Patent ID: 8344873
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An alerting system comprising: at least one alerting device associated with a user; a managing unit connected to the at least one alerting device via a communication link and arranged to receive and collect data and alerts therefrom; a verification unit connected to the managing unit and arranged to communicate with the user and verify received alerts therefrom by applying a specified procedure; and a remote server connected to the managing unit via a communication link and arranged to analyze temporal characteristics of the received data and alerts, in view of the collected data and alerts, and to evaluate a veracity of the received alerts, wherein the managing unit is arranged to classify each received alert as either a false alarm or as a valid alarm according to results of the verification procedure and the evaluated veracity, wherein the managing unit is further connected via a communication link to a service center and arranged to report the valid alarms to the service center, wherein double checking the received alerts both by the verification unit and by the remote server enhances alarm reliability, wherein the at least one alerting device that is associated with the user is being wore on the body of the user, wherein the temporal characterstics comprise a form of a measurements' curve over time, and wherein the specified procedure comprises at least one of: communicating directly with the user and verbally checking the user's well being; and the communicating is performed by stimulating the user with at least one stimulus selected from: vibrational or tactile stimulus.