline for viewing. Claim according to 21) in which new coordinates are determined and thus found to be sent immediately. Claim according to 20) in which the receiver with a second code can trigger a silent alarm. Claim 20) - 23) in which the representation is displayed on the mobile terminal of the receiver, as if the countdown had been successfully stopped. Claim according to 20) - 24) in which recorded by means of a built-in mobile terminal microphone ambient noise and streamed. Claim according to 20) - 25) in which by means of a built-in mobile terminal camera, the environment is recorded and streamed. Claim according to 20) - 26) in which further GPS-location and mobile Internet are switched on or remain. Claim according to 20) - 27) in which a shutdown of the device after sending the request is not possible, and only presented as if the device was turned off. Claim 20) - 29) in which the mobile terminal of the requestor is enabled to trigger an alarm according to 1) and to send to the predetermined persons. Claim 20) in which a message is sent to predefined persons if and when the user has not moved his mobile terminal for a certain time Claim according to 30), even if a sensor connected to the mobile terminal has not been moved. Claim according to 30) - 31) in which the early warning time is changed depending on the detected forward movement. Claim according to 29) - 33) given the permission for external Auslöung only if there was no movement for a certain time. Claim according to 19), in which the names are selected from persons who are reported to the server system mentioned in 5) - 6) as being present in the area. Claim 1) to 8) in which the URL is sent in a text message to a server that is capable of receiving text messages. Claim according to 1) to 19) in which the message is forwarded in a coded form to a recipient and called by him in an application, and can be forwarded as a text message and / or as a coding.

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