Android App to Generate Alarms when an OpenSeizureDetector SMS Alert Is Received
The OpenSeizureDetector epileptic seizure detector app can generate SMS alerts to warn carers if a user suffers a seizure. Unfortunately the notification sounds on phones for SMS messages arriving tend to be short sounds which do not repeat so are easily missed. This app addresses that shortfall by making continuous alarm sounds when a seizure detector alert is received.
Starting the App creates a background service which listens for SMS messages arriving. When a message arrives, it checks to see if it contains the characters "1651f3" (which is the last 6 characters of an OpenSeizureDetector UUID). If it does not contain those characters, the message is ignored. If the characters occurr within the message (SMS messages generated by OpenSeizureDetector V3.5.0 and higher do contain them), a continuous sequence of alarm beeps is geneated and an activity is displayed on the phone showing the received message, the sending number and presenting an 'Accept Alarm' button. Pressing the Accept Alarm button silences the beeping.
For additional details please see the OpenSeizureDetector Web Site, or Facebook page.
Graham Jones, August 2020 (graham@openseizuredetector.org.uk)