DE202017005612U1 - System for providing friendship and neighborhood assistance - Google Patents

Abstract

Apparatus for the organization of neighborhood assistance, the neighborhood assistance being organized in dynamic security circuits from user equipments and each security circuit being assigned to a particular area, comprising:
a data processing module;
a memory module; and
a communication module configured to communicate with user equipment (101, 102, 103) over a radio link, the apparatus being configured to perform the steps of:
Creating a safety circle associated with a particular local area;
Receiving a position of at least one user equipment (101, 102, 103);
Determining whether the position of the user equipment (101, 102, 103) is in the area of the security circuit; and
Sending an invitation to join in the safety circuit to the user equipment, so that formed by several devices joined a dynamic safety circuit of user equipment whose participants can help each other by their local proximity.

Description

Field of the invention

The present invention relates to a system for providing Friendship and Neighborhood Assistance by means of dynamic and / or static, indefinite or temporary social emergency networks (SEN) using input and storage devices and mobile, preferably GPS based, terminals, and using an appropriate procedure, as well as technical alerting procedures for personal, mobile emergency systems.

Description of the Prior Art

• - EP 1679672 „Portable Pulse Monitoring device and method of its operation“;
• - PCT EP 2014/055495 , WO 2014/ 170081 , US 9,736,630 et al „System and method to facilitate assistance in distress situations“;
• - US 2017/0284129 , PCT/ EP 2015/063971 „Door and Home Security System and Method“;
• - US 2017/0143167 et al und prel. Filing US 15/501,992 „Method of protecting elderly people living in their homes from particular dangers using comprehensive and integrated special surveillance tools, mechanisms and methods, in particular face & movement recognition, and other protective tools“;
• - PCT EP2015/069140 „Method for classifying cell phone users after a disaster using cellphone connections“;
• - WO 2016/071006 „Personal Emergency Response system and method of operation“
• - PCT/ EP 2015/065387 „Home security system“;
• - PCT/ EP 2016/061018 , WO 2016/192982 „Method, device and system for transmitting and differentiating conditions upon the triggering of an alarm“; Gebrauchsmuster 20 2015 004 618 „Feuerwarnsystem...“
• - PCT/ EP 2016/067058 , „Alarmsystem und insbesondere ein persönliches Sicherheitssystem“ und
• - PCT/ EP 2017/053195 „Fallsensor mit Schutzvorrichtungen, universeller Verwendbarkeit, verbesserter Auslösung durch einen Schaltknopf...,,; und
• - PCT/ EP2017/055809 „Einfache Methode zur Überführung von Angreifern, vor allem bei versuchten Gewaltdelikten, bei Alarmauslösung eines Notfallsicherungssystem durch Täuschung des Angreifers“.

This invention is a further development of various patents related to emergency backup systems, patent applications and utility models of Applicant's associated Applicant. Rudolf King, in particular

• - EP 1679672 "Portable Pulse Monitoring device and method of its operation";
• - PCT EP 2014/055495 . WO 2014/170081 . US 9,736,630 et al. "System and method to facilitate in distress situations";
• - US 2017/0284129 , PCT / EP 2015/063971 "Door and Home Security System and Method";
• - US 2017/0143167 et al and prel. Filing US 15 / 501,992 "Method of protecting people living in their homes from particular dangers using comprehensive and integrated special surveillance tools, mechanisms and methods, in particular face and movement recognition, and other protective tools";
• - PCT EP2015 / 069140 "Method for classifying cellphone users after a disaster using cellphone connections";
• - WO 2016/071006 "Personal Emergency Response system and method of operation"
• - PCT / EP 2015/065387 "Home security system";
• - PCT / EP 2016/061018 . WO 2016/192982 "Method, device and system for transmitting and differentiating conditions upon the triggering of an alarm"; Utility Model 20 2015 004 618 "Fire Alarm System ..."
• - PCT / EP 2016/067058 , "Alarm system and in particular a personal security system" and
• - PCT / EP 2017/053195 "Fall sensor with protections, universal usability, improved release by a switch button ... ,,; and
• - PCT / EP2017 / 055809 "Simple method of transferring assailants, especially in attempted violent crimes, in alarm triggering an emergency backup system by deception of the attacker".

It also applies to other, other, and not included in the applicant's previous applications of the type of personal, mobile emergency devices (mPERS).

Background and Background of the Invention

senior emergency

1. a) The triggering of security operations with the help of operators to help especially for residents of retirement homes and other, usually old and needy people, using so-called Panikbuttons, emergency buttons and NoPanic switches when transmitted through landline telephone lines has been described since 1987 and is regularly worldwide industrial applied.
2. b) The use of GPS-based or cell-based radio transmitters and receivers using smartphones and GSM or other telephone and radio networks on the transmitter side has been around in this industry since around 2010. Both solutions are typically used in old people and people with high quality and quantity of risk, for example in post-operative care. They are expensive by the connection of the operator. Two such applications are in US 8,736,630 and in PCT EP 1679672 described.

Especially with women, the likelihood of an attack, at least in our civilization, is low, so attacks are usually random; the consequences of an attack are regularly very serious. A special such solution is in PCT EP 2017/055809 described.

II) Network of individuals

For other emergency networks, the user will create a list of recipients, their own social emergency networks ("SENs"), which will be alerted in case of alarm. The latter is on the one hand more favorable than the two solutions described in A), and is used when it comes to users who are exposed to dangers with lower probability.

