Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Assigned Patent for Mobile Device Notification Generation

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Springfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 11,057,739, initially filed Oct. 21, 2019) developed by two co-inventors for a "mobile device notification generation." The co-inventors are Michal Knas, Monson, Massachusetts, and Jiby John, Suffield, Connecticut.

The full-text of the patent can be found at https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=11,057,739.PN.&OS=PN/11,057,739&RS=PN/11,057,739

The abstract states: "The methods and software application described herein monitor the acceleration experienced by a mobile device and determine when said acceleration exceeds a predetermined acceleration threshold that may be indicative of an unusually rapid acceleration or deceleration. In the event of a sudden acceleration or deceleration, the methods and mobile application described herein automatically trigger a timely, event-related notification to the user of the mobile device, such as displaying a banner on the mobile device's display, a text, electronic mail, or voice message."

Written by Jayanti Behera; edited by Sudarshan Harpal.