US 12,469,371 B2
Method and system for alerting individuals experiencing sensory limitations and/or sensory interference
Jason Gerst, Evansville, IN (US); Alex Adelson, Hoboken, NJ (US); Dan Hilgert, Glencoe, MN (US); Chris Owens, Prior Lake, MN (US); Alex Anderson, Duluth, MN (US); David Eckerson, North Dighton, MA (US); and Todd Smith, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Assigned to Caller Alert, LLC, Evansville, IN (US)
Appl. No. 18/564,395
Filed by CALLER ALERT, LLC, Evansville, IN (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 30, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/035843
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/278785, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,737, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0273982 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G08B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 7/06 (2013.01) [G08B 27/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for alerting individuals experiencing sensory limitations and/or sensory interference comprising:
a user interface device including a transceiver, a program and a reporting application;
a hard wired telephone;
an integrator circuit electrically coupled to the hard wired telephone, said integrator circuit including a signal generator coupled to a transmitter; and
an alerting unit in wireless communication with said transceiver of said user interface device and also in communication with said transmitter of said user integrator circuit, said alerting unit comprising:
a transceiver for wirelessly communicating with said user interface device and said hard wired telephone through said integrator circuit;
a central processing unit for receiving and processing communications from said transceiver and said transmitter;
an alert notification device coupled to said central processing unit, said alert notification device configured to provide an alert to a user upon receipt of an alert signal from said central processing unit; and
a power supply for providing power to the central processing unit, transceiver and alert notification device of the alerting unit.