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Always get home safe. Overview The Problem In today's age, safety matters As of 2014, nearly 37% of Americans do not feel safe walking alone at night Friends and family place the responsibility on the individual to let them

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Always get home safe.™

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Overview

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The Problem

In today's age, safety matters
As of 2014, nearly 37% of Americans do

not feel safe walking alone at night

Friends and family place the

responsibility on the individual to let them know if they've arrived safely

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Current Solutions

Companion

Works with anyone Identify sketchy areas Works in the background

Walk Me Home

“Guardian Angels” Alert button Chat and call features Removed from Play Store

GetHomeSafe

Personal/Corporate use Battery life alert

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Our Solution

Present an SMS-based

"subscription" model

Send SMS status updates

to subscribers

Notify them when you arrive

safely

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Current Implementation

Destination stored in SharedPreferences (along with settings) New subscribers are added to a StringSet in SharedPreferences SmsManager used to send updates to subscribers SMS BroadcastReceiver listens for incoming subscription requests Google Maps loads destination and draws polyline between locations ACTION_CALL intent is used to automatically call police or an emergency contact User arrives, subscribers are notified, and subscription list is cleared

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Conclusions

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Recently encountered difficulty in

detecting location changes

Not enough time to conduct thorough

user testing

Preset status updates limited
Location searches not resolved to

"official" addresses

Limitations

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Future Work

Integrate with Android Wear to

ensure maximum convenience

Implement fall detection using

device accelerator

Implement location search

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References

WalkMeHome - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.walkmehome.free&hl=en
GetHomeSafe - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gethomesafe&hl=en
Companion - http://www.companionapp.io
Dugan, A. (2014, November 24). In U.S., 37% Do Not Feel Safe Walking at Night Near Home.

Retrieved May 02, 2016, from http://www.gallup.com/poll/179558/not-feel-safe-walking-night-near- home.aspx