III) Local Organizations; so-called telephone chains

a) In many cities, villages and communities, it is common for neighborhood assistance, especially with previous or ongoing problems such as nocturnal disturbances, violence etc. are organized.

Usually this is done by the neighborhood community pooling money to recruit private security services.

In other areas, these are organized collectively in such a way that every evening or on certain days members of the neighborhood meet together, in order to then communally walk the area.

• - wer anwesend ist in seinem Haus, besonders in der Nachbarschaft,
• - wer bereit zum Dienst ist und
• - umgekehrt wer definitiv weder anwesend noch sonst bereit ist, der Nachbarschaftshilfe zu dienen.

Equal to all these communities is that there is a lack of information, in particular

• - who is present in his house, especially in the neighborhood,
• - who is ready for service and
• - conversely, who is definitely neither present nor otherwise willing to serve the neighborhood help.

b) Simplified are formed telephone chains where all members of the neighborhood were given phone numbers, so in a kind of chain reaction, the person who needed help only one or 2 people had to call, then turn iteratively 1, 2 or more people call and if successful from Report problem case.

Presentation of current solutions and problem description

Current solutions

Personal emergency backup systems

1. a) There are currently many P2P models available for local location in 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. A few of these applications allow the alarm to be triggered by the user and information to the other party.
2. b) Other applications and applications send messages in case of alarm via URL, either via landline (PERS), VoIP (mPERS and PERS), mobile internet (mPERS and PERS via router with embedded sim) or text message (mPERS).
3. c) The use of mutual, so-called P2P modules in personal, mobile security and warning systems is inter alia in the patent WO 2014/013275 A2 by the Applicant White Rabbit Ltd of 23 January 2014.

In this case, in the case of an alarm triggering from the device of the user who has a problem (victims) to mobile devices of other users (Heroes) sends a record (message), which is protocol-predefined; the other users have a corresponding program unit on their mobile terminal, by means of which the message is converted into a readable form and each other user can tell whether he or she participates in the rescue operation.

neighborhood assistance

Neighborhood assistance is regularly organized in person and relies on normal landline and cellular phones. Upon detection of a problem, the incident is recorded by means of a central office and a reaction task is forwarded to the members of the neighborhood help under, usually verbal, passing on of the location.

II) Problem description of the prior art

In the above-mentioned patent application and the usual today PERS and mPERS systems are in the event of an alarm from the user's device, which has a problem, the necessary information, especially its location to either the operator by means of a service number (call center) for further discussion,
or
sent to preferred mobile devices of other users; the recipient circle is predefined in both cases and specified by the user or manufacturer / supplier of the device.

1. 1. Gerade im Fall vereinbarter Nachbarschaftshilfe bei größeren Gemeinden kann es im Interesse der Nutzer sein, zwar sich aufeinander für Notfälle zu verlassen, gleichwohl aber die Anonymität der Nutzer zu wahren, indem für sonstige, dem Missbrauch offen stehende Zwecke Telefonnummern etc. nicht herausgegeben werden und sogar nicht bekannt sein sollte, wer in das Notfallnetzwerk involviert ist und wer sich aufhält und wohnt.

Disadvantage of these systems is that it is difficult to determine who is in the area and who could help, and especially the static nature of the recipient list:

1. 1. Especially in the case of agreed neighborhood assistance in larger communities, it may be in the interest of the users to rely on each other for emergencies, but nevertheless to preserve the anonymity of the users, for other, the purposes of abuse phone numbers, etc. are not issued and even not know who is involved in the emergency network and who stays and lives.

Many people do not want direct contact, but are basically willing to help each other in an emergency.

• 2. Haben Personen untereinander keinen direkten Kontakt, sind aber grundsätzlich bereit sich als Teil einer andersartig definierten Gemeinschaft gegenseitig zu helfen und stimmen überein in mindestens einem gemeinsamem Netzwerkmerkmal wie Zugehörigkeit zu einer bestimmten Ortschaft oder ein bestimmtes Haus, und entfernt sich ein potentieller Opfer aus einem dieser Umgebung zugehörigen Kreis, in dem es Sinn macht, Hilfe von den Menschen im Netzwerk zu erwarten, so bringt es nichts, die sonstigen Mitglieder seines anonymisierten Notfallnetzwerks zur Hilfe zu rufen, wenn die Entfernung zwischen Ereignis- und Aufenthaltsort ein Eingreifen unmöglich macht.
• 3. Aufgrund von gesetzlichen Vorgaben sind oftmals Wohneinheiten für sogenanntes Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) nicht groß genug, um sich Alarmeinrichtungen wie bei Krankenhäusern zur Kommunikation zwischen Patient und Krankenschwester aufzubauen. Zur Zeit sind aufgrund von gesetzlichen Vorgaben in Deutschland, die nur kleine Wohngemeinschaften unter 6 Personen von den Vorschriften der Heimgesetze ausnehmen und doch als Pflegeeinrichtungen nach dem SGB zulassen, Senioren-Wohneinheiten, gerade wenn sie als freie Wohnungsgemeinschaft (WG) angemietet werden, nicht groß genug. Es muss daher eine Lösung gefunden werden, die mittels geringer Kosten, bevorzugt unter Zuhilfenahme einer bereits bestehenden, allgemein verfügbaren Infrastruktur eine schnelle Aktion im Notfall ermöglicht.
• 4. Im Fall der beschriebenen Telefonkette besteht die Gefahr, dass sie im Notfall an einer Stelle abreißt, besonders im zeitlich frühen Bereich, gerade also wenn das Opfer einer Störung oder einer Attacke sich nicht in der Lage findet, die ihm gegebenen Telefonnummern zu erreichen, sodass keine Hilfe ausgesendet werden kann.

