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    system and method to facilitate assistance in dangerous situations. the present invention suggests a system and a method to be carried out on the system. the system comprises a processor-based portable device having a communication unit and a position determination unit and a lifecycle database. one or more lifecycle records are defined in the lifecycle database. each lifecycle record is associated with a position/location and comprises contact information and/or instructions to be applied to contact at least one responder and/or to perform one or more predefined operations in the event of a situation danger of a processor-based handheld device carrier. a lifecycle record to be used in a hazardous situation is selected based on a current processor-based handheld device position.
    公开号:BR112015025547B1
    申请号:R112015025547-7
    申请日:2014-03-19
    公开日:2021-06-29
    发明作者:Rudolf C. King
    申请人:Rudolf C. KING；
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    DESCRIPTIVE REPORT
    [001] It may be difficult for a victim of an accident or sudden illness or violent crime to alert general emergency services, the police or a third person, in particular if and while he or she is unable to communicate verbally .
    [002] For general emergency services, it may be difficult or completely impossible to gain entry into an area if the injured and/or otherwise mobility-impaired victim to be rescued is located or appears to be located behind closed doors, in particular if the entrance and security system are designed for the primary purpose of preventing theft. Rescue attempts can also be quickly abandoned if it is unsure whether the victim is in the closed area, or forced entry into the closed area, as violation or error may - depending on the laws of the country or state or constituency - constitute a crime or offense of illegal trespass and/or damage to property.
    [003] While in most places a person frequents daily there will be a plethora of other people who can help immediately, a system is still necessary and useful if, for example, an office worker is alone in an office, because its( s) or your colleague(s) sharing a room has gone out for lunch, on vacation, a meeting or to smoke outside, or the person works alone at night; if the insufficiency happens while the person is using a bathroom or is alone even in a large office space normally used by a large number of employees to work at night or is in the office space at the same time, their insufficiency could go unnoticed for minutes up to several hours. A married person could be alone in their home because he or she retired while their partner is still working; a retired couple could spend hours apart each day while a partner goes shopping, is at the doctor, or out to meet friends; in all these and other cases, the holder needs to be considered “helpless” as no other person will immediately be aware of an emergency situation.
    [004] Decreasing the time for emergency services to begin first aid, particularly in the case of a heart attack, is crucial; 9 minutes after the heart attack, heart tissue is normally destroyed, with no possibility of full recovery; after 13 minutes, death is usually imminent; reducing the time to 5 minutes leaves a much better chance of survival, reducing it to 3 minutes until basic first aid is administered can dramatically increase the possibility of the patient leaving the hospital after a night or two of supervision, rather than weeks , months or years of recovery. Similar times are true for strokes and aneurysms.
    [005] Several attempts have been made to help facilitate victim rescue (hereinafter: the carrier), using devices combining GPS and biometric surveillance, such as "Personal Physiological Status Monitor System and Related Architecture and Monitoring Methods", WO 2004/084721 A2 and “Portable wrist monitoring device and method of its operation”, EP 1 679 672. These approaches suggest devices that automatically trigger or allow a carrier to trigger an emergency call using cellular phones. Such device-based systems and the like help to alert agencies depending on the use of the invention and can be used almost anywhere GPS signals can be received. They lack, however, the ability to reach out to a larger group of people capable and willing to help immediately, due to their unawareness of insufficiency during the most critical moments; thus, rescue attempts remain extremely difficult, especially in buildings or areas with a large plant, where GPS is unavailable.
    [006] Additional device-based systems are now available that allow a wearer to press a danger button worn on a chain around the neck or on a belt clip using landline phones to call a pre-stored number for an operator . Those systems are limited to a specific location.
    [007] The German emergency services “Malteser” have recently started to offer a device-based system, in which, after a danger button is pressed by the bearer, the system then locates via GPS satellites the location of the bearer and sends this information to the emergency service through cell phone networks. While this has the carrier, in theory, not restricted to one place, like the systems mentioned above, it systematically fails if the victim is unable to trigger the distress call, since an automated biometric trigger is not available, if the victim is inside a building or otherwise GPS data cannot be accessed as the victim is not at street level and the only number stored is the number of the emergency service that sells the device and no third party can be contacted.
    [008] None of the existing systems address the problem of providing rapid first responder assistance and situational information required to find and reach the bearer. A rescue team could be unable to enter a place or building due to the prevention of theft, such as fences and/or reinforced windows and doors.
    [009] The purpose of the present invention is to facilitate assistance in emergency situations in which situational information and/or situational measures dependent on the current position/location of the bearer are made available to the respective responders. More particularly, the aim of the present invention is
    [0010] - shorten the time between a harmful event happening to a person and the arrival of an emergency service,
    [0011] - have first aid provided even before the arrival of the emergency service, and
    [0012] - facilitate access to the person,
    [0013] - while determining the location of the person of the distress call, since, in different places and during different times and in different cases of emergencies, different people and emergency services need to be informed,
    [0014] - and that even if the victim is located in an area where GPS signals cannot be received.
    [0015] The object of the present invention is solved by a system and a method as defined in the attached Claims.
    [0016] According to one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided. The system comprises a portable processor-based device having a communication unit and a position determination unit and a life circles database (see definition of “life circles” in paragraph 53). One or more life circles records are defined in the life circles database. Each life circle record is associated with a position/location and comprises contact information and/or instructions to be applied to contact at least one responder and/or to perform one or more predefined operations in the event of a hazardous situation of a processor-based handheld device carrier. A life circles record to be used in a hazardous situation is selected based on a current position of the processor-based handheld device.
    [0017] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor-based handheld device is adapted to sense wireless emission signals. The system is adapted to select the circles of life record for a current position of the processor-based handheld device based on sensed wireless emission signals by combining the sensed wireless emission signals with predetermined patterns of wireless emission signals. wire with each record of life circles.
    [0018] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the life circles database is comprised in the processor-based handheld device (100) or accessible through a network service provider, of which the service provider is a party. of the system.
    [0019] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system is adapted to combine the life circle records of different carriers based on the positions/locations associated with them and the system is adapted to extract information and/or instructions from life-circle records at least partially matching to be provided in addition to a life-circle record.
    [0020] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system is adapted to update a pattern of wireless broadcast signals associated with a circle of life record.
    [0021] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system is adapted to combine the sensed wireless emission signals and patterns associated with circles of life records based on a heuristic algorithm.
