TW201336287A - Method and system for monitoring and alarming using mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for monitoring and alarming using a mobile phone. The system is configured for: starting up a function of WLAN hotspot of a first mobile phone that is carried by a monitoring user, and establishing a WLAN hotspot for the first mobile phone; receiving a WLAN connection request from a second mobile phone that is carried by a user to be monitored, and establishing a WLAN connection between the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone; detecting status of the WLAN connection between the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone; controlling the first mobile phone to alarm the monitoring user when the WLAN connection is disconnected.

Description

Mobile phone monitoring alarm method and system

The present invention relates to the field of monitoring, and in particular, to a mobile phone monitoring and alarming method and system.

As the living environment becomes more and more complicated, the guardians are more and more difficult to protect the guardian objects (such as children, the elderly, and the disabled), so various monitoring equipments and methods have emerged. For example, when parents play with their children in the community, in order to prevent children from being lost, the child can carry a monitoring device with them, and the parents can monitor the child's location by using the matching monitoring equipment. Most monitoring equipment uses a positioning system for precise positioning. If you only limit your child's activities within a certain safe range, there is no need to use the positioning system to accurately locate the child's location. At the same time, the cost of dedicated monitoring equipment with positioning systems is also high.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a mobile phone monitoring and alarming method and system, which can monitor the monitoring object through the mobile phone and issue an alarm when the monitoring object leaves the safe range.

A mobile phone monitoring and alerting method is applied to a first mobile phone held by a monitor, the method comprising the following steps: a starting step: starting a WLAN hotspot function of the first mobile phone, and configuring a hotspot parameter for the first mobile phone, thereby Establishing as a WLAN hotspot; connecting step: receiving a WLAN communication connection request sent by the second mobile phone held by the monitoring object within the signal coverage area of the WLAN hotspot, establishing a WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone; detecting Step: detecting a WLAN communication connection status between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone, the WLAN communication connection status includes a normal connection or a disconnection; and an alarm step: when the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone is broken When on, the first mobile phone is controlled to issue an alarm to alert the monitor.

A mobile phone monitoring and alarming system runs in a first mobile phone held by a monitor, the system comprising: a startup module, configured to activate a WLAN hotspot function of the first mobile phone, and configure a hotspot parameter for the first mobile phone, thereby The mobile phone is established as a WLAN hotspot; the connection module is configured to receive a WLAN communication connection request sent by the second mobile phone held by the monitoring object within the signal coverage range of the WLAN hotspot, and establish a WLAN communication between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone. The connection module is configured to detect a WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone, where the WLAN communication connection status includes a normal connection or a disconnection; and an alarm module is used when the second mobile phone is connected When the WLAN communication connection between the first mobile phones is disconnected, the first mobile phone is controlled to issue an alarm to alert the monitor.

Compared with the prior art, the mobile phone monitoring and alerting method and system of the present invention can monitor the monitoring object at a low cost through the mobile phone, and issue an alarm when the monitoring object leaves the safe range.

Referring to FIG. 1, it is an operational environment diagram of a preferred embodiment of the mobile phone monitoring and alerting system of the present invention. The mobile phone monitoring and alarming system 10 runs in the first mobile phone 1, and the first mobile phone 1 is opened with corresponding network services, such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), 3G (3rd-generation, third). On behalf of mobile communication technology, etc., the wireless network 100 can be accessed for wireless network communication.

In addition, the first mobile phone 1 also has a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Networks) hotspot function. After the first mobile phone 1 activates the WLAN hotspot function, the first mobile phone 1 can be established as a WLAN hotspot to provide routing for other mobile phones within a certain signal coverage area, such as the second mobile phone 2, so that the second mobile phone 2 can pass through. The first mobile phone 1 can also access the wireless network 100. Usually, the coverage of the WLAN hotspot is about 300 meters outdoors, and about 40 meters indoors (such as a supermarket).

In this embodiment, the first mobile phone 1 can be carried by a monitor (such as a guardian), and the second mobile phone 2 can be carried by a monitored object (such as a child, an elderly person, a disabled person, etc.). The signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot is considered to be a security range. When the distance between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1 is within the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot, that is, the second mobile phone 2 can access through the first mobile phone 1. In the case of the wireless network 100, it can be considered that the monitoring object carrying the second mobile phone 2 is within a safe range. When the distance between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1 is outside the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot, the monitoring object can be considered to be outside the security range, and the mobile phone monitoring alarm system 10 will control the first mobile phone 1 to send to the monitor. An alert that alerts the monitor that the monitored object is out of safe range.

The mobile phone monitoring alarm system 10 includes a startup module 101, a connection module 102, a detection module 103, and an alarm module 104. The module referred to in the present invention is a computer program segment for performing a specific function, and is more suitable for describing the execution process of the software in the first mobile phone 1 than the program. Therefore, the following description of the software in the present invention is described by a module.

The startup module 101 is configured to activate the WLAN hotspot function of the first mobile phone 1 and configure the hotspot parameter for the first mobile phone 1, thereby establishing the first mobile phone 1 as a WLAN hotspot. The hotspot parameters include an SSID (Service Set Identifier), security, password, and the like.

The connection module 102 is configured to receive a WLAN communication connection request sent by the second mobile phone 2 within the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot, and establish a WLAN communication connection with the second mobile phone 2, so that the second mobile phone 2 can be connected through the first mobile phone 1 Into the wireless network 100.

