Abstract:
Several methods and a system of automated motion disturbance detection and alerting are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes associating a protection device with a movable tangible personal property. The method also includes activating the protection device remotely. The method further includes detecting, through a sensor in the protection device, a motion disturbance of the movable tangible personal property. The method further includes automatically responding based on a set of user-specified preferences when an intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. The method furthermore includes relaying a confirmed motion disturbance of the movable tangible persona property to a user of the protection device. The method furthermore includes protecting the movable tangible personal property through the automatic response of the protection device. The protection device includes a sensor to detect a motion disturbance associated with a movable tangible personal property.

Description:
FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY 
     This disclosure relates generally to the technical field of device protection and safety, in one embodiment to a method, a system and a protection device to automatically detect motion disturbance and provide automatic alerts. 
     BACKGROUND 
     An owner of a movable tangible personal property (e.g., a laptop, a wallet, a purse, valuable item, and the like) may want to protect the movable tangible personal property from theft and/or tampering by a third party. The owner may also want to deter the third party from stealing and/or tampering with the movable tangible personal property. The owner may want to monitor a state of the movable tangible personal property from a remote location when the owner is unable to be physically present to protect the movable tangible personal property. The owner may be able to prevent the theft and/or tampering of the movable tangible personal property if the owner is notified of a disturbance of the movable tangible personal property. If the movable tangible personal property has been stolen and/or tampered with, the owner may want to track the movable tangible personal property to reclaim it. The owner may also have a strong incentive to gather proof associated with a set of circumstances associated with the theft and/or tampering of the movable tangible personal property and/or may want to identify an alleged intruder of the movable tangible personal property. 
     For example, the owner may have a set of valuable and/or confidential information stored in the owner&#39;s laptop. The theft of the laptop may expose the owner to immense financial and legal liability as a result of lost information stored in the laptop. In addition to losing a set of valuable personal and private information from the laptop, the owner may also create legal and financial liability for an employer of the owner if the laptop housed a set of confidential information associated with the employer. The owner and/or employer may incur heavy financial losses as a result and may permanently suffer from diminished reputation indirectly caused by an unauthorized dissemination of confidential information. 
     SUMMARY 
     Several methods and a system of automatic motion disturbance detection and alerting are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes associating a protection device with a movable tangible personal property. The method also includes activating the protection device remotely. The method further includes detecting, through a sensor in the protection device, a motion disturbance of the movable tangible personal property. The method further includes automatically responding based on a set of user-specified preferences when an intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. The method further includes relaying a confirmed motion disturbance of the movable tangible persona property to a user of the protection device. The method further includes protecting the movable tangible personal property through the automatic response of the protection device. 
     The method may include associating the protection device to a host data processing system through at least one of a wired interface and a wireless interface. The method may include accessing a network through the host data process system. The method may also include determining a unique identifier information for a given protection device. The method may further include associating a designated user-account with the unique identifier information. The method may further include storing a metadata associated with the given protection device in the designated user-account. The method may further include automatically updating a set of real-time information associated with the given protection device to the designated user-account. 
     The method may further include generating an automatic indicator on a user interface associated with the designated user-account when the sensor detects the confirmed motion disturbance. Furthermore, the method may include activating the protection device remotely through a gesture on at least one of a mobile device, a smart phone device, an input device of a data processing system, an output device of a data processing system, an infrared remote, a custom-designed remote configured for a particular protection device, a website synched with the designated user-account associated with the particular protection device and an RFID tag configured to the particular protection device. 
     The method may also include deactivating the protection device remotely through a gesture on at least one of a mobile device, a smart phone device, an input device of a data processing system, an output device of a data processing system, an infrared remote, a custom-designed remote configured for a particular protection device, a website synched with the designated user-account associated with the particular protection device and an RFID tag configured to the particular protection device. 
     The input device of a data processing may be one or more of a touch screen display of a user interface, a keyboard, a mouse and a sensor synched with the data processing system. The output device of a data processing system may be at least one of a monitor display of the user interface and the touch screen display of the user interface. Further, the method may also include permitting the user to specify the set of user-specified preferences associated with the protection device in the designated user-account. Furthermore, the method may include accessing the designated user-account through a device having a capability of accessing the internet. 