    [0022] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor-based handheld device comprises a physiological data sensing unit for sensing physiological data of the holder of the processor-based handheld device, an environmental data sensing unit for sensing environmental data from the environment, in which the bearer of the portable processor-based device is currently located, and/or a signaling unit for generating alert signals. The sensed physiological data and/or sensed environmental data are compared with one or more predefined values to allow automatic detection of a hazardous situation.
    [0023] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor-based handheld device is adapted to contact a telephone server, which is capable of establishing communication with several responders at the same time.
    [0024] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system is adapted to send a broadcast message including position/location information to other processor-based handheld devices and/or mobile communication enabled devices to request assistance from one or more people in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device.
    [0025] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system is adapted to send at least one broadcast message including at least position/location information to other processor-based handheld devices and/or mobile communication enabled devices to request assistance of one or more people in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device. With this realization, it is possible to send a single or multiple messages, depending on the type of event / danger signal. It may be possible to notify or call a number of different first responders 1, 2, 3 in the vicinity of the injured person and an operator by a conference call, in case danger of an accident has occurred. Similarly, it is possible to notify, for example, a first responder 1 and 4 via SMS, in case of a signal or danger event “I'm hungry”. It may also be possible to call a first responder defined 1 by telephone, in case the danger sign is indicating “nausea”.
    [0026] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of broadcast messages including the type of information depends on the position/location information and/or a type of dangerous situation and/or other information received, for example, of a sensor in the processor-based handheld device or system. In case of a car implementation of the device, such sensors can comprise sensors such as heat sensors, acceleration sensors, tank sensors. In the case of an “accident” danger signal, the system can also adapt the selection of first responders according to this additional information. It may be possible to call local first responders, according to the combination of the position found and the alarm trigger, such as an empty tank, flat tire or engine failure signal, or call an ambulance, as the case may be, at that vital functions indicate the need for medical assistance, for example, differentiating between strong signals sent from the acceleration sensor indicating an accident versus a heart attack reading.
    [0027] In another exemplary embodiment, the system is adapted to send a broadcast message including position/location information and identification information to other processor-based handheld devices and/or mobile communication enabled devices to request assistance from one or more people in proximity to the processor-based handheld device, and/or where the processor-based handheld device installed in an automobile is adapted to send a broadcast message including position/location information and identification information to other handheld devices based on processor and/or mobile communication enabled devices for requesting assistance from one or more persons in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device. The aspect of including identifying information in the broadcast information can facilitate the work of a first or second responder. If, for example, the danger sign (circles of life) includes a “got lost” information, it may be advantageous to simultaneously send a personal description together, to allow the security services to identify the person, even in crowded areas. This aspect is also useful to identify, for example, a vehicle that the person uses, if the first responder knows that they have to look for a certain car of a certain type, make and color. In any case involving a danger signal sent from a car or from inside a car, it is advantageous to simultaneously send not only the personal description, but also information about the car, in order to allow security services or first responders not familiar with the appearance of the vehicle to find the person even in high traffic areas; for example, a car parked on the side of the road within the city limits after the driver has suffered a stroke; discovering the driver would otherwise require first responders or ambulance personnel to look inside each car within proximity of the signal being sent; with additional information such as color, the search can immediately be reduced to smaller samples of cars. It may also be possible to transfer a Car Image or a portrait of the person sending the distress signal to one or more responders. This feature greatly simplifies the identification of the person in danger. It may also be possible to send additional information, such as elevation, to first responders to more easily identify a level in a building where the person in distress is located. It is envisaged to design the system in such a way that identifying information is displayed to the operator and/or first/second responder to simplify the response.
    [0028] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor-based handheld device is provided with at least one sensor to automatically determine a danger situation based on signals from said sensors and to automatically send a danger signal or automatically establish a connection with an operator or with one or more predefined responders. In the future, people will be asked more and more by different sensors, such as cardiogram, blood pressure, blood oxygen, or blood sugar sensors. Different sensors can directly allow the processor-based handheld device or the system to identify different hazard events, such as low blood sugar or alarming heart rates, to directly notify a predefined type of first responder, depending on the respective sensor data. It might be desirable to notify a pulmonologist in case only the blood oxygen sensor value falls below a certain threshold. Similarly, it may be desirable to notify a first responder cardiologist in the event that the cardiac sensor shows alarming values. In the case of blood sugar values falling slowly, it may be sufficient to notify a food service first or notify an ambulance, in case the blood sugar value indicates heavy hypoglycaemia. It is possible to pre-select the first responders directly on the processor-based handheld device or on a server operator / system operator. That is, the sensor values can serve as a basis for the urgency of the distress signal to be sent and/or as a basis for selecting a particular first/second responder. Correlation between sensor values and hazard signal / first responder selection can be done directly by the user or by the server operator / system operator.
    [0029] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor-based handheld device is provided with a remotely controllable signaling device, which can be activated by first responders. The signaling device or signaling component may be embodied as a light radio or sound beacon that can be activated by a first responder in close proximity. This realization is adapted to a situation where an endangered patient may not be easily identified, such as at a concert, in public places, or if the patient is unconscious and in a single room of a larger house. This realization can also be used to help find a person, for example, in a closed outdoor environment, where a GPS location may not be sufficient to find and identify an unconscious person in distress.
    [0030] According to one aspect of the present invention, a method to be carried out on the aforementioned system is provided. A lifecircle database comprising lifecircle records and life subcircle records is provided, with life subcircles being predefined lifecircles within one or more larger predefined lifecircles; by the use of life subcircles, it is possible to further fix the user's location without necessarily changing the addresses of the danger call(s); for example, a circle of life could be a factory building, sub-circles of life, then the administrative offices on the 16th floor within the building, and additional sub-circles of life the main office or the men's restroom facilities. Additional text information could then not only include codes in order to enter the building, but also directions on how to narrow down the search area where the user could be. Each life circle record is associated with a position/location and comprises contact information and/or instructions. A life-circle record is selected from the life-circle records provided by the life-circle database based on a current position of a processor-based handheld device (100). Account information from the selected life circles record is applied for contacting at least one responder and/or one or more predefined operations from the selected life circles record are performed in case of a hazardous situation of a handheld device holder processor-based (100).
    [0031] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the life circle records of different carriers are combined based on the positions/locations associated with them. Information and/or instructions are drawn from at least partially corresponding life-circle records to be provided in addition to a life-circle record.