For example, this may be because outside of a narrow circle you do not want to have any further contact with neighbors of the neighborhood, nor do you want to allow monitoring by neighbors. Often the neighbors are the ones who cause the disturbance or who pose the greatest danger of robbery, especially if the neighbor is not aware of the danger.

• 2. Do people have no direct contact with each other, but in principle they are willing to help each other as part of a differently defined community and agree in at least one common network feature such as belonging to a particular town or home, and a potential victim moves away from one In this context, where it makes sense to expect help from the people in the network, it does not help to call the other members of their anonymized emergency network to help if the distance between the event and whereabouts makes intervention impossible.
• 3. Due to legal requirements, often residential units for so-called Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) are not large enough to build alarm systems such as hospitals for communication between patient and nurse. At present, due to legal requirements in Germany, which exclude only small residential communities under 6 people from the provisions of the home laws and yet allow as care facilities under the SGB, senior housing units, especially if they are rented as a free residential community (WG), not large enough. Therefore, a solution has to be found which, by means of low costs, preferably with the aid of an already existing, generally available infrastructure, enables rapid action in an emergency.
• 4. In the case of the telephone chain described, there is a risk that it will break off at one point in an emergency, especially in the early part of the field, especially if the victim of a malfunction or attack is unable to reach the telephone numbers given to him or her. so that no help can be sent out.

• 5. Entfernt sich ein Opfer aus einer bestimmten Nachbarschaft, so bringt es nichts, die dortigen Mitglieder seines Notfallnetzwerks oder seiner Telefonkette zu finden und zur Aktion aufzurufen, da durch die lokale Entfernung ein Eingreifen nicht möglich.

Furthermore, telephone chains often lead to time-consuming and unnecessary double calls.

• 5. If a victim moves away from a specific neighborhood, it is no good finding the members of his or her emergency network or telephone chain and calling them to action, since local removal makes intervention impossible.

Instead, it would be better to consider whether another neighborhood network can work.

approach

The present invention seeks to solve these problems. The invention belongs to the group of personal emergency response / personal emergency response system (PERS), more specifically to the subset of mobile, personal emergency devices / mobile PERS. These are offered in 2 directions, with direct guidance to an operator who receives and processes the alert and those who establish a social emergency network (SEN) among the users.

There is also so-called neighborly help, where paid staff or volunteers take care of a certain area and the people and / or property living in it.

The present invention serves to unite the advantages of the three currently separated auxiliary routes to one.

A solution is demonstrated that is anonymous and effective using GPS-based mobile terminals, typically smartphones or more specifically designed terminals for this purpose. active and passive opportunities are created to serve neighborly and / or community effectiveness.

Brief description of the invention

The present invention is defined by the appended claims. The following disclosure is for a better understanding of the invention.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance, wherein the neighborhood help is organized into dynamic security circuits from subscriber equipment and each security circuit is assigned to a particular area. The apparatus includes a data processing module, a memory module, and a communication module configured to communicate with user equipment over a radio link. The device is configured to perform the following steps: creating a security circle associated with a particular local area; Receiving a position at least one user equipment (101, 102, 103); Determining whether the position of the user equipment (101, 102, 103) is in the area of the security circuit; and sending an invitation to join the security circuit to the user equipment, so that a plurality of devices joined creates a dynamic security circuit of user equipment whose subscribers can help each other by their proximity.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the neighbor assist device after sending the invitation is further configured to perform the steps of: receiving a selection of at least first, second, and third user parameters from an invited subscriber device together with an identifier of the user device; and storing the selection of the at least one first, second and third user parameters associated with the user identifier and the security circuit in the memory module of the device.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, after sending the invitation, the device is further configured to perform the steps of: receiving an alert signal of a particular type indicating an alert of that type in the area of the security circle; Sending an alarm notification to at least one user equipment, it being determined based on the selected first, second and third parameters of a user equipment, whether the user equipment should receive an alarm notification or not.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the received alarm signal is generated by one of the user equipment or automatically created by an alarm sensor connected by radio link.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the first parameter is a user type parameter and the selection of a first parameter determines: whether the user of the respective user equipment is an active helping user, a passive user seeking help, or both.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the second parameter is a time parameter and the selection of a second parameter determines: whether the user of the respective user device permanently, regularly for certain periods, only to the activation by the user or once for a certain duration, preferably by indication a fixed start and a fixed end time of participation, participant in the safety circuit is.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the third parameter is a property parameter and the selection of a third parameter determines: how mobile the user of the respective user equipment is, preferably whether the user is only able to attend on site, is mobile on foot or has transport, and / or which first-aid abilities the user of the respective user equipment possesses, prefers to be able to provide first aid, medical education, trained physician, specialist physician, training in security services, training in civil protection, training as a fire fighter, training in geriatric care and others.

Another embodiment of the disclosure provides a portable subscriber device suitable for data input and data transmission. The device includes a location module that determines the current location of the user equipment; a user interface; a memory module; and a radio communication module. The user equipment is configured to perform the following steps: sending the location of the user equipment to a neighborhood assistance organization device; and receiving an invitation to join a security circle so that a plurality of joined devices create a dynamic security circle of user equipment whose subscribers can help one another by their proximity.

