US008633802B2
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`(12) Ulllted States Patent
`Wesby-van Swaay
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`(10) Patent N0.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 8,633,802 B2
`*Jan. 21, 2014
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`(54) PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
`
`(75) Inventor: Eveline Wesby-van Swaay, Tiddington
`(GB)
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`USPC .......... .. 340/539.12, 573.4, 693.5, 7.29, 7.33,
`340/752; 455/456, 456.2, 418, 419, 425;
`379/142, 373, 375
`See application ?le for complete search history.
`
`(73) Assignee: M2M Solutions LLC, Tiddington,
`Stratford-upon-Avon (GB)
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`(56)
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`( * ) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U_S_C_ 154(b) by 0 days_
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`This patent is subject to a terminal dis-
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`Clalmer'
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`May 23, 2000 (F1) .................................... .. 20001239
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`(51) Int, Cl,
`G08B 5/22
`H04Q 1/30
`(52) us CL
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`4 55 /425
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`(58) Field of Classi?cation Search
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`(Continued)
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`P 1’ lmary Examme" *Namv Nguyen
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Sunstein Kann Murphy &
`Timbers LLP
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
`
`A programmable communicator device is disclosed having a
`Wireless communications circuit, including an antenna, con
`?gured to receive a transmission, and an identity module
`having a unique identi?er. The programmable communicator
`further includes a processing module including program code
`con?gured to determine if the transmission is from an authen
`ticated caller by determining Whether a received transmission
`contains the unique identi?er, and memory con?gured to
`storetelephone numbers OrIP addresses received in transmis
`sions from an authenticated caller.
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`31 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
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`MEANS TO RESELEcT
`LINKED TELEPHONE
`NUMBER OR IP
`ADDRESS
`150
`
`PROGRAMMABLE
`INTERFACE MEANS
`140
`
`PERIODIC STATUS
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`ANTENNA
`2D
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`RINGING TONE
`GENERATOR/
`AUTO ANSWER
`MODULE
`
`BATTERY
`CHARGE
`MONITOR
`35
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`BATTERY
`:0
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`TELEPHONE
`cIRcurr
`10
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`SMS ALARM
`GENERATION MEANS
`7O
`
`SMS PROCESSING
`MEANS
`60
`
`ELUEI'OOTH
`MODULE
`4°
`
`SOUND-BYTE
`CAPTURE
`MEANS +
`THRESHOLD
`DETECTOR
`100
`
`SENSOR MEANS
`B0
`
`AUTH ENTICATION
`M EANS
`90
`
`PERMI'I'IED
`cALLERS LIST
`
`ALARM MESSAGE
`LIST
`12D
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`US. Patent
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`Jan. 21, 2014
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`Sheet 1 013
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`US 8,633,802 B2
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`MEANS TO RESELECT
`LINKED TELEPHONE
`NUMBER OR 1P
`ADDRESS
`150
`
`PROGRAMMABLE
`INTERFACE MEANS
`140
`
`PERIODIC STATUS
`REPORT GENERATION
`MEANS
`130
`
`ANTENNA
`20
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`BATTERY
`CHARGE
`MONITOR
`35
`
`BA‘I'I'ERY
`30
`
`TELEPHONE
`CIRCUIT
`10
`
`SMS ALARM
`GENERAT;CSN MEANS
`
`SMS PROCESSING
`Mia/IONS
`
`RINGING TONE
`GENERATOR /
`AUTO ANSWER
`MOESJLE
`
`BLUETOOTH
`MODULE
`40
`
`SOUND-BYTE
`?’EZLUSRE
`THRESHOLD
`DETECTOR
`100
`
`AUTHENTICATION
`MEANS
`90
`
`PERMITTED
`CALLERS LIST
`110
`
`ALARM MESSAGE
`LIST
`120
`
`SENSOR MEANS
`80
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`Fig. 1
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`INCOMING MESSAGE OR CALL
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`ACTION PERFORMED BY
`PROGRAM MABLE COMMU NICATOR
`
`1.
`
`AUTHENTIC MESSAGE
`COMPRISING UNIQUE
`IDENTIFIER AND
`LINKING TELEPHONE
`NUMBER OR IF
`ADDRESS
`
`AUTHENTIC MESSAGE
`COMPRISING UNIQUE
`IDENTIFIER AND ONE
`OR MORE TELEPHONE
`NUMBERS OR IP
`ADDRESSES
`
`INCOMING CALL
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`INCOMING CALL
`
`INCOMING CALL
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`5a.
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`5b.
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`INCOMING CALL IS
`TERMINATED
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`Fig.2
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`PROGRAMMABLE
`COMMUNICATOR PROCESSES
`MESSAGE AND STORES NEW
`LINKING TELEPHONE NUMBER
`OR IP ADDRESS
`
`PROGRAMMABLE
`COMMUNICATOR PROCESSES
`MESSAGE AND STORES
`NUMBERS IN THE PERMITTED
`CALLERS LIST
`
`PROGRAM MABLE
`COMMUNICATOR VERIFIES
`THAT CALLER IS ON
`PERMITTED CALLERS LIST
`AND CAUSES THE RINGING
`TONE TO BE GENERATED.