    [0032] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a wireless broadcast signal pattern associated with a circle of life record is updated.
    [0033] According to an embodiment of the present invention, sensed wireless emission signals and patterns associated with circles of life records are combined based on a heuristic algorithm.
    [0034] According to an embodiment of the present invention, physiological data of the holder of the processor-based handheld device is sensed, environmental data from the environment, in which the holder of the processor-based handheld device is currently located, is sensed, and/or one or more warning signals are generated. The sensed physiological data and/or the sensed environmental data are compared to one or more predefined values to allow automatic detection of a hazardous situation.
    [0035] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a telephone server for establishing communication with several responders at the same time is contacted.
    [0036] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a broadcast message including position/location information is sent to other processor-based handheld devices and/or mobile communication enabled devices to request assistance from one or more persons in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device.
    [0037] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method further comprises sending at least one broadcast message including position/location information to at least one other processor-based handheld device and/or at least one enabled device for mobile communication for requesting assistance from one or more people in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device. The system can be configured to send different messages to an operator and/or different or multiple responders depending on the circles of life and location information present. It may also be necessary to send more than just a single message to just a single operator and/or responder. It is also foreseen to establish a conference call between different responders in the vicinity of the person sending the distress signal and the operator to coordinate the first response. It is foreseen to establish a conference call including different responders, in the event of an emergency signal in a “home” circle of life. Thus, the first response can be coordinated, in case of a fire, it is, for example, possible to call the firefighters, an ambulance and inform the ambulance about the different medications that may be needed for the first response, but may not be accessible because to the violent condition. Similarly, in the case of a "starvation" danger signal, it may be possible to notify a first responder to provide food and another first responder by SMS to provide spoon feeding support, in case the person has, for example, hands broken. Similarly, in the case of a minor hazard event, it may be sufficient to notify a low-level first single responder by telephone to provide relief without the need to call an ambulance.
    [0038] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of broadcast messages and the type of information included depend on the position/location information and/or a type of hazardous situation. A danger in a home life circle is usually not as threatening as the same danger in an unfamiliar environment; therefore, the same danger situation may require different responses and different responders.
    [0039] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system is adapted to store identification information and to send at least one broadcast message including position/location information and identification information to other processor-based and/or portable devices. mobile communication enabled devices for requesting assistance from one or more people in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device. This realization is designed for life circles that are outside the user's home, that is, in public, street or crowded environments.
    [0040] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor-based handheld device is installed in an automobile and is adapted to send a broadcast message including position/location information and identification information to other processor-based handheld devices and /or mobile communication enabled devices for requesting assistance from one or more persons in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device or vehicle. In this embodiment, information for identifying the automobile, such as vehicle type, manufacturer, color and license plate number, is transmitted to one or one of the first responders. It may also be possible to send a photo or image of the vehicle directly to first responders. Such an image can help identify a particular car, for example, in a parking lot. Similarly, it can be useful to exclude, for example, car wreckage as the source of the danger signal.
    [0041] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor-based handheld device is provided with at least one sensor. In this embodiment, the method further comprises automatically determining a danger situation based on signals from said sensors and automatically sending a danger signal or automatically establishing a connection with an operator or with one or more of the predefined responders. Sending a danger signal or establishing a connection with an operator or with one or more predefined responders can be performed according to sensor data received from the sensors. It may be possible to first indicate abnormal sensor values to the user, to allow him to take countermeasures or request him to send a danger signal. Such an embodiment may also comprise a step of evaluating the sensor data and selecting a certain first responder based on the sensor data. Depending on the types of sensors and the types of possible hazardous situations, it is possible to send respective customized hazard signals to an operator or directly to one or more first responders, who are specialized in responding to a particular hazard event, as indicated by sensor data/values. You can predefine a correlation of sensor data with hazard signals and hazard signal destinations. It is also foreseen to transfer the sensor data to an operator/operator server for evaluation of the sensor data and for generating the danger signal and especially for the selection of the at least one first responder to be notified.
    [0042] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor-based handheld device is provided with a remotely controllable signaling device, and the method further comprises receiving an activation signal from a responder and activation of said signaling device . The signaling device can be used for the final approach with the person in danger if it is not possible to immediately find the person in danger. The processor-based handheld device may be provided with a signaling device such as a megaphone, a light source, a radio beacon and/or a smoke signal. The signaling device can be used in crowded areas, indoors and outdoors, when the circle of life does not provide enough information to immediately find the person in danger, due to, for example, unconsciousness.
    [0043] The present invention will hereinafter be described and explained in detail with reference to the enclosed drawings, where
    [0044] Fig. 1 schematically illustrated the carrier device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
    [0045] Fig. 2 represents a schematic flowchart for determining a wearer's circle of life according to an embodiment of the present invention;
    [0046] Fig. 3 represents a schematic flowchart for generating a definition of a circle of life of the bearer according to an embodiment of the present invention
    [0047] Fig. 4 represents a schematic flowchart for dealing with a failure, emergency and/or danger situation according to an embodiment of the present invention DEVICE
    [0048] It is first necessary to provide a person (hereinafter also: bearer), who must be protected by an integrated composite system (hereinafter: the system), in the event of an emergency the possibility of initiating (hereinafter also: triggering) a call of danger requesting help (hereinafter: danger call) either by a switch, a detected signal or a combination of switches and/or detected signals on the device 100 carried by the carrier or via the touchscreen of the device or connected to the device, or by pressing a combination of switches or speaking into a voice recognition unit, either on the device, on the device, or externally. The bearer device 100 may be a multi-component device comprising individual units, which are, for example, used at different places on the bearer's body and interconnected by wire or wirelessly using, for example, WPAN (wireless personal area network) technology. . The carrier device implemented as a multi-component device preferably comprises a main unit to which additional separate components are interconnected. Such a main unit collects all data and signals from the components and processes the data and signals.
