# US 12,183,469 B1 · Method and system for accurately tracking and informing of health and safety for group settings

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- Number: US 12,183,469 B1
- Document ID: US12183469B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 17/164,332
- Filed: 2021-02-01
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2020-10-29
- Assignees: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
- Applicants: Uipco, LLC
- Inventors: Mark Paxman Warnick; Will Kerns Maney, Jr.; Phillip E. Marks; David Jason Anderson James; Elena Marie Carrasco; Quian Antony Jones; Sumita T. Jonak
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12183469B1

## CPC

- G16H 50/80: for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
- A61B 5/7275: {Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor}
- G06Q 10/0635: Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
- G06Q 50/265: {Personal security, identity or safety}
- G06V 40/168: {Feature extraction; Face representation}
- G07C 9/00: Individual registration on entry or exit
- G10L 25/66: for extracting parameters related to health condition (detecting or measuring for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00)
- G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H 50/30: for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
- H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services
- A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20)
- A61B 5/14551: {for measuring blood gases}
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A user score of a test for assessing a risk of a user of having or developing a contagious illness may be obtained, for each user of a plurality of users entering in a group setting. A group score based on the user scores associated with the plurality of users in the group setting may be generated. The group score indicating a group risk of a presence or development of the contagious illness in the group setting may be communicated for display. Group scores associated with a plurality of group settings may be obtained and communicated for display. A message may be communicated to a mobile user device indicating a group setting as a current high risk group setting, being associated with a score that is outside a limit set by a threshold value and with a location in proximity to a current location of the mobile user device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method comprising:
providing a plurality of access control systems, each access control system being associated with a group setting of a plurality of group settings, wherein the access control system is operative to permit entry to the group setting to one or more users of a plurality of users;
providing a first server associated with each access control system, the first server managing entry into the respective group setting for the one or more users of the plurality of users;
providing a second server in communication with the first server associated with each access control system for the group setting of the plurality of group settings, the second server:
obtaining a score indicating a group risk of a presence or development of a contagious illness in the group setting, for each group setting of the plurality of group settings; and
communicating for display the scores associated with the plurality of group settings;
wherein the first server is configured to permit or deny entry to the respective group setting to each of the one or more users based on a user score reading obtained by the access control system from a mobile user device of the user by communicating a signal to an entry mechanism of the access control system to open or close the entry mechanism;
wherein the score associated with the group setting is stored in association with a location of the group setting, for each group setting of the plurality of group settings, the method further comprising:
at the server,
monitoring a current location of a mobile user device of the one or more users of the plurality of users operating in a mobile network;
comparing the current location of the mobile user device to one or more locations of the plurality of group settings;
upon identifying a match between the current location and the one or more locations of the plurality of group settings, communicating to the mobile user device a message indicating at least one group setting of the plurality of group settings as a current high risk group setting that is associated with a score that is outside a limit set by a threshold value and with a location in proximity to the current location of the mobile user device; and
wherein the threshold value for the score associated with the group setting is set by the user of the mobile user device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the score comprises a group score which is obtained based on a plurality of user scores associated with the plurality of users in the group setting.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising:
at the server,
for each exiting user of a plurality of exiting users that leaves the group setting, updating the group score based on remaining user scores of a remaining plurality of users in the group setting.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein communicating for display the scores comprises at least one of:
communicating for display the group score in a display of the group setting;
sending a message including the group score to a device having a display; or
posting or publishing the group score in association with a location or name of the group setting on a website.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein each user score is based on a reading of a user device of a user of the plurality of users at an access control system of the plurality of access control systems for entry in the group setting.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein each user score is from a test for assessing a risk of a user of having or developing the contagious illness.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein:
the group setting is associated with a building space having a building space location area;
the group setting s associated with an outdoor venue having an outdoor venue location area; or
the group setting is associated with a plurality of building spaces at different building space location areas and managed by the same organization having an organization name.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
at the server,
grouping at least a subset of the group settings according to a group setting type,
wherein communicating for display the scores further comprises communicating for display locations or names of the group settings of the grouped subset of the same group setting type in association with the scores.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the user score is from a test for assessing a risk of the user having or developing a contagious illness that is based on resulting data from executing an illness risk factor assessment function on the mobile user device which comprises the test, wherein the illness risk factor assessment function is an image-based symptom recognition function which is based on facial characteristics of the user obtained through a camera of the mobile user device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein at least one additional illness risk factor assessment function comprises one or more of:
a temperature reading function which is based on a temperature of the user;
an audio-based symptom recognition function which is based on qualities of voice, nasal, or congestion of the user, using an audio recorder of the mobile user device; or
a pulse oximeter function which is based on a blood oxygenation of the user.

### Claim 11

A system comprising:
a plurality of access control systems, each access control system being associated with a group setting of a plurality of group settings, wherein the access control system is operative to permit entry to the group setting to one or more users of a plurality of users;
a first server associated with each access control system, the first server managing entry into the respective group setting for the one or more users of the plurality of users, the first server configured to connect in a network;
a second server in communication with the first server associated with each access control system for the group setting of the plurality of group settings, the second server configured to connect in the network;
a mobile user device associated with a user of the plurality of users, the mobile user device configured to connect in a mobile network for communications;
the second server being configured to:
obtain a score indicating a group risk of a presence or development of a contagious illness in the group setting and store the score in association with a location of the group setting, for each group setting of the plurality of group settings;
monitor a current location of the mobile user device connected in the mobile network;
compare the current location of the mobile user device to one or more locations of the plurality of group settings;
upon identifying a match between the current location and the one or more locations of the plurality of group settings, communicate to the mobile user device a message indicating at least one group setting of the plurality of group settings as a current high risk group setting that is associated with a score that is outside a limit set by a threshold value and with a location in proximity to the current location of the mobile user device, wherein the threshold value for the score associated with the group setting is set by the user of the mobile user device;
wherein the first server is configured to permit or deny entry to the respective group setting to each of the one or more users based on a user score reading obtained by the access control system from the mobile user device of the user by communicating a signal to an entry mechanism of the access control system to open or close the entry mechanism.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein the message is communicated for alerting the mobile user device of the high risk group setting.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein the message comprises at least one of a visual alert, an audible alert, or a vibrating alert.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein obtaining the user score is from a test for assessing a risk of the user having or developing a contagious illness that is based on resulting data from executing an illness risk factor assessment function on the mobile user device which comprises the test, wherein the illness risk factor assessment function is an image-based symptom recognition function which is based on facial characteristics of the user obtained through a camera of the mobile user device.