Targeted alert system with location-based and role-based alert distribution

A system to distribute alerts to individuals, comprising:

• building equipment configured to detect an event within a building and generate an alert identifying the event;
• and
• a targeted alert system configured to:
• receive the alert from the building equipment;
• identify a location within the building at which the event occurs;
• identify a location within the building of one or more of a plurality of individuals based on location information measured by mobile devices, each of the mobile devices associated with one of the individuals;
• determine a location trajectory of one or more of the mobile devices, each location trajectory comprising a future location of one of the mobile devices;
• identify a role performed by one or more of the individuals;
• select one or more of the individuals based on one or more of the location trajectories to receive the alert based on the role performed by one or more of the individuals;
• and
• distribute the alert to the one or more selected individuals.

A targeted alert system to distribute alerts to individuals, comprising the targeted alert system configured to:

• receive an alert from building equipment, the alert corresponding to an event within a building;
• identify a location within the building at which the event occurs;
• identify a location within the building of one or more of a plurality of individuals based on location information measured by mobile devices, each of the mobile devices associated with one of the individuals;
• determine a location trajectory of one or more of the mobile devices, each location trajectory comprising a future location of one of the mobile devices;
• identify a role performed by one or more of the individuals;
• select one or more of the individuals based on one or more of the location trajectories to receive the alert based on the role performed by one or more of the individuals;
• and
• distribute the alert to the one or more selected individuals.

A method of distributing alerts to individuals, comprising:

• receiving an alert identifying an event within a building;
• identifying a location within the building at which the event occurs;
• identifying a location within the building of one or more of a plurality of individuals based on location information measured by mobile devices, each of the mobile devices associated with one of the individuals;
• determining a location trajectory of one or more of the mobile devices, each location trajectory comprising a future location of one of the mobile devices;
• identifying a role performed by one or more of the individuals;
• selecting one or more of the individuals based on one or more of the location trajectories to receive the alert based on the role performed by one or more of the individuals;
• and
• distributing the alert to the one or more selected individuals.