    [0049] A carrier device according to an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated schematically in Fig. 1. The carrier device illustrated schematically is a device based on processor 100, carried by the carrier equipped with a processor or controller for general purpose 110 , a wireless communication unit 120 preferably comprising one or more bidirectional communication units, such as one or more mobile communication units, such as GSM, UMTS, WDCMA, and/or LTE, and one or more local wireless communication units , such as a Bluetooth unit, a WiFi/WLAN unit (wireless local area network), WPAN unit (wireless personal area network), ZigBee, IrDA unit (Infrared Data Association) and/or an NFC unit (communication field) and a position determining unit 130 comprising, for example, a satellite-based positioning system such as a GPS/GLONASS receiver (glo positioning system). bal or Globalnaja Nawigazionnaja Sputnikowaja System) and signal detection units for detecting location signals. The position determining unit 130 can make use of any components of the wireless communication unit 120 for determining a current position of the bearer. The processor-based device 100 may further comprise a signaling unit 140 including, for example, a flashlight, a sound box/audible warning and a smoke generator, and a physiological data sensing unit 160 for measuring and monitoring physiological measurements such as pulse, electrocardiogram data, blood oxygen saturation level, blood glucose level, and the like. The physiological data sensing unit 160 may be a unit as described in EP 1 679 672. Furthermore, the processor-based device 100 may comprise a camera 150, preferably capable of being activated by control signal, for taking pictures and/or sequences of photo, and/or an environmental data sensing unit 170 including, for example, a gas detector such as a detector for sensing the concentration of CO, CO2 and/or any other toxic gases, a thermometer and/or a smoke detector .
    [0050] In addition, the processor-based device 100 is equipped with a display for displaying information, input means allowing the wearer to manually input information or manually operate hard and/or soft switch actuation signals, output means for output of acoustic and/or optical signals, including in particular audio input/output means such as microphone and speaker and/or light indicators.
    [0051] Beacon devices that emit beacon signals are preferably stationary devices permanently placed in a predefined location and emit a unique wireless signal, such as a MAC address, but do not need connection to any network. The beacon device's unique signal and the device's exact location including, for example, floor number and/or room number may be stored in a database for any bearer to use that information; likewise WiFi/WLAN networks or other wireless signal emitting systems. Signals emitted by beacon devices may carry location information, such that a database providing location information may not necessarily be required. This beacon device can be placed close to an entry area and emits only a very weak signal, so the bearer device can judge that the bearer is, for example, moving inside a building, coming into range of that beacon device. beacon and losing signal again when passing through the door to which the beacon device was attached. With the help of such a beacon device and its unique information, it is easier to locate and follow any carrier of a particular device, but not just, if he or he has never been there before, and efforts that a carrier must make to enter the position information of these life circles can be diminished. It should be understood that these beacon devices can make use of known wireless communication standards such as, for example, WLAN, Bluetooth, Zigbee, IrDA or NFC and also any proprietary technologies.
    [0052] The different components and units of the aforementioned device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention and the functions thereof will become more intelligible based on the following description. In particular, the operation of the bearer device 100 controlled by an application 185 together with one or more local databases 186 and/or remote databases and a set of predefined instructions and rules 187 will be more fully understood. life circles
    [0053] The bearer carries the device 100 with him or her to inform one or several people (hereinafter: first responders) and/or an operator (hereinafter: operator) not only with an approximation of, but rather a location very accurate to facilitate assistance and/or quick adequate reaction.
    [0054] Appropriate rapid assistance not only requires information about the location of the carrier as accurate as possible, but also context information about the location of first responders and emergency services. This context information is provided during system preparation.
    [0055] To a greater extent, every person follows a repetitive routine revolving around regular and/or frequently visited places and activities (hereafter called life circles); as places there will be a home, one or more work areas, such as an office, conference area in buildings, a vacation home, gym, running track(s), cafeteria(s), bar(s) or restaurant( s) that the wearer usually frequents and even bathroom(s) close to or within their circles of life.
    [0056] The bearer who wants to protect himself in the event of a potential failure predefines in one or more databases the bearer's areas of daily routines such as circles of life. Such life circles can also be pre-defined in one or more databases by a third party wanting to protect the holder in the event of a potential failure. Fig. 3 schematically illustrates an operation sequence to create a new life circles record in the hereinafter called life circles database. The record of life circles comprises, among other things, following exemplary information according to an embodiment of the present invention:
    [0057] - individual designation of the circle of life (see step S401); and
    [0058] - position information and/or location information and/or address information (see step S402) describing: for example, coordinates, a street, and a city or an area (for example, "municipal park"), in large buildings with floors and room numbers (eg “my office 1221 floor 12”, “female bathroom on floor 12”, “conference room 2 on floor 9”, “parking level -3”), a form small to be displayed on the device screen (“home”, “my office”, “athletics track on the east side of Hyde Park London”). Position/location information can be determined automatically (GPS and/or WiFi flashing) and/or manually by input from the wearer and/or by selection of an already defined circle of life and/or by selection of stored position/location information for later use during the tracking operation (see step S220), as described below in detail.
    [0059] For each circle of life, the bearer nominates at least one potential first responder to be contacted (check step S403) by the device, providing, among others, one or more of the following exemplary information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention :
    [0060] - designation(designations) or name(s) of potential first responder(s), contact information, such as contact to be established by cell phone or landline, text message, email or any other form of written or audio communication; the corresponding number or numbers - mobile and landline - or email address to be contacted; the text to be sent or the audio file to be played, stored either on the device or remotely; for different types and/or times of emergencies, the service may allow the differentiation between desired first responders to be contacted, such as particular special units or doctors, in the case of health problems, or the local police, in the case of a crime against The carrier; a night watchman in an office building before, for example, 8 am and after 6 pm and on holidays and weekends, but the office manager, reception or a nurse working for the company during all the other moments (especially working hours);
    [0061] - one or more audio signals or recordings to be played through the device's speaker K or possibly a remote speaker (see step S404);
    [0062] - one or more general persons, such as the closest relative and general practitioner, to be informed in any case, regardless of the whereabouts and time of the bearer's insufficiency (see step S403);
    [0063] - if a camera is part of the device, turn it on and transmit and/or store photos (see step S404);
    [0064] - text or audio files with information about the bearer to be transmitted, for example, to the emergency services in order to better allow the treatment of first aid (check step S404);
    [0065] - text or audio files with information about the carrier to be transmitted to a hospital for general treatment, such as health problems, allergies, previous and current treatments in medical institutions, etc. (check step S404); and/or
    [0066] - if a (human) operator is used, information to the operator such as first responder priority and other information to facilitate efforts to contact first responders, such as "has my apartment key", "is trained in first aid and lives 3 minutes from my home", "has access to a defibrillator at the reception of his office next to mine" and similar information, which facilitates assistance and/or rapid adequate reaction in response specifically selected to different situational insufficiencies, such as medical insufficiency, criminal act, general support and the like (check steps S403 and S404).
