IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,456,359
Granted Patent B2
US 12,456,359 · App. 18/220,005 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Children at play live indicator

Inventor: Ryan Joseph Hagen (Kenmore, WA)
Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
G08B21/0266G08B7/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,456,359
App. No.
18/220,005
Filed
Jul 10, 2023
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2685
USPC
340/573.1
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for providing a children at play live indicator. A user device corresponding to a user is initially registered with a safety device. When the user device is within a configurable range of the safety device, an indication is received. A parent may configure the configurable range at a children at play service via a parent device. Based on the user device being within the configurable range of the safety device, the safety device emits a visual or audible indicator. Additionally or alternatively, a warning indicating the user device is within the configurable range of the safety device may be communicated to the user device, the parent device, or a connected vehicle approaching the safety device.

Claims (24)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to:

registering, by a parent device, a child device with a safety sign at a children at play service;

receiving, at the child at play service, from the parent device, an indication that the child device is within a configurable range of a safety sign;

enabling the safety sign to recognize when the child device is within a configurable range of the safety sign;

detecting, by a detect component incorporated into the safety sign, that the child device is located within the configurable range; and

based on the child device being within the configurable range of the safety sign, causing, by a safety component incorporated in the safety sign, the safety sign to emit a visual or audible indicator.

2. The media of claim 1 , further comprising communicating, to the child device, a warning indicating the child device is within the configurable range of the safety sign.

3. The media of claim 1 , further comprising communicating, to the parent device, a warning indicating the child device is within the configurable range of the safety sign.

4. The media of claim 1 , further comprising communicating, to a connected vehicle, a warning indicating the safety sign is emitting a visual or audible indicator at the safety sign.

5. The media of claim 1 , further comprising communicating, to a connected vehicle, a list of safety signs registered at the children at play service.

6. A system for providing a children at play live indicator, the system comprising:

a child device wearable by a child;

a safety sign configured to emit a visual or audible indicator; and

a child at play server comprising:

a configuring component configured to enable the child device registering with the child at play server and enabling the safety sign to recognize when the child device is within a configurable range of the safety sign;

a detecting component configured to determine when the child device is within a configurable range; and

a safety component is configured to activate the visual or audible indicator,

wherein the children at play server configured to receive a confirmation from a parent device specifying the configurable range between the child device and the safety sign;

wherein the safety sign emits a visual or audible indicator when the detect component determines that the child device is within the configurable range.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the children at play service communicates, to the safety sign, the configurable range for the child device and the safety sign.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the children at play service communicates, to the parent device, a warning indicating the child device is within the configurable range of the safety sign.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the children at play service communicates, to a connected vehicle, a warning that the safety sign is emitting a visual or audible indicator at the safety sign.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the children at play service communicates, to a connected vehicle, a list of safety signs registered at the children at play service.

11. The system of claim 6 , wherein the safety sign communicates, to the child device, a warning that the child device is within the configurable range of the safety sign.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2023
From: HAGEN, RYAN JOSEPH
To: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 064248/0177 →
Continuity (1)
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