Automated event severity determination in an emergency assistance system
AssigneeSaferAging, Inc.
InventorsJohn McKINLEY, Christopher WILLIAMS
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Abstract
A system and method for generating alerts for events in an emergency assistance system are provided. A report of an event is received from an event detecting device along with related information. A severity of the event is determined based at least in part on the related information, and one or more alerts are generated for responding to the event based at least in part on the severity. The related information can include audio recorded based on occurrence of the event, other component measurements based on occurrence of the event, etc.
Claims20
A system for generating alerts for events in an emergency assistance system, comprising:
- an event data aggregating component configured to receive a report of an event and related information;
- a severity determining component configured to determine a severity of the event based at least in part on the related information;
- and
- an alerting component configured to generate one or more alerts based at least in part on the severity of the event.
A method for generating alerts for events in an emergency assistance system, comprising:
- receiving a report of an event from an event detecting device along with related information;
- determining a severity of the event based at least in part on the related information;
- and
- generating one or more alerts for responding to the event based at least in part on the severity.
A pendant for reporting events in an emergency assistance system, comprising:
- one or more components configured to measure environmental aspects related to the pendant;
- an event parameter measuring component to determine a severity of one or more events detected based at least in part on measurements from the one or more components;
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- a main radio to report the one or more vents and the severity to the emergency assistance system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.