    [0067] The information about a circle of life can also describe an activity that may or may not be in a specific area, such as "running in the street", "walking the dog" and "inserting my insulin". While location is not named here or just in a more general form and so must be relied on automatically collected positioning information, such as GPS data or manual entries by the wearer, it may help to describe other physiological levels - for example, a likely increase in heart rates when running, and defining additional or unique first responders in that specific activity, such as a physician familiar with carrier care in the event of an emergency is placed due to an insulin overdose. The carrier can thus define whether this circle of life overlaps another circle of life, such as “inserting my insulin” into the local circle of life “my office” or whether it is the only circle of life to be followed.
    [0068] All this entered information is then stored (see step S405) together with the bearer's personal information in a database (hereinafter: personal life circles database or life circles database). The personal life circles database is preferably hosted by the internet based service provider and/or on the carrier device 100.
    [0069] The information provided by the holder for the life circles entries / records in the life circles database may be supplemented by information retrieved from one or more networked (Internet-based) databases, including, for example , contact information for a medical/ambulance service, hospital, fire department, police station, etc., near or in the carrier's defined circle of life. Positioning and Life Circles
    [0070] As mentioned above, determining the position of the bearer and mapping the position of the bearer to a predefined circle of life is an aspect of the present invention. An exemplary sequence diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in Fig. 2. The positioning of the carrier should be as accurate as possible. Preferably, any satellite-based positioning system (hereinafter referred to as GPS, not intended to limit generality) such as the Global Positioning System is used by the bearer's device to constantly track the bearer (check tracking sequence S200). The wearer's position is tracked in order to identify a circle of life corresponding to a current position of the wearer's device. Once the GPS unit and the bearer device 100 detect (check steps 201, 202 and 212), respectively, that the bearer has reached a certain circle of life, the bearer can be requested for confirmation; likewise, the bearer can manually select and/or confirm their arrival at the predefined place/life circles (check steps S201 and S210 to S212), in particular when the bearer is in a building, where the bearer frequents different locations , such as your office, conference room, storage room, garage, bathroom, cafeteria etc. As long as no new information is found via GPS, another positioning system such as wireless signal emission detection (see the following description) or made by the bearer through an entry, the system assumes that the person rests in the last place checked .
    [0071] A positioning alternative to GPS is advantageous for areas without or with unreliable GPS reception, especially within buildings. Such a positioning alternative to GPS may also be applicable in addition to and/or in support of satellite-based positioning (GPS). For example, in areas with low housing density and low buildings, it is easy to locate the bearer anyway, as is the case when buildings are very small in size. The bigger and taller the buildings are, the more difficult satellite-based (GPS) positioning becomes for the bearer. The following means are, however, not restricted to these situations; sometimes it can also be useful if GPS reception is working.
    [0072] The positioning of the bearer is made possible by means of wireless emission signals around (see step S202), such as cellular information available through mobile communication systems, WiFi/WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC or other emission signals. beacon sign. Different techniques can be applied, among others, depending on the wireless signals to be evaluated, such as the location of the nearest access point, time difference on arrival (TdoA), received signal strength indicators, triangulation, time of flight etc.
    [0073] According to one aspect of the present invention, the bearer device heuristically uses all wireless emissions detectable by the bearer device for tracking, since wireless emissions are preferably stored and can be retrieved from a bank by associating the wireless emissions detected by the bearer's device with a position/location and/or one of the bearer's predefined circles of life rather than the designator of, for example, just a WLAN or WiFi transmitter. a wireless signal, which is detectable through the bearer's device, can be used as an indicator of a position/location and a circle of life, respectively.
    [0074] For example, the first time a carrier arrives or enters an area of circles of life and recognizes the arrival, the device detects current GPS location coordinates or, in the case of lack of GPS signals, the latest coordinates of GPS location, and initiates a wireless signal emission recognition sequence to detect the wireless signal emission through preferentially unique signals/identifiers such as names, designators, MAC (Media Access Control) addresses and/or signal properties such as signal strength (detection operation will be referred to as “WiFi blink” hereinafter without limitation of generality). The results are stored in a service database (hereafter: WiFi service database), which is connected or associated with or part of the personal life circles database(s) (see steps S202 to S205).
    [0075] As soon as the GPS contact is lost, the device can automatically trigger the aforementioned WiFi blink operation. However, the aforementioned WiFi blink operation can also be performed (regularly, with user manual override or driven condition) so, as long as the GPS positioning is still established, in particular when the bearer is getting close to an area, where GPS reception is typically poor or lost and on the path between two circles of life. As soon as unique identification and ownership information of at least one wireless broadcast signal in the WiFi service database is detected, the system will perform a heuristic evaluation to determine the probability that the bearer's device is within or near the circle of life preset. The system may ask the holder to respond if such an assessment is correct. As soon as the bearer accepts or rejects this, the personal life circles database and the WiFi service database, respectively, store the location and detected information from the WiFi blink operation for updating (check step S205) and/or future use (see step S220). The heuristic algorithm used can assume that wireless signal emissions can differ in time in one place, for example, due to selectively activated wireless signal emitters, such as WLAN access points.
    [0076] In the event that a circle of life is not found, because the current position information does not match any predefined circles of life and the position/location information associated with them, the holder may be asked if anyone from the circles of life Preset life should be changed with current position information (see steps S210, S211, S205, S204 and S212). Therefore, the wearer can select one of the predefined life circles to be updated with the current position information detected/retrieved by the GPS unit, WiFi blink operation and/or the wearer's manual location input.
    [0077] Over time, that is, as more data is stored in the WiFi service databases, the heuristic algorithm can even more accurately assess what data is expected by WiFi blinking on a circle of life or subcircle of life of all Previous data stored in personal life circles database and WiFi service database, respectively. Once the bearer reaches an area with an expected wireless signal emission pattern (check steps S202 to S204), arrival at the predefined circle of life and/or sub-circle of life is signaled (check step S204); this may or may not proceed to request a request to the bearer to acknowledge the arrival (see step S212).
    [0078] Through WiFi blinking and/or GPS tracking of the bearer's device and map overlay (check step 221), i.e., for example, comparing the stored location/position information and determining the distances between the locations/positions individual, the system can find areas that a holder ends up frequenting frequently and can offer the holder to create a new entry in the personal life circles database (see step S206) for that particular area as new life circles for default.
