US 12,452,318 B2
Systems and methods for triggering phone calls to mobile phones
Gregory Merten, American Fork, UT (US)
Filed by Gregory Merten, American Fork, UT (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/020,990, filed on May 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,344, filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0352116 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H04M 3/00 (2024.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/1073 (2022.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 65/1073 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04M 3/42034 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile phone comprising: one or more processors;
a first wireless communication interface configured to communicate with an activation device in a personal area network, the activation device comprising:
a fob comprising:
a keychain accessory with a quiet button or quiet switch on a front face of the keychain accessory,
a hole at an upper portion of the keychain accessory, the hole extending through the fob and configured to receive a keychain ring, and
an internal battery;
a second wireless communication interface configured to communicate with a call service via a local area network or a wide area network; and
one or more computer-readable hardware devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the mobile phone to perform at least:
after the quiet button or quiet switch mounted on the fob receives a physical input from a user, the computer-executable instructions configure the mobile phone to:
(1) receive a call request from the activation device via the first wireless communication interface, the call request requesting that a phone call from the call service be made to the mobile phone through the second wireless communication interface;
(2) pass the call request, from the mobile phone, to the call service via the second wireless communication interface, wherein the call request causes the call service to generate the phone call to the mobile phone using a prerecorded audio file; and
(3) receive the phone call from the call service, wherein:
the phone call comprises the prerecorded audio file, and
the phone call is made to the mobile phone in response to the quiet button or quiet switch mounted on the fob receiving the physical input from the user.