`
`PROGRAMMABLE
`COMMUNICATOR IS UNABLE
`TO VERIFY THAT THE CALLER
`IS ON THE PERMITTED
`CALLERS LIST AND THE CALL
`IS TERMINATED
`
`THE PROGRAMMABLE
`COMMUNICATOR VERIFIES
`THAT THE CALLER IS ON THE
`PERMITTED CALLERS LIST
`AND AUTO ANSWERS
`
`AUTO-ANSWERED CALL IS
`TERMINATED BY THE
`TERMINATION OF THE
`INCOMING CALL AND THE
`PROGRAMMABLE
`COMMUNICATOR REVERTS TO
`IDLE STATE.
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`OUTGOING MESSAGE OR CALL
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`ACTION PERFORMED BY
`PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
`
`AUTHENTICATED MESSAGE
`COMPRISING UNIQUE
`IDENTIFIER RECEIVES
`REQUESTED DATA FROM
`DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH
`PROGRAMMABLE
`COMMUNICATOR
`
`PROGRAMMABLE
`COMMUNICATOR COLLECTS
`DATA FROM AN ASSOCIATED
`DEVICE AND TRANSMITS IT
`TO LINKED TELEPHONE OR IP
`ADDRESS
`
`REMOTE
`DEVICE
`
`REMOTE
`DEVICE
`
`LINKED TELEPHONE OR IP
`ADDRESS OF IP DEVICE OR
`INTERNET WEB PAGE
`RECEIVES INFORMATION
`ABOUT THE CHANGE IN
`STATUS.
`
`CHANGE IN STATUS OF THE
`PROGRAMMABLE
`COMMUNICATOR CAUSES
`MESSAGE TO BE SENT TO
`LINKED TELEPHONE OR IP
`ADDRESS.
`
`LINKED TELEPHONE OR IP
`ADDRESS OF IP DEVICE OR
`INTERNET WEB PAGE
`RECEIVES INFORMATION
`ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS.
`
`PROGRAM MABLE COMMUNICATOR
`COLLECTS INFORMATION ON
`CURRENT STATUS CONDITION
`AND SENDS IT PERIODICALLY TO
`LINKED TELEPHONE OR IF
`ADDRESS
`
`Fig. 3
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`PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
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`PRIORITY
`
`This patent application is a continuation of and claims
`priority from all priority dates of Us. patent application Ser.
`No. 12/538,603, ?led Aug. 10, 2009, and entitled “Program
`mable Communicator”. As a consequence of this priority
`claim, this patent application also claims priority to Us.
`patent application Ser. No. 11/329,212, ?led Jan. 10, 2006,
`and entitled “Programmable Communicator” Which is a con
`tinuation of and claims priority to Us. patent application Ser.
`No. 10/296,571, ?led Jan. 21, 2003, and entitled “Program
`mable Communicator,” Which, in turn, is a National Phase
`?ling of and claims priority to PCT/EP01/ 05738 ?led on May
`18, 2001, Which further claims priority from Finland Appli
`cation 20001239, ?led May 23, 2000. The disclosures of each
`of these applications are incorporated herein by reference in
`their entirety.
`
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`
`The invention relates to a programmable Wireless commu
`nications apparatus. More particularly, it relates to a pro gram
`mable Wireless communications apparatus, Which can pro
`vide an improved means of communication betWeen children
`and their parents, betWeen elderly persons and caring rela
`tives, and betWeen mentally less-able individuals and super
`vising adults. In addition, the invention provides a solution for
`smart clothes applications, Which may comprise a telecom
`munications means Within the lining of a jacket or other
`article of clothing, as Well as a solution for user-program
`mable data tags Which convey information from remotely
`located devices such as vending machines. The invention
`relates to and signi?cantly improves upon a previously ?led
`patent application claiming Finnish priority of Sep. 9, 1997
`entitled a Portable Hotlink Communicator published as inter
`national patent application PCT/GB98/02715.
`In this previously ?led application, is taught the invention
`of using a mobile phone comprising a programmable identity
`module such as a SIM card, in the context of the GSM tele
`communications standard, to program the number of any
`mobile or ?xed telephone to Which the Hotlink communica
`tor, comprising a similar type of programmable identity mod
`ule, is to be linked. Existing and knoWn methods of commu
`nication betWeen the mobile phone and Hotlink
`communicator for the purpose of programming comprise the
`obvious choice of data calls such as the Short Message Ser
`vice in the GSM telecommunications standard. Alternatively
`a PDA type communicator might call up a Web page to
`instruct a netWork element to program the programmable
`identity module of the Hotlink With the number of any ?xed or
`mobile telephone to Which the Hotlink communicator is to be
`linked.
`This use of a separate mobile phone to program the number
`to Which the Hotlink may call is particularly useful and con
`venient should a parent Wish to change the number if the
`parent must leave shortly and Want that the Hotlink is con
`nected immediately to the mobile phone or ?xed line of
`another parent or supervising neighbour.
