US 2019/0174569 A1 · LOCATION BASED THIRD PARTY NOTIFICATION

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and a system for determining a set of potential responders to alert a second party regarding an urgent communication. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to determine if a missed communication placed by a first party to a second party is an urgent communication. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to determine a set of potential responders based, at least in part, on a variety of possible locations of a communication device belonging to the second party.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining a mutual communication link was not established for a communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is associated with a first user and the second electronic device is associated with a second user;
determining the communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is abnormal;
estimating a set of possible locations for the second electronic device;
and
determining a set of potential responders to alert the second user based, at least in part, on the set of possible locations for the second electronic device.

2 more elements

A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine a mutual communication link was not established for a communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is associated with a first user and the second electronic device is associated with a second user;
program instructions to determine the communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is abnormal;
program instructions to estimate a set of possible locations for the second electronic device;
and
program instructions to determine a set of potential responders to alert the second user based, at least in part, on the set of possible locations for the second electronic device.

3 more elements

A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine a mutual communication link was not established for a communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is associated with a first user and the second electronic device is associated with a second user;
program instructions to determine the communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is abnormal;
program instructions to estimate a set of possible locations for the second electronic device;
and
program instructions to determine a set of potential responders to alert the second user based, at least in part, on the set of possible locations for the second electronic device.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/828,456Filed 1 Dec 2017

Published

6 Jun 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04L 67/52
Network services: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
H04W 4/021
Services making use of location information: services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
H04W 4/12
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Location based third party notification

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Location based third party notification

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Abstract

Claims20