System and method for monitoring activities through portable devices

Abstract

A device and system are provided for notifying a user contact of the status of a user of a portable device. The status is determined by the portable device collecting user provided information and device collected information relevant to a user of portable device. The portable device may then transmit the device collected information and the user provided information to a server that in turn performs an analysis on the device collected information and the user provided information to determine whether a triggering event has occurred. If it is determined that a triggering event has occurred, the server will proceed to send a status update regarding the user of the portable device to preset user contacts. The triggering event is determined to have occurred based on preset user conditions and algorithms and artificial intelligence being executed at the server.

1 . A portable electronic device, the device comprising:
 a processor;   a network interface for communicating with a wireless network;   an input device for accepting user provided information from a user of the portable device;   one or more sensors for acquiring device collected information of the user of the portable device;   a memory comprising instructions for causing the processor to perform the steps of:
 collecting at least one of the user provided information and the device collected information; and 
 transmitting at least one of the user provided information and the device collected information to a server for communicating a status to a user contact upon occurrence of a triggering event, 
   wherein content of the status is based on at least one of the user provided information and the device collected information, and   wherein the device is configurable to operate in two or more of a plurality of operation modes, the operation modes include: a health monitoring mode, an emergency countdown mode, an activity duration monitoring mode, a location monitoring mode, an emergency contact mode, a geofence mode, a preset notification message mode, and a location tracking mode.   
     
     
         2 . The portable device of  claim 1 , wherein when the status indicates a health-related emergency, the status is broadcast to emergency responders and contains a location of the user. 
     
     
         3 . The portable device of  claim 2 , wherein the status further includes diagnostic information. 
     
     
         4 . The portable device of  claim 1 , wherein the status is broadcast to emergency responders when a health-related emergency is declared based on the device collected information exceeding one or more preset thresholds. 
     
     
         5 . The portable device of  claim 4 , wherein the status includes a location of the user. 
     
     
         6 . The portable device of  claim 4 , wherein the status includes diagnostic information. 
     
     
         7 . The portable device of  claim 1 , wherein the device collected information comprises one or more of: a blood oxygen level, a blood alcohol level, a blood toxicity level, a breathing rate, an irregular heart rate, a sleep rate. 
     
     
         8 . A method of alerting emergency responders of a status of a user of a portable device including an input device for accepting user provided information of the user and further including one or more sensors for acquiring device collected information of the user, the method comprising:
 receiving at least one of the user provided information and the device collected information of the user at the portable device;   determining, based on preset thresholds and the device collected information, whether a triggering event has occurred; and   communicating the status of the user of the portable device to emergency responders when the triggering event has occurred.   
     
     
         9 . A method of alerting medical personnel of a status of a user of a portable device including an input device for accepting user provided information of the user and further including one or more sensors for acquiring device collected information of the user, the method comprising:
 receiving at least one of the user provided information and the device collected information of the user at the portable device;   determining, based on preset thresholds and the device collected information, whether a triggering event has occurred; and   communicating the status of the user of the portable device to medical personnel when the triggering event has occurred.