The portable subscriber device of this embodiment, after receiving the invitation, is further configured to display, at the user interface, choices of first, second, and third user parameters; Detecting, by means of the user interface, a selection of at least one of the first, second and third user parameters; and sending the selection of each of the at least one of the first, second, and third user parameters to the neighbor assist device together with a user identifier of the device.

The portable subscriber device of this embodiment, after receiving the invitation, is further configured to perform the following steps: sending an alarm signal indicating the type of alarm in a safety circuit of the user equipment (101, 102, 103) to the device for organizing neighborhood assistance ; and receiving an alert notification from the neighborhood assistance organization device.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the first parameter is a user type parameter and the selection of a first parameter determines: whether the user of the respective user equipment is an active helping user, a passive user seeking help, or both.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the second parameter is a time parameter and the selection of a second parameter determines: whether the user of the respective user device permanently, regularly for certain periods, only to the activation by the user or once for a certain duration, preferably by indication a fixed start and a fixed end time of participation, participant in the safety circuit is.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the third parameter is a property parameter and the selection of a third parameter determines: how mobile the user of the respective user equipment is, preferably whether the user is only able to attend on site, is mobile on foot or has transport, and / or what first-aid abilities the user of the respective subscriber device has, preferably, ability to provide first aid, medical education, trained physician, specialist physician, security training, civil protection training, fire fighter training, elderly care training and others.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the alarm signal on the user equipment may be triggered by a user via a two-stage switch, wherein a first stage of the two-stage switch triggers a pre-alarm, which in turn triggers the transmission of the alarm signal as soon as a certain amount of time has elapsed Pre-alarm was canceled.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, a contact list stored in the user equipment may be used to select preferred alarm recipients.

The disclosure also provides a system comprising a neighborhood assistance organization device as described above and a portable user equipment as described above.

list of figures

• I shows a conventional alarm transmission of an alarm of a user (1) by an operator (4) to a group (10) of third parties (101,102 ...).
• II Fig. 12 shows a conventional telephone chain in which the alerting of a user (1) to a person (101) alerting other persons (102, 103), who in turn inform other persons (110, 111, 112, ...), etc., is shown.
• III shows a conventional p2p transmission of an alarm of a user (1) via a gateway (2) to a group (10) of third parties (101,102 ...).
• IV shows a conventional transmission of an alarm of a user (1) by direct message (usually SMS) to a group (10) of third parties (101,102 ...).
• V shows an alarm transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure of a user (1) to third persons directly (301, 302 ...) and by a server (2) to a group (10) of third persons (110,111 ...).
• VI FIG. 12 is a flowchart in accordance with the operation of a system or method of one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG.

Detailed description of exemplary embodiments

Described is a GPS-based system and a corresponding method for effective, mobile Freudschafts- and neighborhood help in an emergency by means of static, dynamic and possibly temporary security circuits including mobile devices as a sender, preferably a server as an intermediary and mobile and in-mobile receivers as receiver

Basic principle and description of the typical method

1. The area that defines the local area of the network is set locally. Preferably, this determination receives as identifier a name and / or an associated data string ("neighborhood area"), which defines both the location and the group. The neighborhood may be fixed or may be changed.

2. Persons belonging to the neighborhood are defined (101, 102, ...); This is done regularly and preferably by notifying and joining one or more interested parties.

This can be done iteratively by people who are invited and invite other people they know ("invitation").

3. It can be determined immediately and later, who
only passively participate in the neighborhood help,
who would, in principle, participate actively, albeit perhaps with time restrictions, or would like to, the so-called "safety circle" ( 10 ).

In a modification, this can be changed temporarily.

• - aktiv sein wollen, also im Notfall helfen wollen und können, oder
• - nur passiv, also nicht der Lage wären, bei einem Notfall selbst zu helfen, aber den Sicherheitskreis passiv nutzen möchten, oder
• - aktiv und passiv, diese Kombination ist der Standardfall.

Preferably, these show whether they

• - want to be active, so you can and want to help in an emergency, or
• - only passive, so would not be able to help themselves in an emergency, but want to use the safety circuit passively, or
• - active and passive, this combination is the standard case.

The possibility of being passive will, understandably, be a standard case for bedridden seniors.

4. A safety circuit ( 10 ) is now from an outsourced system, preferably a decentralized and connected to the Internet server, ( 2 ), managed. The server stores the names of the persons (101,102,103 ...) who belong to the security circle.

5. The mobile devices are located and the location, preferably at intervals, detected and stored, especially and by means of radio cell-based and / or GPS location of the mobile devices but also by detecting wireless devices in the environment ("localization").

6. In the event of an alarm, the location of the victim ( 1 ) and / or retrieved.

7. It is called, who its safety circle ( 10 ) and who is close-by, so can help.

This along with extension 26 is typified in is in drawing V).

8. At least the locally and by location auxiliary persons (101,102, ...) the alarm and the place of the alarm, prefers with name and safety circle ( 10 ) forwarded.

9. In an extension, the initiator and / or other informer or only those who are prepared to help can be mediated, whether, and who wants to provide assistance and / or if necessary to coordinate it.

