Patent ID: 7701354

Claim:
A portable alarm triggering device comprising: a) a sensor configured to sense any abnormal status of a user; b) a stimuli generating means capable of transmitting a stimuli to said user; c) a user input means configured to receive an explicit input from said user; d) a transmitter configured to transmit an alarm signal to a third party; e) a control unit coupled to said sensor, said stimuli generating means and said user input means, said control unit further comprising a plurality of different timers, each said timer being set with a predetermined time setting; when said sensor detects said abnormal status of said user after all of said plurality of timers have expired, said control unit causes: i) said stimuli generating means to stimulate said user; and subsequently ii) said transmitter to generate said alarm signal to said third party through said transmitter unless said control unit receives said explicit input as a cut-off signal from said user within a predefined period; whereby said portable alarm triggering device monitors said user and can automatically call for assistance when said abnormal status of said user is detected.