     The method may also include automatically generating the indicator to a user interface of the device having the capability of accessing the internet when a confirmed motion disturbance is detected. The method may further include managing the designated user-account through the device having the capability of accessing the internet. The method may furthermore include activating the protection device through the device having the capability to access the internet. The method may furthermore include deactivating the protection device through the device having the capability of accessing the internet. 
     Furthermore, the method may include linking the protection device to the movable tangible personal method through at least one of a physical proximity to the movable tangible personal property, a tethering to the movable tangible personal property, a predefined geospatial distance to the movable tangible personal property, a magnetic attachment to a part of the movable tangible personal property and a physical attachment to a part of the movable tangible personal property. 
     Furthermore, the method may include associating a preferred sensor with the unique identifier information. The method may also include configuring the protection device with the preferred sensor. Furthermore, the method may include signaling, through an array of flashing LED lights, an active state of the protection device. The method may also include configuring the array of flashing LED lights through the set of preferences associated with the designated user-account for the protection device. The method may also include charging the protection device through an electrical outlet associated with the movable tangible personal property. The method may further include automatically switching to a battery power stored inside the protection device when the electrical outlet is unavailable. 
     Furthermore, when the movable tangible personal property is a particular data processing system, the method may include synchronizing a set of predefined capabilities of the particular data processing system with the protection device. The method may also include automatically responding to the confirmed motion disturbance through the particular data processing system by exhibiting at least one capability of the set of predefined capabilities of the particular data processing system. The set of predefined capabilities of the particular data processing system may be a photographic capability, a video recording capability, an audio recording capability, a music playing capability and a GPS capability. 
     In another aspect, a protection device includes a sensor to detect a motion disturbance associated with a movable tangible personal property. The protection device also includes a circuitry coupled with the sensor to communicate through at least one of a wired interface and a wireless interface, the motion disturbance to a host data processing system. The protection device further includes a siren to be activated when an intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. The protection device may include a set of flashing LED lights to be activated when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. The protection device may also include an audio recorder to commence recording when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. 
     The protection device may further include a camera component to capture photographs of a surrounding environment when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. The protection device may further include a video recorder to commence recording when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. The protection device may further include a GPS tracker component to be activated when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. The protection device may further include an odor emanating component to emanate an odor when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. 
     In yet another aspect, a system includes a protection device to detect a motion disturbance of a movable tangible personal property. The system also includes a host data processing system to receive, through at least one of a wired interface and a wireless interface, a set of information associated with the motion disturbance of the movable tangible personal property. The system further includes a tracking component in the host data processing system to monitor the set of information associated with the motion disturbance of the movable tangible personal property. The system furthermore includes a link to a network having a set of user-specified preferences associated with a sensitivity of the protection device. The system furthermore includes a circuitry in the host data processing system to automatically communicate to the protection device when an intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device. 
     In addition the system may include a designated user-account to store a set of metadata associated with the protection device and the set of user-specified preferences associated with a sensitivity of the protection device. The system may also include a set of devices configured with the host data processing system to receive an indicator when a sensor in the protection device detects a confirmed motion disturbance and to activate and deactivate the protection device remotely. 
     Other aspects will be apparent from the following description and the appended claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEWS OF DRAWINGS 
       Example embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements and in which: 
         FIGS. 1A-1B  is a system view illustrating an interaction flow in a system, according to one or more embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates automatic motion disturbance detection and alerting, according to one or more embodiments. 
         FIGS. 3A-3D  is an interaction flow illustrating an example scenario of automatic motion disturbance detection and alerting, according to one or more embodiments. 
     
    
    
     Other features of the present embodiments will be apparent from accompanying Drawings and from the Detailed Description that follows. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Example embodiments, as described below, may be used to automatically detect motion disturbance and provide automatic alerts. 
     It will be appreciated that the various embodiments discussed herein need not necessarily belong to the same group of exemplary embodiments, and may be grouped into various other embodiments not explicitly disclosed herein. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various embodiments. Although the present embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the various embodiments. 
