US 11,736,925 B2
Low-power mobile telephony alert system
Serese Allison Marie Selanders, Saskatoon (CA); David Squires, Port Angeles, WA (US); Andre Doucette, Saskatoon (CA); Jean-Sébastien Langlois, Quebec (CA); Maxime Cavanagh Pouliot, Quebec (CA); Kent Davidson, Calgary (CA); Benoit Moffet-Bédard, Quebec (CA); Eric Dusablon, Quebec (CA); and Cédric St-Amand, Quebec (CA)
Assigned to KASIEL SOLUTIONS INC., Saskatoon (CA)
Filed by KASIEL SOLUTIONS INC., Saskatoon (CA)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/535,612.
Application 17/535,612 is a continuation of application No. 16/337,247, granted, now 11,218,861, previously published as PCT/IB2017/056037, filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/402,190, filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086618 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An alert device for initiating telephony from a mobile device in locked mode, the alert device comprising:
a communication interface configured to:
establish a first paired connection with the mobile device, the mobile device running a status data monitoring application, the first paired connection including a low-power communication link having privileged access to the status data monitoring application for recording status data from the alert device to the mobile device, the low-power communication link configured for continuous low-energy transmission of status data from the alert device to the status data monitoring application;
establish a second paired connection with the mobile device distinct from the first paired connection, the second paired connection including a Bluetooth Classic (BTC) connection having privileged access to initiate telephony from the mobile device in locked mode, the BTC connection configured for initiating a telephony call from the mobile device in response to recognition of a trigger represented in the status data from the alert device, wherein the alert device functions as a master in a master-slave BTC connection, wherein the second paired connection includes a hands-free profile (HFP) providing privileged access for initiation of telephony, and wherein a link key is stored by both the alert device and the mobile device for authenticating the paired connection; and
transmit the status data from the alert device to the mobile device, via the first paired connection, for collection by the status data monitoring application;
a memory storage unit for storing programming instructions and the status data; and
a processor in communication with the communication interface and memory storage unit, the processor configured to:
recognize the trigger represented in the status data, and, responsive to recognition of the trigger, initiate, via one of the first paired connection and the second paired connection, a status check request from the mobile device to at least one third party contact device, the status check request having an expiry rule;
identify satisfaction of the expiry rule of the status check request, and, responsive to satisfaction of the expiry rule, connect to the mobile device from locked mode via the second paired connection; and
initiate, via the second paired connection, telephony from the mobile device to a third-party emergency service.