Patent ID: 9609856
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A01K,G08B

Claim:
1. A multi-level programmable alerting system for use with a fishing pole and a handheld device, said system comprising: (a) a sensing device associatable with the fishing pole, said sensing device having at least one orientation sensor for sensing the orientation of the fishing pole and translating it as a signal, and at least one transmitting module configured to transmit said signal; (b) an application associatable with the handheld device, said handheld device having at least one receiving module configured to receive said signal, and at least one display module, said signal graphically represented on said display module as a wave form; (c) a user manipulatable sensitivity tuning control by which a sensitivity limit may be set, said sensitivity limit graphically represented on said at least one display module by a sensitivity line; (d) a user manipulatable bite tuning control by which a bite limit may be set, said bite limit graphically represented on said at least one display module by a pair of bite lines, one bite line on each side of said sensitivity line; and (e) a user manipulatable strike tuning control by which a strike limit may be set, said strike limit graphically represented on said at least one display module by at least one strike line; (f) wherein said system issues a bite alert if said signal meets said bite limit and issues a strike alert if said signal meets said strike limit.