       FIGS. 1A-1B  is a system view illustrating an interaction flow, according to one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments of the method disclosed herein, a protection device  102  may be configured to automatically detect a motion disturbance of a movable tangible personal property  104  and automatically alert a system and/or a user. As used herein the term “motion disturbance” may refer to a predefined degree of displacement from a given position. The protection device  102  may be operatively coupled to the movable tangible personal property  104 . In one or more embodiments, the protection device may be wirelessly coupled to the movable tangible personal property. Examples of the movable tangible, personal property may include, but is not limited to, a laptop, a mobile phone, a wallet, a book, a portable electronic device, a multimedia player, a vehicle, a watch, and the like. 
     In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may be coupled to a host data processing system  106  (e.g., a remote server or a local server) through a wired interface and/or a wireless interface. A network (e.g., a wireless network  108 , or a wired network, and the like) may be accessed through the host data processing system. In one or more embodiments, the data processing system may be an internal processing component of the movable tangible personal property  102 . In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may be linked to the movable tangible personal property through a physical proximity to the movable tangible personal property  104 , a tethering to the movable tangible personal property  104 , a predefined geospatial distance to the movable tangible personal property  104 , a magnetic attachment to a part of the movable tangible personal property  104  and/or a physical attachment to a part of the movable tangible personal property  104 . In one or more preferred embodiments, the physical proximity to the movable tangible personal property  104  may be for example, no more than a radius of three meters from the protection device  102 . 
     The protection device  102  may be activated. The activation may be an automatic activation (e.g., the protection device  102  may get automatically activated on being associated with the movable tangible personal property) or manual activation by the user of the movable tangible personal property. Unique identifier information may be determined for the protection device  102  on activation. In one or more embodiments, a preferred sensor may be associated with the unique identifier information. The protection device  102  may be configured with the preferred sensor. Examples of the preferred sensor may include but is not limited to an accelerometer sensor, a tilt sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, an infrared sensor, a laser sensor, a camera sensor, an ultrasonic distance sensor and the like. In addition, a designated user account  114  may be associated with the unique identifier information. The designated user account  114  may be accessible from a server through a network. The designated user account  114  may also be accessible from a wired or wireless interface through the protection device  102 . A metadata (e.g., volume of sound alert of a sensor associated with the protection device  102 ) associated with the given protection device  102  may be stored in the designated user account  114 . The user may be permitted to specify a set of user-specified preferences  110  associated with the protection device  102  in the designated user account  114 . 
     Examples of the user-specified preferences  110  may include but are not limited to, a threshold of motion disturbance, a preferred mode of alert (e.g., via email, or via message), volume of a siren, and the like. In one or more embodiments, the designated user account  114  may be accessed through a device having a capability of accessing the internet  128 . The device having the capability of accessing the internet  128  may be one or more of the mobile device  120 , the smart phone device  122 , the data processing system  124 , a music device, and the like. In one or more embodiments, an indicator may be automatically generated to a user interface of the device having the capability of accessing the internet  128  when a confirmed motion disturbance is detected. The indicators may include, for example, indicator  112   a , indicator  112   b , indicator  112   c , indicator  112   d , of the mobile device  120 , the smart phone device  122 , the data processing system  124 , and the website  126  respectively as illustrated in  FIGS. 1A-1B . The protection device  102  may be activated/or deactivated through the device having the capability of accessing the internet  128 . 
     The activation may be a remote activation and/or a local activation. In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may be activated and/or deactivated remotely through a gesture on one or more of the mobile device  120 , the smart phone device  122 , an input device of the data processing system  124 , an output device of the data processing system  124 , an infrared remote, a custom-designed remote configured for a particular protection device  102 , a website  126  synched with the designated user-account  114  associated with the particular protection device  102 , a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag configured to the particular protection device  102 , and any device accessing the internet  128 . Examples of the input device of the data processing system may include, but are not limited to one or more of a touch screen display of a user interface (e.g., a graphical user interface), a keyboard, a mouse, a sensor synched with the data processing system, and the like. Also, examples of the output device of the data processing system may include, but are not limited to one or more of a monitor display of the user interface, the touch screen display of the user interface, and the like. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates automatic motion disturbance detection and alerting in accordance with one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments, a motion disturbance  202  of the movable tangible personal property  104  may be detected, through a sensor  116  in the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, when an intensity of the motion disturbance  202  exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 , an automatic response may be provided based on the set of user-specified preferences. For example, if a laptop constituting a movable tangible personal property is displaced to a certain distance away (minimum threshold of the sensitivity of the protection device) from an initial position, the protection device associated with the laptop may automatically generate and transmit a message alert (user-specified preference) to a mobile phone of the user. 