    [0079] In particular, while GPS coordinates are not available, but not limited to, the device may constantly or at intervals perform WiFi blink operation to determine the current position/location using the heuristic algorithm, if the carrier is moving or not, particularly inside a building.
    [0080] In case a motion meter or acceleration detector or, for example, a battery charger using the carrier's motion is constructed or connected to the carrier's device, a motion-driven battery charger motion or operation may or trigger new or shorten the time interval between two WiFi blink operations, as the bearer can be assumed to move. Handling an Insufficiency / Emergency / Danger Situation
    [0081] Fig. 4 presents an exemplary flowchart for handling a situation of failure, emergency and/or danger according to an embodiment of the present invention. To detect an insufficiency situation such as a medical emergency, the device can constantly monitor the carrier's physiological and/or environmental measurements and compare the sensed measurements to predefined levels, such as, but not limited to, heart rates, blood pressure, saturation blood oxygen and insulin levels or environmental measurements of external levels such as CO2 concentration and the like. A danger call is triggered (see step S302) when such levels considered generally safe or predefined are exceeded at the upper or lower end. These levels and thresholds can be stored on the device and/or system.
    [0082] Alternatively, the bearer can manually (see step 301) trigger the distress call. If the carrier in the latter case requests assistance other than emergency services or the police, such as emotional or psychological help, the service operator may connect with such assistance as well, depending on the extent of the services offered.
    [0083] Once the distress call is triggered (automatically or manually) with an insufficiency, emergency or hazard situation, the information as provided in the circle of life associated with the location/position of the holder is handled and performed as preset in the life circles record. The circle of life, the information that is to be processed in this situation of failure, emergency or danger, is obtained from or provided by the tracking sequence S200 (check step S303) already described above. Information stored in the life circles record (including, for example, contact information, instructions, text and/or audio information, messages etc.) can be retrieved from the local bearer's life circles database and/ or remote (see step S304). Depending on the level or quality of the chosen system, the quality and quantity of templates used by and/or the templates made in the life circles used by the bearer, contact with first responders, services and/or possible operators may occur sequentially or concurrently or both . In the following, instructed actions and/or possible measurements in accordance with the life circle information as set out schematically in steps S305 to 308 of Fig. 4 will be described in more detail.
    [0084] It appears, at the time of filing, that a maximum of two cell phone lines is the current supply in Europe and America and a similar provision for the use of cell phone and mobile data lines on smartphones. While this may or may not change over time, this number is used here and can be increased once such restrictions no longer occur. sequentially
    [0085] The bearer or the system can predefine that contacts need to be made in sequence. Then, the text message, emails and/or phone calls are placed in the order predefined by the bearer in the circles of life database. Depending on technical conditions, contacting, sending messages and calling can be carried out by the bearer's device, without using any additional services. synchronously
    [0086] In case the system allows the bearer to choose synchronous contacts, these contacts can be established through a server computer run by the service provider (hereinafter: service telephone server). This service phone server may be able to send emails and text messages, at the same time contact all the phone numbers chosen by the bearer, and use a phone line for the bearer's device to contact and maintain contact with the bearer. carrier.
    [0087] These calls from the service phone server to the predefined phone numbers can be operated as conference calls, such that one or more first responders and emergency services personnel can communicate with each other through the phone server service and preferably still via the service telephone server with the bearer.
    [0088] In the event that the telephone connection(s) is or are lost by the carrier, any or all first responders, emergency services personnel or an operator, the service telephone server immediately reestablishes the connections using either the bearer's device and/or the service phone server. If the service telephone server's connection to the bearer's device is lost or the system has no contact with the bearer's device, such as if the distress signal actually arrived by means other than the bearer's device, the device The bearer answers the call it then receives from the service telephone server without any further bearer handling, using either a set of phone numbers predefined by the system, which allows you to immediately answer the bearer's device or by sending a password that does the bearer device answering the call without bearer interaction or generally answering any immediate call after the distress call (hereafter: “immediate answer functionality”), or uses an emergency call received from the device and maintains that connection. The bearer's device can be restricted to calls and communication connections, which are predefined based on unique identifiers such as telephone numbers, uniform resource locators (URLs) and/or uniform resource indicators (URIs) and/or signals /instructions/indicators transmitted during the communication link established with the bearer device. Sequentially and Synchronously
    [0089] In special cases, the bearer will first choose to have one or more first responders in particular contacted and then - whether or not a response has been received by the operator or the bearer - to continue with still more contacts. This may be the case, if the bearer's first choice is a first responder most likely and able to help, and only if that first responder rejects or cannot be contacted, the next potential first responder in the sequence is called. [Operator(s)] Sequentially and/or Synchronously
    [0090] An operator (human) as described in EP 1 679 672 may be involved in a dangerous situation. In this case, in a conference call, measures and/or rescue efforts can be directed, non-essential first responders excluded due to their current distance, unavailability or because they start to panic. After contact is established with the carrier, the operator(s) may decide to call only several people on the list, such as in the case of an armed robbery, where a nurse living in the same predefined house as the first responder following may not be the right choice to call, but local police instead.
    [0091] The operator(s) may also decide or be given instructions to work sequentially in some cases, concurrently in others, depending on the case; the operator could be warned or decide to call sequentially in the case of carrier nausea and concurrently in the case of an acute heart attack.
    [0092] There can be two separate conference calls in one incident: the main one as a direct connection as a conference call between the bearer on one side and the first responders confirmed by the operator and emergency service personnel, such as ambulance personnel on the other. The second as an auxiliary conference call for potential, albeit unconfirmed, first responders; as soon as another capable and willing first responder is found, the operator transfers him or her from the auxiliary conference call to the main one, where emergency service personnel can direct all first aid/measures prior to their arrival.
    [0093] In every case where a service phone server is used, the phone number of the bearer's device must be available, in order to facilitate the connection with calls from the service phone server; thus, any other calls concurrently connected at the time of the danger signal to the device are preferably disconnected and any other calls received after the danger signal are preferably barred, even if the line is not busy, except predefined calls, in order to maintain the device available without the need for the bearer to answer the call. For example, any phone message, email or text message sent to potential first responders for this purpose will preferably not be uploaded or linked to the device phone number, but to a service phone server number, just dialing which one. First responder(s) contacted can join the emergency conference call.