10. An administrator can be ordered.

11. In a modification, the first step of the local definition can be skipped, the definition of the persons can be started and thus a safety circle ( 10 ) are defined technically only among persons (101,102, ...).

This will make sense above all if the environment is not clearly defined but nevertheless designed in such a way that mutual assistance is possible, such as for students who live in a district but frequent in various buildings and yet predominantly the area of the university district.

II) Description of the modifications and extensions

1. a) Dem Sicherheitskreis beigetreten und im festgelegten Bereich anwesend;
2. b) Dem Sicherheitskreis beigetreten und im festgelegten Bereich nicht anwesend;
3. c) Dem Sicherheitskreis nicht beigetreten und im festgelegten Bereich anwesend;
4. d) Dem Sicherheitskreis nicht beigetreten und im festgelegten Bereich nicht anwesend.

1. In an extension, 2 to 4 groups of persons of a security circle ( 10 ) are distinguished:

1. a) joined the security circle and present in the designated area;
2. b) joined the security circle and not present in the defined area;
3. c) Not joined the security circle and present in the designated area;
4. d) Not joined the security circle and not present in the specified area.

The algorithm determines whether and which of these persons are informed or whether, preferably and thus by default, the presence does not make any difference.

2. It may happen that an alarm from one user is sent not only to the members (101,102, ...) in the vicinity of his or her set network, but also to other persons in other security circuits (20,30 ...) ,

Example: Think of tourists who are not close to the usual safety circle, but whose environment is currently causing a certain general emergency ("fire").

3. In a modification, the location of the participants (101,102 ...) of the safety circuit ( 10 ) instead of constantly taking place only when an alarm is triggered.

This alternative has the disadvantage that without permanent knowledge of the location active members of other safety circuits (20,30, ...), not the safety circuit ( 10 ) the victim ( 1 ) but are close to it locally, or in the case of general emergencies such as fire can not be informed. Furthermore, GPS positioning is difficult and often impossible. In this case, only the WLAN location would be possible.

4. In a modification, it may also be the case, especially with paid security forces, that an alert from a paid security professional is not (only) sent to the members (101, 102, 103 ...) of the local security circuit ( 10 ) but also (also) to other persons in another security circle (20,30, ...).

Examples: Colleagues from the same security company are called in for reinforcement.

5. In a modification of the invention, a safety circuit ( 10 . 20 . 30 ) be anonymized instead of being defined locally by another identifier.

Examples would be "Participants in the travel group ..."; "Refugees under 25 from Aleppo".

6. In a modification, the safety circuit ( 10 ) can be predefined locally, but additionally defined differently, especially if the local definition is too large.

An example is "all employees of the company ACME during their stay in Mexico."

6. In a modification, the safety circuit ( 10 ) may also be stored on the mobile terminals, ie as a so-called p2p system, preferably without the members having direct access to this and the information stored therewith. This is preferred if mobile data connections are not always available and thus a contact to the system ( 2 ) might not work.

7. In a modification, the safety circuit ( 10 . 20 ...) are created temporarily, for example for a specific location and period.

Examples are "guests / staff of the King's Hotel, Munich, xyz street on the night of 23 to 24.2 ...."; Visitors to the "Rolling Stones Concert in the Olympiahalle am ..."; "Night owls in the city center including the central station of Cologne on the evening of 31.12.2015 from 19 to 6 clock of 1.1.2017"

1. a) Allgemein - wer sich Bereich des Sicherheitskreises (10) befindet und zusätzlich wer im Sicherheitskreis (10) angemeldet ist; typischerweise bei Feueralarm. Hier besteht sowohl aus dem Wunsch nach körperlicher Unversehrtheit wie aus dem nach Schutz des Eigentums ein Interesse für beide Gruppen.
2. b) Speziell - nur wer im Bereich des Sicherheitskreises angemeldet ist, typischerweise bei Vandalismus, denn es soll der Vandale nicht gewarnt werden, dass Aktionen gegen ihn angelaufen sind, von zufällig Anwesenden ist keine Hilfe zu erwarten und zugleich besteht das Hauptinteresse bei den Personen, deren Eigentum beschädigt oder bedroht ist.
3. c) Geheim - nur wer im Bereich des Sicherheitskreises (10) anwesend und zugleich im Sicherheitskreis angemeldet ist; dies wird bei Einbecheralarm der Fall sein - es macht keinen Sinn, Abwesende zu beunruhigen, und auch nicht, im Sicherheitskreis (10) nicht angemeldete Personen zu informieren, denn es könnte der Einbrecher selbst sein, der die Information zur Flucht nutzen könnte.

8. In a modification of the invention, by differentiating the interference states according to the patent application of the same applicant WO 2016/192892 decided decided which persons (101,102 ...) of the security circle ( 10 . 20 , ...) are specifically called to help:

1. a) General - who is the area of the safety circle ( 10 ) and additionally who in the safety circuit ( 10 ) is registered; typically at fire alarm. Here, both the desire for physical integrity as well as for the protection of property has an interest in both groups.
2. b) Specifically - only those who are registered in the area of the security circle, typically vandalism, because the vandals should not be warned that actions have been launched against him, no help can be expected from those present at random, and at the same time the main interest lies with the persons whose property is damaged or threatened.
3. c) Secret - only in the area of the security circle ( 10 ) is present and at the same time registered in the security circle; this will be the case for a one-arm alarm - it does not make sense to worry absent-minded people, nor (in the safety circle) 10 ) inform undeclared persons, because it could be the burglar himself, who could use the information to escape.