     Further, in one or more embodiments, a set of real-time information associated with the given protection device  102  may be automatically updated to the designated user account  114 . In one or more embodiments, an automatic indicator may be generated on a user interface associated with the designated user account  114  when the sensor  116  detects the confirmed motion disturbance. In one or more embodiments a confirmed motion disturbance  202  of the movable tangible personal property may be relayed to a user of the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, an indicator may be automatically generated on a user interface of the device having the capability of accessing the internet when a confirmed motion disturbance  202  is detected. The designated user account  114  may be managed through the device having the capability of accessing the internet  128 . 
     The set of preferences associated with the designated user account  114  may include but are not limited to one or more of a preferred indicator, a preferred sensitivity of the protection device  102 , a preferred response of the protection device  102 , a preferred response time of the protection device  102 , a preferred voice alert, a user-recorded voice alert, a preferred alarm, a choice of the protection device  102 , a preferred alert on the host interface, a preferred alert on a set of devices associated with the designated user account  114  through a wireless capability, a preferred alert on a user-specified communication channel, a preferred volume of an alarm on the protection device  102 , a preferred speed of the alarm on the protection device  102 , a preferred siren on the protection device  102 , a set of options associated with a flashing LED light capability on the protection device  102 , a set of options associated with an audio recording capability on the protection device  102 , a set of options associated with a photographic capability on the protection device  102 , a set of options associated with a video recording capability on the protection device  102 , a set of options associated with a odor emanating capability of the protection device  102  and a set of options associated with a GPS tracking capability of the protection device  102 . 
     Examples of the preferred indicator may include but are not limited to one or more of an electronic mail(email)  204  to the personal account of the user, a text message  206  on a cellular phone, an email accessible through a smart phone, a text message accessible through a smart phone, a voice alert  212  on a cellular phone, a voice alert  212  on the smart phone, a telephone call to the cellular phone, a telephone call to a law enforcement agency (e.g., a call to police  208 ), a telephone call  210  to an individual associated with a current geospatial location of the protection device  102 , and the like. The preferred sensitivity of the protection device  102  may include but is not limited to one or more of a time period of sensitivity of the sensor  116  in the protection device  102 , a geographical radius of sensitivity around the sensor  116  in the protection device  102 , a fault tolerance associated with the sensitivity of the sensor  116  in the protection device  102  and a level of sensitivity of the sensor  116  in the protection device  102 . 
     Examples of the preferred response of the protection device  102  may include but is not limited to one or more of a communication through the preferred indicator (e.g., an email, a message), an audible siren  214  emitted through the protection device  102 , an audible voice alert  212  emitted through the protection device  102 , a flashing LED light  216  emitted through the protection device  102 , a photographic shot of an environment executed through the protection device  102 , an audio recording  218  executed through the protection device  102 , a video recording  220  executed through the protection device  102 , an odor emanation  224  through the protection device  102  and an activation of a GPS tracker  226  linked to the protection device  102 . The set of options associated with a flashing LED light capability may be one or more of an intensity of the LED lights, a frequency of flashing of the LED lights, a color of the LED lights and a pattern of the LED lights. The set of options associated with the audio recording capability of the protection device  102  may be one or more of a recording time, a recording frequency, a recording pattern and an automatic transmission of a recorded audio byte to the user. 
     The set of options associated with the photographic capability of the protection device  102  may be one or more of camera angle of the protection device  102 , a frequency of photographic captures and an automatic transmission of the photograph to the user. The set of options associated with the video recording capability of the protection device  102  may be one or more of a camera angle of the video recorder, a recording time, a frequency of video recording, a video recording pattern and an automatic transmission of the video file to the user. Also, the set of options associated with the odor emanating capability of the protection device may be one or more of a type of odor to be emanated, an emanation frequency, an emanation pattern and an emanation intensity. Further, the set of options associated with the GPS tracking capability of the protection device  102  may be one or more of an automatic transmission of a set of data associated with the current geospatial location of the protection device  102  and a frequency of updates associated with the GPS tracker. 
