Personal Safety Technology (TapShield)

Patent related to personal safety technology that signals an alert upon encountering an emergency situation. A specific embodiment is “yank” technology, which sends an alert when the connection of a peripheral device (such as headphones or a dongle) is terminated, such as when the headphones are removed from a personal emergency device (such as a smartphone), whether on purpose or by force.

• PATENT NO.
• Title
• 9,426,638
• System and method for signaling and responding to an emergency situation