Unlocking mobile-device and/or unmanned aerial vehicle capability in an emergency situation

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that are executable to cause a computing device to perform functions comprising:

• identifying a request for assistance at a remote emergency situation;
• identifying a remote device that is associated with the request for assistance;
• determining a target location corresponding to the emergency situation;
• controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to travel to the target location to provide emergency support;
• enabling an otherwise restricted capability of one or more of the remote device or the UAV after controlling the UAV to travel to the target location, wherein the capability is enabled to help provide emergency support in the remote emergency situation;
• determining, via a short-range communication protocol, that the UAV is in a nearby vicinity of the remote device;
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• enabling another otherwise restricted capability of one or more of the remote device or the UAV in response to determining that the UAV is in the nearby vicinity of the remote device.

An emergency-support system comprising:

• a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), wherein the plurality of UAVs are configured to provide emergency support for a plurality of emergency situations;
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• at least one component that is configured to:
• identify a request for assistance at a remote emergency situation;
• identify a remote device that is associated with the request for assistance;
• determine a target location corresponding to the emergency situation;
• control at least one UAV of the plurality of UAVs to travel to the target location to provide emergency support;
• enable an otherwise restricted capability of one or more of the remote device or the UAV after controlling the UAV to travel to the target location, wherein the capability is enabled to help provide emergency support in the remote emergency situation;
• and
• enable access to otherwise restricted information regarding one or more of a person identified by the remote device or the remote device itself.