`The current invention builds upon the teaching of this
`earlier application and extends the concept signi?cantly that
`it has more general and suitable application to both the child
`Hotlink communicator and also to the ?eld of programmable
`Wireless data communication tags for the purpose of provid
`ing information about the status of a vending machine or other
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`25
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`30
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`35
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`40
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`60
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`piece of technical equipment such as a home appliance or a
`device to monitor Whether a door is open or closed.
`In addition to this, the current invention relates directly to
`programmable Wireless data communication tags, Which
`comprise the means to be interfaced directly With other tech
`nical equipment such that each tag can be programmed
`remotely by any means to be linked to any ?xed or mobile
`telephone to enable data to be sent to or from the device and
`to alloW a person to make a voice call connection to the linked
`telephone.
`Today parents are concerned Whether to provide a young
`child With a mobile phone or not.
`The concern relates to the cost of the mobile phone should
`it be lost or stolen and also to the cost of the use of the mobile
`phone. Clearly there is a need to provide a means to limit the
`cost of calling and also to provide a means to prevent the child
`dialing overseas numbers for extensive periods of time.
`In the context of mobile phone operators, there exists a
`need to provide a simple and effective communication device,
`Which can provide the means for family tarif?ng such that
`subscriptions for children can be related to the subscriptions
`of their parents’ mobile phones. An improved child Hotlink
`communicator, Which restricts the usage of the mobile phone
`and thereby does not generate high charges through uncon
`trolled calling, is clearly a solution to the family tari?ing
`challenge.
`Parents are often concerned about the Whereabouts of their
`children and neW positioning technologies are being devel
`oped for locating mobile phones. These solutions include
`self-positioning solutions and remote positioning solutions.
`One example of a self-positioning solution includes the sat
`ellite-based Global Positioning System technology in Which
`the mobile phone comprising a GPS signal processing circuit
`is able to determine the coordinates of its oWn position by
`processing signals received from satellites and communicate
`these coordinates to a location centre associated With the
`netWork. One example of a remote positioning solution is the
`method taught in Us. Pat. No. 5,051 ,741 claiming priority of
`Mar. 27, 1990 in Which the mobile phone is paged and caused
`to transmit a response Which is processed by communication
`stations such as time-of-arrival measurement units associated
`With the netWork of master stations or base stations.
`This remote positioning method has the advantage that the
`position of the mobile phone can be determined by making
`use of existing signaling betWeen the mobile phone and the
`netWork Without requiring any changes to the mobile phone,
`Which Would increase its cost. The generic netWork-based,
`remote-positioning architecture method of Us. Pat. No.
`5,051,741 may make use of time of arrival methods or phase
`difference calculations to increase the resolution of the area or
`sector Within Which the mobile phone is located.
`While the location of the mobile phone itself is a good
`indication of the present location of the person carrying the
`mobile phone, an improvement Would be a means to lock the
`mobile phone to the child, such that use of the mobile phone
`positioning technologies Would then determine the position
`of the child.
`In addition to these concerns about the failures of existing
`mobile communications technology to provide an improved
`and more secure method of instant communication betWeen a
`parent and a young child, and the means to determine the
`position of the child, there is additional concern that the
`battery of the communicator may drain its poWer Without the
`parent knoWing, or may be removed, Which Would prevent the
`communicator from receiving calls or dialing to the pro
`grammed ?xed or mobile number to Which the communicator
`is linked.
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`In addition to these speci?c communication problem
`needs, there is a growing yet unsubstantiated concern about
`the potentially harmful effect of electromagnetic radiation
`from mobile phones upon the developing brains of young
`children. Within this context, there is an opportunity to design
`a communication device for children, Which positions the
`radiating electromagnetic ?eld of a communication device
`aWay from the close proximity of the brain. In this regard,
`parents Who maintain the belief that mobile telephones
`present a health risk due to the radiating antenna may rest
`secure in the knowledge that this risk can be signi?cantly
`reduced.
`In a separate context, there exists a groWing need for a
`mobile telephone solution, Which is cost effective to manu
`facture, but Which is versatile such that it can form the basis
`for a smart clothes tag or communications application plat
`form. In this context the requirement is for an embedded
`mobile phone platform comprising no keypad or display,
`Which may be seWn into the lining of a jacket, or other article
`of clothing, having only the call button protruding and a
`simple pin connection to recharge the battery. The problem
`With prior art solutions is that unless the smart clothes tag can
`be user-programmable to call any ?xed or mobile number by
`making use of an acceptable method such as via an SMS data
`call or via a BlueTooth radio transmission from a mobile
`phone or intelligent PDA, the solution is impractical to imple
`ment.
`In security applications Where emergency service person
`nel carry hand-held primary communications devices such as
`conventional mobile phones, a back-up communications
`device such as a smart clothes embedded tag can be of great
`value in the instance that the primary communications device
`is lost or broken.
`In sport