Since an anonymous safety circuit ( 10 on the one hand can be static - example: living environment - and also dynamic - the environment in which I am currently located, this will have effects for various alarms; Fire = Everyone who is in the area (logged in) will be informed. Burglary = only persons who are in the specific case the security circle and may be in the vicinity or not, will be informed so that the burglar is not notified of his discovery and can use to escape.

9. In a modification, the alarm and qualification of the alarm by the system ( 2 ) or even by third parties, such as the local (fire) police.

10. In a modification, a person ( 101 ...) passively or actively join the security circle, which otherwise does not belong to the group ( 10 ) belongs.

This will be done on a regular basis by notifying the system to the person if the person's behavior indicates that he / she at least temporarily benefits the safety circuit ( 10 ) can bring or receive. In this case, you can specify that only certain statuses or specific information be shared.

Example:

A worker who is regularly in the vicinity of a shared flat.

A resident of a house in which residents of a senior citizen community have joined together to form a safety circle; in this case, for example, the person may be offered to be accepted only as an active member.

11. In a modification, the inclusion in the safety circuit (10.20 ...) can also be forced.

Thus, the system can also be used by employers for employees, and other groups, especially for military purposes, in paramilitary Units and police are used, especially in missions, both temporary and geographical.

12. In a modification of the invention it is also possible to control a login per unit of time. This will be the case, in particular, when a police officer has joined at least one neighborhood assistant and typically patrols nearby at a certain time.

13. In one variation, a user ( 1 . 101 ...) for safety circuits (10,20 ...), to which it is at least actively assigned, switch its status to "now active".

14. In a variation of the invention, which will often be associated with the one just mentioned, especially a security force, if only able to cover distances in use on foot or in the car, and thus come to the rescue immediately, can either be completely independent be placed from the distance to the security circle, or get another, regularly more distance than the other members of the security circle assigned.

15. In one variation, a member ( 101 . 102 ...) of the safety circuit ( 10 ) are selected ("vetting"). This will be done mainly by checking whether the person ( 1 , 101) directly with other persons ( 102 . 103 ...) is mutually connected, so each other's phone numbers are known. In several dimensions can then be checked whether it is a group that wants to infiltrate a safety circuit or persons with real, multiple contacts in one or more safety circuit.

16. In one variation, third parties (301, 302 ...) may be included in the emergency response as they approach this area, but may become passive members only 2 , Grades and thus not informed when an alarm is triggered. Passive members 1 , Grades, on the other hand, are also informed of other alarms when alarms are triggered in the area. The purpose of this distinction is that persons who themselves may be the cause of an alarm (burglar) are not aware of the alarm and thus would take precautionary measures.

17. Persons (101,102 ...) can login or log out of the system. This can be either manual, or automated by the GPS-based feature typically found in smartphones, or the realization that a person is in a particular catchment area of a wireless router, recognizable by its Mac address; see patent of the applicant PCT / EP2014 / 055495 - "Wifi Link".

18. Members (101,102 ...) can be assigned within the security circle ( 10 ) Form links that give them extended rights.

19. In the event of an emergency, members (101,102 ...), especially in the case of 18., may be asked to communicate their status and be shown to them in preference and above all to affiliated members. The request can be automated if the system ( 2 ) in or near the local area or in an area where at least one member ( 101 ...), has learned about a serious event, and also in certain other cases.

20. In a modification, if safety circuits overlap ( 10 . 20 ...), ie if two or more safety circuits ( 10 . 20 , ...) overlap and / or lie against each other and / or close to each other 101 . 102 ...).
This can be restricted to the extent that only those persons are informed who are related to the triggering person, ie those who are directly acquainted with the person or who share the mutual acquaintance with the triggering person.

21. In a modification, especially commercial providers can use safety circuits ( 10 . 20 , ...) temporally and / or locally create, in which they are ready to become active in case of alarm. This can also be limited to the extent that they only act as specialists in certain alarm cases (eg fire, gun violence). This corresponds to the PCT application / EP 2016/061018 . WO 2016/192982 and differs from this, as in this the recipients must be created directly.

21. In a modification, the user ( 101 ), but can use a safety circuit ( 10 ) and desire accession to this, which is preferably approved by participants or administrators or is basically allowed to anyone.

Example: New residents see a warning sign over a security circle and are approved by the administrator; Participants or disabled participants of a concert, students on a campus evening learn that a safety circuit is created and join without first having to be confirmed.

22. In one variation, a person may specify a location and time / frame and share this with friends who are supposed to monitor the person online at this time and possibly help.

In a modification to this, it may be stipulated that third parties, which at least temporarily define such security circuits in overlapping space and time, are likewise invited.

23. In an extension to this and other PERS applications, a user can use a trigger trigger that is biased and triggered by skipping. The provision is made by another real or virtual switch.

24. In an extension to this, the toughening may already be used as a warning and communicated to third parties.

25. In an extension to this and other PERS / mPERS applications, the alarm can already be prepared, and if a reset does not occur within a certain time, the alarm will be triggered.

Example: The alarm is prepared and provided with a time interval; If the radio contact is lost, the alarm sequence is triggered regularly by a server after the interval has expired.

26. In an extension, the system is coupled with a normal mPERS system, so it will be known directly to the user known persons, preferably at the same time, with persons from security circles (drawing IV). You can then communicate together.

