US 8,285,305 B2Granted

Notifying a user of an event

AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.

InventorsAlan Cornett, Robert C. Becker, Jerome P. Drexler

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Abstract

Devices, methods, and systems for notifying a user of an event are described herein. One or more embodiments include a computing device for notifying a user of an event. The computing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to determine a location of a user based on location information received from a personal device of the user, receive information regarding a predicted path or range of an event, determine, based on the location of the user and the information regarding the predicted path or range of the event, if the user is located within the predicted path or range of the event, and send a notification of the event to the user if the user is located within the predicted path or range of the event.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A computing device for notifying a user of an event, comprising:

a memory;
and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
determine a location of a user based on location information received from a personal device of the user;
receive information regarding a predicted path and range of an event;
determine, based on the location of the user and the information regarding the predicted path and range of the event, if the user is located within the predicted path and range of the event, wherein determining if the user is located within the predicted path and range of the event includes:
determining a probability of whether the user is located within the predicted path and range of the event based on the location of the user and the information regarding the predicted path and range of the event;
and
determining if the probability is greater than a predetermined probability, wherein the user is located within the predicted path and range of the event if the probability is greater than the predetermined probability;
send a notification of the event and advice on how to deal with the event to the user if the user is located within the predicted path and range of the event, wherein the advice on how to deal with the event includes:
one or more locations for the user to go to during or after the event;
and
one or more locations for the user to avoid during or after the event;
and
determine if the user has arrived at one of the one or more locations for the user to go to during or after the event.

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A system for notifying a user of an event, comprising:

a database having locations of a number of severe weather shelters;
and
a computing device coupled to the database and configured to:
determine a location of a user based on location information from a personal device of the user;
receive information regarding a predicted path and range of a severe weather event;
determine, based on the location of the user and the information regarding the predicted path and range of the severe weather event, if the user is located within the predicted path and range of the severe weather event, wherein determining if the user is located within the predicted path and range of the severe weather event includes
determining a probability of whether the user is located within the predicted path and range of the severe weather event based on the location of the user and the information regarding the predicted path and range of the severe weather event;
and
determining if the probability is greater than a predetermined probability, wherein the user is located with the predicted path and range of the severe weather event if the probability is greater than the predetermined probability;
send, if the user is located within the predicted path and range of the severe weather event, a notification of the severe weather event, locations of one or more of the severe weather shelters, and advice on how to deal with the severe weather event to the user, wherein the advice on how to deal with the severe weather event includes:
one or more locations for the user to go to during or after the severe weather event;
and
one or more locations for the user to avoid during or after the event;
and
determine if the user has arrived at one of the one or more locations for the user to go to during or after the severe weather event.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/880,895Filed 13 Sep 2010
Published: US 2012/0064910 A115 Mar 2012
Granted: 9 Oct 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04W 4/023
Services making use of location information: using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets…
G01S 5/0027
Transmission from mobile station to base station: of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
H04W 4/029
Services making use of location information: location-based management or tracking services
H04W 4/30
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services specially adapted for particular environments,…