    [0094] The service telephone server can recognize answering machines, no response within the predetermined amounts of time and busy signals, in order to continue or sequential calls, or not to interrupt both moderated and unmoderated conference calls by means of voice signals busy, constant repetition of recorded responses, etc. False Alarm Removal
    [0095] The device may have a clear alarm button or clear alarm by other means of input from the bearer device. Once activated, this stops the call sequence and text message and/or sends a second text message and/or calls already called numbers to play them an audio file saying no action is required due to false alarm. Carrier Location by Acoustic and/or Optical Signals
    [0096] The location of the bearer can be difficult, particularly in areas that are very large, difficult to access, such as large storage rooms, present difficult lighting situations or even are not accessible to the whole public, such as specially hidden rooms, such as safes and elevator shafts.
    [0097] An audio alarm signal and/or audio file may be sent through the bearer device speaker or a speaker and amplified wired or wirelessly connected to the bearer device, so that people in the vicinity of the carrier can perceive the carrier's dangerous situation. For example, a wirelessly connectable signaling device, such as a WiFi/WLAN or Bluetooth based device, may be equipped with a speaker and/or optical signaling means. As soon as the wireless pluggable signaling device detects a danger signal, it can trigger an alarm sound or an audio file and/or alarm light signal to indicate a danger incident to people in the area. Since such a supplementary stationary wirelessly pluggable signaling device, in contrast to the carrier device, does not need to be run by batteries and there is no space restriction for the signaling means, it can emit louder acoustic signals and/ or lighter optics than the carrier device.
    [0098] A supplementary smoke generating device (hereinafter: smoke generator or capsule) may be triggered by the operator, the carrier and/or predefined condition (conditions), which may emit a colored value or an unpleasant odor or similar to fire. Emergency service personnel can ask the operator or carrier to activate the supplemental smoke device so they can see the steam rising. The supplemental smoke device can be activated to help the public still unaware of any incident of danger to become aware, it can facilitate the work of emergency service personnel by informing an office reception or facility manager about the smoke or an odor unpleasant or even report fire when calling the fire department. While the latter case can carry a fine for causing a false fire alarm, it can still help save the wearer's life.
    [0099] Another supplementary beacon device (hereinafter: strobe beacon or flashlight) can be activated, emitting a flashing light, color changing light, an extremely bright light, or a light resembling fire. Emergency service personnel may be the beacon from afar. Public attention unaware of any incident of danger in their vicinity can be attracted. Matching Life Circles
    [00100] In case the current location of the bearer is not, for example, defined in one of the circles of life, the positioning information gathered from the GPS receiver and/or detected wireless broadcast signals can be used to identify a circle of life defined by another carrier. Thus, if the GPS position location defined by the first carrier and/or detected wireless broadcast signals at least partially match the position/location information associated with a second carrier's circle of life, it can be evaluated with great certainty that is the location of the first bearer. Furthermore, if the second carrier is currently located in the at least partially corresponding circle of life, it can be further assessed that the second carrier is in proximity to the first carrier. This assessment can be used for reaction/rescue purposes while still respecting all privacy and data protection issues. To ensure this, a holder can define some information in their circle of life as both confidential and usable by other holders as well.
    [00101] It is possible to have the second bearer informed of the danger call of the first bearer in his vicinity, if the operator or the system detects that the first bearer is in the second bearer's circle of life, where or near where the first bearer triggered the danger call. Thus, another bearer may become the first responder for the distress call bearer - possibly unknown to him - and may be informed accordingly by the operator or system.
    [00102] With an operator or the system supervising the reaction/rescue with a distress call, not only location assessment can be used, but also information stored in another carrier's life circles database can be retrieved, such as that a special night guard or office manager has at times been pre-stored to be called and this can be an appropriate first responder for any other carrier as well. [Measures To Facilitate Contacting First Responder(s)
    [00103] Mobile numbers will most of the time be stored by the bearer. A potential first responder can be informed of the carrier's decision to choose him or her as a first responder and allowed to download a program (hereafter: app) to their cell phone or computer to facilitate contact in the event of a carrier danger situation. Such an app may allow the transfer of the first responder(s) both generally and in the case of data following a dangerous situation: depending on the settings chosen on the mobile phone by the first responder(s) with the app, both the last known location , how much of GPS at the time of the hazardous situation and/or surrounding wireless emission signals and/or cellular positioning data, i.e. cellular area in which the cellular phone of the first responder is connected to the mobile communications network; if the first responder's cell phone is turned off. Such information will be known and useful to the system and/or operator immediately, as other potential first responders can be contacted more efficiently. If GPS location and/or wireless broadcast signals and/or cellular positioning using the bearer's circle of life indicate that the first responder(s) is(are) in close proximity to the bearer, it may be given focus on contacting them rather than other first responders who are even more distant and/or, at the time of danger, without cell reception. Since a distance estimate is sufficient, the first responder need not be located as precisely as the bearer, so cell phone positioning data can here be used to estimate the location of the first responder.
    [00104] The app may already be programmed into the bearer's device, so the bearer can himself become a potential first responder. As their location is constantly checked, the life circles of the bearer responding on the one hand and the bearer in need of help can overlap and can be checked against each other. The system can also allow two bearers to look for overlaps after setting up their respective life circles and naming at least one of the bearers as a possible first responder.
    [00105] Other bearers unknown to the bearer in need of help may be contacted, if they so permit and are located close to the bearer in need (matching of positions and/or circles of life). Life Circle Setup Without Positioning Information Gathered Automatically
    [00106] A bearer can define his life circles with time approximations (eg, daily, weekly or monthly), in particular, in case the bearer's device cannot offer GPS, wireless signal, or cellular positioning of the cell phone. Such a methodology is much less accurate, although still usable, as long as the carrier's routines remain virtually the same over time. In this case, the system can only estimate the bearer's whereabouts and, consequently, in an emergency use this information; it can be further improved when the wearer is asked at the respective time whether he or she has reached the circle of life.
    [00107] If the wearer can only define life circles, although not a routine, the system can still work by manually recognizing the arrival and departure of a life circle, as described above. In this case, the use of cell phone positioning may be advisable as well.
