Communicating location specific emergency information to a mobile device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHung Tack Kwan, Christian E. Loza, Olivia G. Loza, Mathews Thomas
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Abstract
An occurrence of an emergency situation pertinent to people presently located within a venue can be identified. Responsive to identifying the emergency situation pertinent to the people located within the venue, an emergency alert can be automatically communicated to a first mobile device. The emergency alert can provide contextual information pertaining to the emergency situation, wherein the contextual information indicates precautions to be observed by the user. The emergency alert can be configured to be presented by the first mobile device to the user to alert the user to the emergency situation.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- identifying an occurrence of an emergency situation pertinent to people presently located within a venue;
- and
- responsive to identifying the emergency situation pertinent to the people located within the venue:
- determining a first level of security clearance assigned to a user located within the venue;
- automatically determining a present location within the venue of a first mobile device of the user;
- determining a route, from the present location within the venue of the first mobile device to an exit of the venue, which does not require the user to be assigned a second level of security clearance that is higher than the first level of security clearance for the user to traverse the route;
- and
- automatically communicating, to the first mobile device, an emergency alert and an emergency plan for exiting the venue, wherein the emergency plan for exiting the venue describes the route, the emergency alert providing contextual information pertaining to the emergency situation, wherein the contextual information indicates precautions to be observed by the user, wherein the emergency alert is configured to be presented by the first mobile device to the user to alert the user to the emergency situation.
A system, comprising:
- a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
- identifying an occurrence of an emergency situation pertinent to people presently located within a venue;
- and
- responsive to identifying the emergency situation pertinent to the people located within the venue:
- determining a first level of security clearance assigned to a user located within the venue;
- automatically determining a present location within the venue of a first mobile device of the user;
- determining a route, from the present location within the venue of the first mobile device to an exit of the venue, which does not require the user to be assigned a second level of security clearance that is higher than the first level of security clearance for the user to traverse the route;
- and
- automatically communicating, to the first mobile device, an emergency alert and an emergency plan for exiting the venue, wherein the emergency plan for exiting the venue describes the route, the emergency alert providing contextual information pertaining to the emergency situation, wherein the contextual information indicates precautions to be observed by the user, wherein the emergency alert is configured to be presented by the first mobile device to the user to alert the user to the emergency situation.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- identifying, by the processor, an occurrence of an emergency situation pertinent to people presently located within a venue;
- and
- responsive to identifying the emergency situation pertinent to the people located within the venue:
- determining a first level of security clearance assigned to a user located within the venue;
- automatically determining a present location within the venue of a first mobile device of the user;
- determining a route, from the present location within the venue of the first mobile device to an exit of the venue, which does not require the user to be assigned a second level of security clearance that is higher than the first level of security clearance for the user to traverse the route;
- and
- automatically communicating, by the processor to the first mobile device, an emergency alert and an emergency plan for exiting the venue, wherein the emergency plan for exiting the venue describes the route, the emergency alert providing contextual information pertaining to the emergency situation, wherein the contextual information indicates precautions to be observed by the user, wherein the emergency alert is configured to be presented by the first mobile device to the user to alert the user to the emergency situation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.