• Gebrauchsmusteranmeldung 1
  • Abstrakt 1
  • Vorbemerkung 1
  • Feld der Erfindung 2
  • Ausgangslage und Hintergrund der Erfindung 2
    1. I) Seniorennotruf 2
    2. II) Netzwerk von Einzelpersonen 3
    3. III) Örtliche Organisationen; sog. Telefonketten 3
  • Darstellung der derzeitigen Lösungen und Problembeschreibung 4
    1. I) Derzeitige Lösungsansätze 4
       1. A) Persönliche Notfallsicherungssysteme 4
       2. B) Nachbarschaftshilfe 5
    2. II) Problembeschreibung des Stand der Technik 5
  • Lösungsansatz 8
  • Überschrift 8
  • Beschreibung der Methode 8
    1. I) Grundprinzip und Beschreibung der typischen Methode 8
    2. II) Beschreibung der Abwandlungen und Erweiterungen 10
  • Flowchart 17

This is typified in drawing V).

• Utility Model Application 1
  • Abstract 1
  • Preliminary note 1
  • Field of the invention 2
  • Background and Background of the Invention 2
    1. I) senior emergency call 2
    2. II) Network of individuals 3
    3. III) Local Organizations; so-called telephone chains 3
  • Presentation of current solutions and problem description 4
    1. I) Current solutions 4
       1. A) Personal emergency systems 4
       2. B) neighborhood assistance 5
    2. II) Problem description of the prior art 5
  • Solution 8
  • Heading 8
  • Description of the method 8th
    1. I) Basic principle and description of the typical method 8
    2. II) Description of the modifications and extensions 10
  • Flowchart 17

Alternative embodiments

The following disclosure is for a better understanding of the invention.

A method is provided in which by means of a mobile or stationary mobile and stationary device suitable for data input and transmission, a local area is defined and preferably characterized by a name and / or a corresponding data string (safety circuit);
the area in principle and possibly associated persons are invited to join and be admitted and / or defined as members;
the said safety circuit is administered by a preferably decentralized system (server) with the contact data of the persons joining the safety circle,
preferably without passing on this contact information to other members;
current locations of the persons by radio cell-based, wireless and / or preferably GPS location of mobile devices sent to the security circuit and the current location (s) are stored;
one or more members can trigger an alarm;
and when an alarm is triggered, the alarm message preferably with the location of the alarm to members of the security circuit, no matter in which transmission and notification form is forwarded.

The above procedure includes hiring by members to participate only passively.

The above procedure includes hiring by members to only actively participate.

The above method includes notifying only the active users who are locally close to the defined neighborhood.

The above method comprises that the location of the persons is only retrieved and transmitted by the mobile terminals in the event of an alarm.

The above method includes that the alarm is detected by at least one sensor and automatically triggered.

The above method includes that the alarm is not triggered from the mobile terminal.

The above method includes that the alarm is forwarded only to those who have joined the security circle who are present in the area specified therein.

The above method includes that the alarm is also forwarded to certain persons joining the security circle who are not present in the area specified there.

The above method includes that the alarm is forwarded to certain persons who have not joined the security circle if they are present in the area specified there.

The above method includes notifying an alarm to persons who are outside the safety circuit of the alarm transmitter, but preferring at least one other safety circuit.

The above method comprises that the security circle is anonymized not locally but defined by another identifier.

The above method includes that the safety circuit is defined locally and additionally defined by another identifier.

The above method includes that the safety circuit is temporarily created.

The above method includes differentiating who is notified after trouble states.

The above method includes triggering the alarm by a third party.

The above method involves the invitation being automated.

The above method includes that inclusion in a security circle is not by invitation, but compulsorily.

The above method includes that the status is temporarily changeable.

The above method includes selecting persons to be supplied to the safety circuit.

The above method includes automated logging into the security circuit.

The above method includes allowing individuals to form one or more security circuits with each other, especially without defining it locally and granting them special rights.

The above method includes that the informed persons can transmit a status message upon request.

The above method includes allowing the informed persons to indicate if they can and want to provide assistance and communicate accordingly.

The above method includes communicating this information to the alerting party.

The above method includes communicating this information to other members of the security circle or to the informed or assisted persons.

The above method includes selecting an administrator.

The above method includes that the safety circuit is defined only temporally but not locally, or temporally and locally.

The above method includes that of the two alternative pairs
joined the security circle or not and
present in the defined area or not
two and up to four groups are defined and for each of them is determined whether they should be informed or not.

The above method includes notifying members of other nearby safety circuits.

The above method includes locating only after the alarm case.

The above method comprises that instead of or in addition to a decentralized server, the security circuits of the user are stored on the user's terminal (s) and thus the alarm can always be triggered and transmitted if the connection to the server is missing.

The above method includes allowing users to log in and out at times.

The above method includes that this registration is automatically made according to a specification.

The above method includes that the logout automatically occurs according to a specification.

The above method includes that anyone can join the security circle.

The above method includes that safety circuits may be formed from persons who are in an area or who indicate to be in an area at a certain time.

The above method includes biasing a switch in personal security solutions to define a pre-alert and triggering an alarm when the switch is released and the pre-alert is released when and as soon as a reset occurs.

The above method includes that no prewarning is triggered during toughening.

The above method includes biasing a pre-alert on a server and triggering the alert even if contact with the switch is lost or there is no reset within a predetermined time interval.