The detecting module 103 is configured to detect a WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1. The WLAN communication connection status includes a connection normal or a disconnection. The detection module 103 can periodically send a verification command to the second mobile phone 2 through the 802.B/G protocol, and request the second mobile phone 2 to report the interaction information, for example, the interaction information is the name of the second mobile phone 2. If the detection module 103 receives the interaction information reported by the second mobile phone 2 within a certain period of time, it indicates that the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1 is normal. If the detection module 103 does not receive the interaction information reported by the second mobile phone 2 within a certain period of time, the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1 is disconnected, and the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 2 are disconnected. The distance between the mobile phones 1 has exceeded the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot.

The alarm module 104 is configured to control the first mobile phone 1 to issue an alarm to alert the monitor when the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1 is disconnected: the monitoring object has left the security range. The alarm module 104 controls the first mobile phone 1 to issue an alarm to control the first mobile phone 1 to play preset music or control the first mobile phone 1 to vibrate.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the mobile phone monitoring alarm method of the present invention.

In step S1, the startup module 101 activates the WLAN hotspot function of the first mobile phone 1, and configures the hotspot parameter for the first mobile phone 1, thereby establishing the first mobile phone 1 as a WLAN hotspot. The hotspot parameters include SSID, security, password, and the like. The signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot is considered a safe range.

In step S2, the connection module 102 receives the WLAN communication connection request sent by the second mobile phone 2 within the signal coverage range of the WLAN hotspot, and establishes a WLAN communication connection with the second mobile phone 2, so that the second mobile phone 2 can pass the first mobile phone 1 Access to the wireless network 100.

In step S3, the detecting module 103 detects the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1. The WLAN communication connection status includes a connection normal or a disconnection.

In step S4, when the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1 is disconnected, it is determined that the distance between the second mobile phone 2 and the first mobile phone 1 has exceeded the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot, and the alarm module 104 controls the first A mobile phone 1 sends an alarm to alert the monitor that the monitored object has left the safe range.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art in light of the spirit of the present invention are It should be covered by the following patent application.

1. . . First mobile phone

10. . . Mobile phone monitoring alarm system

101. . . Startup module

102. . . Connection module

103. . . Detection module

104. . . Alarm module

100. . . Wireless network

2. . . Second mobile phone

1 is a diagram showing an operating environment of a preferred embodiment of a mobile phone monitoring alarm system of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the mobile phone monitoring and alerting method of the present invention.

1. . . First mobile phone

10. . . Mobile phone monitoring alarm system

101. . . Startup module

102. . . Connection module

103. . . Detection module

104. . . Alarm module

100. . . Wireless network

2. . . Second mobile phone

Claims (10)

A mobile phone monitoring and alerting method is applied to a first mobile phone held by a monitor, and the method comprises the following steps:
The startup step is: starting the WLAN hotspot function of the first mobile phone, and configuring a hotspot parameter for the first mobile phone, so as to establish the first mobile phone as a WLAN hotspot;
The connecting step: receiving a WLAN communication connection request sent by the second mobile phone held by the monitoring object within the signal coverage area of the WLAN hotspot, establishing a WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone;
The detecting step is: detecting a WLAN communication connection status between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone, where the WLAN communication connection status includes a normal connection or a disconnection;
The alarm step: when the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone is disconnected, the first mobile phone is controlled to issue an alarm to alert the monitor. For example, in the mobile phone monitoring and alerting method described in claim 1, the first mobile phone accesses the wireless network to perform network communication. For example, in the mobile phone monitoring and alerting method described in claim 1, the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot is determined as a safe range. The mobile phone monitoring and alerting method of claim 1, wherein when the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone is disconnected, determining that the distance between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone exceeds the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot . The mobile phone monitoring and alerting method of claim 1, wherein in the alerting step, controlling the first mobile phone to generate an alarm is to control the first mobile phone to play preset music, or to control the first mobile phone to vibrate. A mobile phone monitoring and alarming system runs in a first mobile phone held by a monitor, the system comprising:
a startup module, configured to activate a WLAN hotspot function of the first mobile phone, and configure a hotspot parameter for the first mobile phone, so as to establish the first mobile phone as a WLAN hotspot;
The connection module is configured to receive a WLAN communication connection request sent by the second mobile phone held by the monitoring object within the signal coverage area of the WLAN hotspot, and establish a WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone;
The detecting module is configured to detect a WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone, where the WLAN communication connection status includes a normal connection or a disconnection;
The alarm module is configured to control the first mobile phone to issue an alarm to alert the monitor when the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone is disconnected. For example, in the mobile phone monitoring and alarming system described in claim 6, the first mobile phone accesses the wireless network for network communication. For example, in the mobile phone monitoring and alarming system described in claim 6, the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot is determined as a safe range. The mobile phone monitoring and alarming system of claim 6, wherein when the WLAN communication connection between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone is disconnected, determining that the distance between the second mobile phone and the first mobile phone exceeds the signal coverage of the WLAN hotspot . The mobile phone monitoring alarm system of claim 6, wherein the alarm module controls the first mobile phone to issue an alarm to control the first mobile phone to play preset music or control the first mobile phone to vibrate.