Patent ID: 8427302

Claim:
A system, comprising: a portable device including a network interface to communicate over a network and a user interface to capture a motion or sound of an operator of the portable device; and a processing device coupled to the portable device, the processing device configured to: capture a plurality of motions or sounds of the operator using the user interface of the portable device at different times; receive a plurality of communications over the network interface of the portable device, each communication indicating activity of the operator at a different time; determine a first average based on data of the captured motions or sounds; determine a second average based on data of the communications; identify a macro trend for all monitored activity of the operator based on the determined averages or based on the data from the captured motions or sounds and the communications; compare, to the identified macro trend, data taken from a newly captured motion or sound of the operator using the user interface of the portable device or data taken from a new communication received over the network interface; and transmit a notification addressed to a caregiver over the network using the network interface based on a result of the comparison.