The above method includes not only the persons of the safety circuit or groups but also third parties, preferably directly.

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Claims (16)

Apparatus for the organization of neighborhood assistance, the neighborhood assistance being organized in dynamic security circuits from user equipments and each security circuit being assigned to a particular area, comprising: a data processing module; a memory module; and a communication module configured to communicate with user equipment (101, 102, 103) over a radio link, the apparatus being configured to perform the steps of: Creating a safety circle associated with a particular local area; Receiving a position of at least one user equipment (101, 102, 103); Determining whether the position of the user equipment (101, 102, 103) is in the area of the security circuit; and Sending an invitation to join in the safety circuit to the user equipment, so that formed by several devices joined a dynamic safety circuit of user equipment whose participants can help each other by their local proximity. Apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance according to Claim 1 which after configuring the invitation is further configured to perform the steps of: receiving a selection of at least a first, a second, and a third user parameter from an invited user equipment together with an identifier of the user equipment; and storing the selection of the at least one first, second and third user parameters associated with the user identifier and the security circuit in the memory module of the device. Apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance according to Claim 2 which is further configured after sending the invitation to perform the steps of: receiving an alarm signal of a certain type indicating an alarm of that type in the area of the safety circuit; Sending an alarm notification to at least one user equipment, it being determined based on the selected first, second and third parameters of a user equipment, whether the user equipment should receive an alarm notification or not. Apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance according to Claim 3 wherein the received alarm signal is generated by one of the user equipments or automatically created by an alarm sensor connected via radio communication. Apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance according to Claim 2 - 4 wherein the first parameter is a user-type parameter and the selection of a first parameter determines whether the user of the respective user equipment is an active helping user, a passive user-assistance user, or both. Apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance according to Claim 2 - 5 , wherein the second parameter is a time parameter and the selection of a second parameter determines: whether the user of the respective user device permanently, regularly for certain periods, only on the activation by the user or once for a certain duration, preferably by specifying a fixed start - and a fixed end time of participation, participant in the safety circuit is. Apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance according to Claim 2 - 6 wherein the third parameter is a property parameter and the selection of a third parameter determines: how mobile the user of the respective user equipment is, preferably whether the user can only participate on site, is mobile on foot or has a means of transport, and / or which first-aid abilities the user of the respective user equipment possesses, prefers the ability to provide first aid, medical training, trained physician, specialist physician, training in security services, training in civil protection, training as a fire fighter, training in geriatric care and others. A portable user equipment (101, 102, 103) suitable for data input and data transmission, the apparatus (101, 102, 103) comprising: a location module that determines the current location of the user equipment; a user interface; a memory module; and a radio communication module; wherein the user equipment (101, 102, 103) is configured to perform the following steps: Sending the location of the user equipment (101, 102, 103) to a neighborhood assistance organization device; and Receiving an invitation to join in a safety circuit, so that by several joined devices, a dynamic safety circuit is generated from subscriber devices whose participants can help each other by their proximity. Portable subscriber device (101, 102, 103) according to Claim 8 that is still configured after receiving the invitation to: Displaying, at the user interface, selections of first, second, and third user parameters; Detecting, by means of the user interface, a selection of at least one of the first, second and third user parameters; and sending the selection of each of the at least one of the first, second, and third user parameters to the neighbor assist device together with a user identifier of the device. Portable subscriber device (101, 102, 103) according to Claim 8 or 9 which, after receiving the invitation, is further configured to perform the steps of: sending an alarm signal indicating the type of alarm in a security circuit of the user equipment (101, 102, 103) to the neighbor help organization device; and receiving an alert notification from the neighborhood assistance organization device. Portable subscriber device (101, 102, 103) according to Claim 8 - 10 wherein the first parameter is a user type parameter and the selection of a first parameter determines: whether the user of the respective subscriber device is an active helping user, a passive user seeking help, or both. Portable subscriber device (101, 102, 103) according to Claim 8 - 11 , wherein the second parameter is a time parameter and the selection of a second parameter determines: whether the user of the respective user device permanently, regularly for certain periods, only on the activation by the user or once for a certain duration, preferably by specifying a fixed start - and a fixed end time of participation, participant in the safety circuit is. Portable subscriber device (101, 102, 103) according to Claim 8 - 12 wherein the third parameter is a property parameter and the selection of a third parameter determines: how mobile the user of the respective user equipment is, preferably whether the user can only participate on site, is mobile on foot or has a means of transport, and / or which first-aid abilities the user of the respective user equipment possesses, prefers the ability to provide first aid, medical training, trained physician, specialist physician, training in security services, training in civil protection, training as a fire fighter, training in geriatric care and others. Portable subscriber device (101, 102, 103) according to Claim 10 - 13 wherein the alarm signal at the subscriber device (101, 102, 103) can be triggered by a user via a two-stage switch, wherein a first stage of the two-stage switch triggers a pre-alarm, which in turn triggers the transmission of the alarm signal, as soon as a certain time has elapsed without the pre-alarm being canceled. Apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance according to Claim 2 - 7 or portable user equipment (101, 102, 103) according to Claim 10 - 14 wherein a contact list stored in the user equipment (101, 102, 103) is used to select preferred alarm recipients. A system comprising an apparatus for organizing neighborhood assistance according to any one of Claims 1 - 7 and a portable subscriber device (101, 102, 103) according to any one of Claims 8 - 15 ,

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