     In one or more embodiments, the movable tangible personal property  104  may be protected through the automatic response of the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, an active state of the protection device  102  may be signaled, through an array of flashing LED lights  216 . The array of flashing LED lights  216  may be configured through the set of preferences associated with the designated user account  114  for the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may be charged, through an electrical outlet associated with the movable tangible personal property  104 . A battery power stored inside the protection device  102  may be automatically switched when the electrical outlet is unavailable. 
     The protection device  102  disclosed herein may include a sensor  116  to detect a motion disturbance associated with a movable tangible personal property  104 . The protection device  102  may also include a circuitry coupled with the sensor  116  to communicate through at least one of a wired interface and a wireless interface, the motion disturbance to a host data processing system  106 . In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may also include a siren to be activated when an intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may also include a set of flashing LED lights to be activated when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 . 
     In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may also include an audio recorder to commence recording when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 . Furthermore, in one or more embodiments, a camera component may be coupled to the protection device  102  to capture photographs of a surrounding environment when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may also include a video recorder to commence recording when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may also include a GPS tracker component to be activated when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, the protection device  102  may also include an odor emanating component to emanate an odor when the intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 . 
     The system disclosed herein may include a protection device  102  to detect a motion disturbance of a movable tangible personal property  104 . The system may also include a host data processing system  106 . The host data processing system may be configured to receive, through one or more of a wired interface and a wireless interface, a set of information associated with the motion disturbance of the movable tangible personal property  104 . The system may further include a tracking component in the host data processing system  106  configured to monitor the set of information associated with the motion disturbance of the movable tangible personal property  104 . In addition the system may include a link to a network having a set of user-specified preferences  110  associated with a sensitivity of the protection device  102 . The system may further include a circuitry in the host data processing system  106  to automatically communicate to the protection device  102  when an intensity of the motion disturbance exceeds a minimum threshold of a sensitivity associated with the protection device  102 . 
     In one or more embodiments, the system may further include a designated user account  114  to store a set of metadata associated with the protection device  102  and the set of user-specified preferences  110  associated with a sensitivity of the protection device  102 . In one or more embodiments, the system may further include a set of devices configured with the host data processing system  106  to receive an indicator when a sensor  116  in the protection device  102  detects a confirmed motion disturbance and to activate and deactivate the protection device  102  remotely. The set of devices configured with the host data processing system  106  to receive the indicator may include one or more of a mobile device, a smart phone device, an input device of a data processing system, an output device of a data processing system, an infrared remote, a custom-designed remote configured for a particular protection device  102 , a website synched with the designated user-account associated with the particular protection device  102  and an RFID tag configured to the particular protection device  102 . 
       FIGS. 3A-3D  is an interaction flow illustrating an example scenario of automatic motion disturbance detection and alerting, according to one or more embodiments. As illustrated in  FIG. 3A , a user  302  configures a protection device  102  to protect a movable tangible personal property (e.g. laptop  304 ). The configuration may include data associated with the user  302 , that the protection device  102  may use to authenticate the user  302  (e.g., data associated with the facial features of the user  302 ), one or more thresholds (e.g., extent of displacement of the laptop  304  from a given position) for activating an alerting mechanism (e.g., siren) of the protection device  102 , mode of alerting the user  302 , and the like. During configuring the protection device  102 , the user  304  operatively couples the protection device  102  with the laptop  304  wirelessly. Once the protection device  102  is configured and coupled to the laptop  304 , the protection device is activated through a mobile phone  306  as illustrated in  FIG. 3B  to protect the laptop  304  in the absence of the user  302 . 
     The activated protection device  102  monitors the laptop  304  continuously based on the configuration. In the absence of the user  302 , if a robber  308  tries to displace the laptop  304  from a current position as illustrated in  FIG. 3C , the activated protection device  102  automatically detects a motion disturbance and captures an image of the robber  308 . A host data processing system (e.g., a remote server) coupled to the protection device matches a data associated with the captured image with the data associated with the facial features of the user  302  in a designated user-account and determines dissimilarity. The host data processing system then actuates an alert mechanism within the protection device  102  and the protection device  102  gives out a siren to alert the user  304  as illustrated in  FIG. 3D . 
     Although the present embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the various embodiments. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.