Patent application EP17305652A (EP), filed 2017-06-02
Publication number: EP3410749A1
Title: NOTIFICATIONS AND BROADCASTING THROUGH SHORT RANGE ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS
Abstract: A method and apparatus are described including detecting a notifiable event, generating a message including information about the notifiable event, scanning a local area to discover and identify at least one available short range access communication devices within a range of an alert device, generating a list of the discovered and identified short range access communication devices within the range of the alert device and transmitting a message to the at least one of the short range access communication devices regarding the detected notifiable event.
IPC codes: H04W   4/    00            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method, said method comprising:
number: 2
text: The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
number: 3
text: The method according to claim 2, further comprising providing (125) an indication of said notifiable event in said pairing request.
number: 4
text: The method according to any of claims 2 to 3, further comprising un-pairing (125)said discovered device if said discovered device required pairing and was previously paired and has not yet been un-paired.
number: 5
text: An apparatus, comprising:
number: 6
text: The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:
number: 7
text: The apparatus according to claims 5 or 6, or the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said information in said message about said notifiable event includes at least one of a name of said notifiable event, an address of said notifiable event, a type of said notifiable event, a recommended response to said notifiable event, a make and model of a vehicle involved in said notifiable event, precautions that should be used when addressing said notifiable event.
number: 8
text: The apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 7 or the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and 7, wherein said type of said notifiable event is one of an emergency medical condition, an Amber alert, a Silver alert, a pedophile alert and a missing pet alert.
number: 9
text: The apparatus according to any of claims 6 to 8, further comprising means for providing an indication of said notifiable event in said pairing request.
number: 10
text: The apparatus according to any of claims 5 to 9, or the method of any one of claims 1 to 4, 7 and 8, wherein said short range access communication devices includes devices operating using one of Bluetooth, Zigbee, Zwave, RF4CE, Lora, Thread, NarrowBand Internet of Things and 6LoWPAN.
number: 11
text: The apparatus according to any of claims 5 to 10, or the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 and 7 to 10 wherein transmission of said message including said information is via at least one of an audio call, a text message via a short message service, an email, file transfer, plain data transfer, over the air message transfer and a cloud service.
number: 12
text: The apparatus according to any of claims 5 to 11, or the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 and 7 to 11 wherein said transmission of said message about said notifiable event including said information includes a response timeout.
number: 13
text: The apparatus according to any of claims 5 to 12, further comprising means for un-pairing said discovered device if said discovered device required pairing and was previously paired and has not yet been un-paired.
number: 14
text: The apparatus according to any of claims 5 to 13, wherein said apparatus is an alert device.
number: 15
text: A computer program product comprising instructions which when executed by a computer perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 and 7 to 8 and 10 to 12.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-12-05
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2013217320A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2008003975A1
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severity: background
ref_id: CN103037089A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2008003975
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severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: CN103037089
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severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US2013217320
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2018-12-05)