Location based emergency alert
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorAmer Aref Hassan
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Abstract
Systems and methods may be used for alerting a device with information related to a nearby emergency. These systems and methods may include receiving a plurality of emergency communications from a corresponding plurality of user devices, determining an emergency location based on locations of the plurality of user devices based on the plurality of emergency communications, and determining whether the plurality of emergency communications at the emergency location exceed a threshold number of emergency communications. Proximate user devices may be identified, and an alert may be sent to at least one of the proximate user devices.
Claims20
A method performed by an emergency service system comprising:
- receiving, at a processor of the emergency service system, a plurality of emergency communications from a corresponding plurality of user devices;
- determining an emergency location based on locations of the plurality of user devices based on the plurality of emergency communications;
- determining whether the plurality of emergency communications at the emergency location exceed a threshold number of emergency communications;
- and
- identifying proximate user devices within a predefined proximity of the emergency location based on collected location signals associated with the proximate user devices;
- sending, in response to determining that the threshold number of emergency communications has been exceeded, an alert to at least one of the proximate user devices that did not provide one of the plurality of emergency communications.
A device for providing emergency service-related information, the device comprising:
- one or more hardware processors;
- a memory, storing instructions, which when executed, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a plurality of emergency communications from a corresponding plurality of user devices;
- determining an emergency location based on locations of the plurality of user devices based on the plurality of emergency communications;
- determining whether the plurality of emergency communications at the emergency location exceed a threshold number of emergency communications;
- and
- identifying proximate user devices within a predefined proximity of the emergency location based on collected location signals associated with the proximate user devices;
- sending, in response to determining that the threshold number of emergency communications has been exceeded, an alert to at least one of the proximate user devices that did not provide one of the plurality of emergency communications.
An apparatus for providing emergency service-related information, the apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving a plurality of emergency communications from a corresponding plurality of user devices;
- means for determining an emergency location based on locations of the plurality of user devices based on the plurality of emergency communications;
- means for determining whether the plurality of emergency communications at the emergency location exceed a threshold number of emergency communications;
- and
- means for identifying proximate user devices within a predefined proximity of the emergency location based on collected location signals associated with the proximate user devices;
- means for sending, in response to determining that the threshold number of emergency communications has been exceeded, an alert to at least one of the proximate user devices that did not provide one of the plurality of emergency communications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.