US 2021/0084436 A1 · EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEMS WITH CUSTOMIZED ALERTS

Abstract

Aspects discussed herein relate to providing alerts to a community of devices located in or near a geographic area such as a building or property. The alerts override any alert-inhibiting state of the mobile device to deliver audio, visual, and/or haptic alerts in emergency situations. The communication and emergency alert system may be used to communicate with many different communities of people. Moreover, certain individuals may be members of more than one community at the same time, and the communities themselves may change over time based both on the user's preferences and on their physical locations. Users may set their own preferences for how alerts are provided, such as customizing the visual and/or audible notifications provided for an alert.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

obtaining an indication of an alert condition in a building;
determining that the alert condition comprises an emergency condition in a first portion of the building;
determining a location for a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device being associated with a community for the building;
determining a distance from each mobile device to the first portion of the building;
generating an alert associated with each mobile device within a threshold distance of the first potion of the building;
determining, for a first mobile device within a threshold distance of the first portion of the building, user preference data associated with the first mobile device;
modifying the alert for the first mobile device according to the user preference data;
and
transmitting each alert to the associated mobile device, wherein the modified alert is transmitted to the first mobile device.

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A computing device, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory in communication with the processor and storing instructions that, when read by the processor, cause the computing device to:
obtain an indication of an alert condition in a building;
determine that the alert condition comprises an emergency condition in a first portion of the building;
determine a location for a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device being associated with a community for the building;
determine a distance from each mobile device to the first portion of the building;
generate an alert associated with each mobile device within a threshold distance of the first potion of the building;
determine, for a first mobile device within a threshold distance of the first portion of the building, user preference data associated with the first mobile device;
modify the alert for the first mobile device according to the user preference data;
and
transmit each alert to the associated mobile device, wherein the modified alert is transmitted to the first mobile device.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

obtaining an indication of an alert condition in a building;
determining that the alert condition comprises an emergency condition in a first portion of the building;
determining a location for a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device being associated with a community for the building;
determining a distance from each mobile device to the first portion of the building;
generating an alert associated with each mobile device within a threshold distance of the first potion of the building;
determining, for a first mobile device within a threshold distance of the first portion of the building, user preference data associated with the first mobile device;
modifying the alert for the first mobile device according to the user preference data;
and
transmitting each alert to the associated mobile device, wherein the modified alert is transmitted to the first mobile device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Emergency alert systems with customized alerts

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Emergency alert systems with customized alerts

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Abstract

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