    [00108] In a similar way, the path between 2 circles of life can be defined as a circle of life. Carrier device without means for voice communication
    [00109] In the event that the bearer's device does not provide a speaker and/or microphone, the system can still be used. Still, the carrier might be able to define their emergency using possible means of communication with the device. This distress call can be by text message or email, although also a phone call using pre-stored audio information is usable, notwithstanding without the possibility of two-way or at least one-way communication between the ) first responder(s) and the bearer. App to App communication
    [00110] Using the app described above, two carriers using such an app on their respective devices can communicate in the event of an emergency of each other. Such communication may be because one bearer responds to a distress call from another bearer, who is either listed as the first responder on the bearer's list and/or in close proximity.
    [00111] Such communication can be directly between two or more carriers, when two or more carrier life circles have an overlap of the life circles of the two carriers' positions and the carriers are listed in these two life circles as first responders or two overlying circles of life are or one circle of life is openly available for use by third parties and both carriers are in a circle of life that is openly available or one or both are named first responders in a circle of life by a carrier and/or the circles of life is openly available. Transmissions
    [00112] Furthermore, a broadcast message may be sent from the bearer's device in need of assistance. Such broadcast message may be received by devices of other carriers or by other communication enabled devices (especially mobile communication enabled devices) running a program (app) for receiving such broadcast messages. The broadcast message can be sent without identifying any recipient. The broadcast message can only be sent within a defined area encapsulating the circle of life of the bearer requesting help. The broadcast message can be sent directly by the device or through a server of the service provider.
    [00113] According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a system comprising a portable processor-based device, having at least a communication unit, a position determination unit and a database of life circles in which two or more different life circles records are defined, where each life circles record is associated with a different position or location and comprises contact information and/or instructions to be applied to contact at least one responder and/or to perform one or more predefined operations in the case of a hazardous situation of a processor-based handheld device holder, wherein a life circle record to be used in said hazardous situation is selected based on a current position of the handheld device based in processor. At least two different locations spaced apart from each other are provided, which are defining different life circles. In the case of a danger sign in one circle of life, other people are alerted than in the case of a danger sign in another circle of life or different circles of life. The danger signal can be triggered automatically or by user input, either manually or acoustically.
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    Claims (13)
    [0001]
    1. System for Facilitating Assistance in Dangerous Situations, comprising a processor-based portable device (100) having at least a communication unit (120) and a position determination unit (130) and a circle of life database , where one or more circle of life records are defined, where each circle of life record is associated with a position/location and comprises contact information and/or instructions to be applied to contact at least one responder and/ or to perform one or more predefined operations in the event of a hazardous situation of a processor-based handheld device holder (100), where a circle of life record to be used in a hazardous situation is selected based on a current position of the processor-based handheld device (100); wherein the processor-based handheld device (100) is adapted to sense wireless emission signals, wherein the system is adapted to select the circle of life record for a current position of the processor-based handheld device (100) based into wireless emission signals sensed by combining the sensed wireless emission signals with predetermined patterns of wireless emission signals associated with each circle of life record, characterized in that the system is adapted to send a broadcast message including information of position/location for other processor-based handheld devices and/or mobile communication enabled devices to request assistance from one or more people in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device (100).
    [0002]
    2. System according to Claim 1, characterized in that the circle of life database is comprised in the processor-based handheld device (100) or accessible through a network service provider, wherein the service provider it's part of the system.
    [0003]
    3. System according to either of Claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the system is adapted to combine circle of life records from different carriers based on the positions/locations associated with them and the system is adapted to extract information and/or at least partially matching circle-of-life record instructions from one of said holders to be provided in addition to a corresponding circle-of-life record from another holder.
    [0004]
    The system of Claim 1, characterized in that the system is adapted to update a pattern of wireless broadcast signals associated with a circle of life register.
    [0005]
    5. System according to Claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the system is adapted to combine the sensed wireless emission signals and patterns associated with circle of life records based on a heuristic algorithm.
    [0006]
    System according to any one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the processor-based handheld device (100) comprises a physiological data sensing unit (160) for sensing physiological data of the carrier of the handheld device based on processor (100), an environmental data sensing unit (170) for sensing environmental data from the environment, in which the processor-based handheld device holder (100) is currently located, and/or a signaling unit (140) for generation of warning signals, in which the sensed physiological data and/or sensed environmental data are compared with one or more predefined values to allow an automatic detection of a dangerous situation.
    [0007]
    7. System according to any one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the processor-based handheld device (100) is adapted to contact a telephone server, which is capable of establishing communication with several responders to the Same time.
    [0008]
    8. Method To Facilitate Assistance in Hazardous Situations, to be used in the system as defined in Claim 1 and its dependents, comprising: providing a circle of life database comprising circle of life records, where each circle of life record life is associated with a position/location and comprises contact information and/or instructions; select a circle of life record from the circle of life records provided by the circle of life database based on a current position of a processor-based handheld device (100); wherein said selection includes: detecting wireless emission signals and selecting the circle of life record for a current position of the processor-based handheld device (100) at least partially based on the wireless emission signals detected by matching the signals of wireless emission detected with predetermined patterns of wireless emission signals associated with each circle of life record; and apply the contact information from the selected life circle record to contacting at least one responder and/or performing one or more predefined operations of the selected life circle record in the event of a hazardous situation of a handheld device holder processor-based (100), characterized in that the method further comprises sending a broadcast message including position/location information to other processor-based handheld devices and/or mobile communication enabled devices to request help from one or more people in the vicinity of the processor-based handheld device (100).
    [0009]
    A method according to Claim 8, characterized in that it further comprises combining circle of life records of different carriers based on the positions/locations associated with them; and extracting information and/or instructions from at least partially corresponding circle of life records from said holders to be provided in addition to a corresponding circle of life record from another holder.
    [0010]
    The method of Claim 8, characterized in that it comprises updating a wireless broadcast signal pattern associated with a circle of life record.
    [0011]
    A method according to Claim 8 or 10, characterized in that it combines sensed wireless emission signals and the patterns associated with circle of life records based on a heuristic algorithm.
    [0012]
    Method according to any one of Claims 8 to 11, characterized in that it senses physiological data of the holder of the portable device based on processor (100); senses environmental data from the environment in which the processor-based handheld device carrier (100) is currently located; and/or generates one or more warning signals, wherein the sensed physiological data and/or the sensory environmental data are compared to one or more predefined values to allow automatic detection of a dangerous situation.
    [0013]
    Method according to any one of Claims 8 to 12, characterized in that it comprises contacting a telephone server to establish communication with several responders at the same time.
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