Patent ID: 7512247

Claim:
A wireless ear plug system for providing a downloadable programmable personal alarm, comprising: an alarm circuit with a self-contained power source, comprising: a randomly accessible memory providing general purpose storage; a leadless interface to externally receive a user-settable time interval and a programmable alarm tone, which are both stored into the memory; a clock circuit to activate and time the user-settable time interval; a wireless interface to receive a radio frequency alarm signal through at least one of a IEEE 802.11 compliant protocol and a Bluetooth wireless communication protocol, wherein the radio frequency alarm signal comprises a programmable message that is stored into the memory; an alarm circuit to retrieve from the memory and to generate the programmable alarm tone through an in-ear speaker, which is triggered by one of the clock circuit and the wireless interface respectively upon an expiry of the user-settable time interval and the receipt of the radio frequency alarm signal; and a message circuit to retrieve from the memory and to generate the programmable message through the in-ear speaker; and an ear plug shaped distally to house the in-ear speaker within an ear canal and shaped proximally to enclose the alarm circuit.