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Granted Patent B2
US 10,715,987 · App. 16/145,442 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Dynamic derivation of and broadcast to emergency contact list

Inventors: Eric Zavesky (Austin, TX); Christopher Volinsky (Morristown, NJ); James Klosowski (Ridgefield, CT)
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
H04W4/90H04W4/02H04W4/08
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Patent No.
US 10,715,987
App. No.
16/145,442
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for dynamic derivation of and sending to a contact group. The system may recognize an emergency situation (natural disaster, stranded, lost cell connection) and send a confirmation that may be sent to different contact groups from a network entity.

Claims (42)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

obtaining first information associated with a user of a mobile device, the first information comprising a geographic location of the mobile device;

obtaining second information, wherein the second information comprises geographic location information for contacts associated with the mobile device and information for one or more triggering events associated with the user;

detecting a triggering event of the one or more triggering events;

determining a triggering event type for the detected triggering event;

in response to the triggering event type for the detected triggering event, the first information, and the second information, generating a contact group from a list of contacts associated with the mobile device using the triggering event type, the first information, and the second information, wherein the contact group is a subset of contacts of the list of contacts; and

sending a message to the contact group, wherein the message to the contact group is a message regarding whereabouts of the user associated with the mobile device or a yes-okay message.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises a time.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises a weather alert.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises a percentage of outbound communication by the mobile device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises number of communications from the contacts to the mobile device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a server, the mobile device, or another mobile device.

7. A tangible computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause said computing device to effectuate operations comprising:

obtaining first information associated with a user of a mobile device, the first information comprising a geographic location of the mobile device;

obtaining second information, wherein the second information comprises geographic location information for contacts associated with the mobile device and information for one or more triggering events associated with the user;

detecting a triggering event of the one or more triggering events;

determining a triggering event type for the detected triggering event

in response to the triggering event type for the detected triggering event, the first information, and the second information, generating a contact group from a list of contacts associated with the mobile device using the triggering event type, the first information, and the second information, wherein the contact group is a subset of contacts of the list of contacts; and

sending a message to the contact group, wherein the message to the contact group is a message regarding whereabouts of the user associated with the mobile device or a yes-okay message.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the first information comprises a weather alert.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the first information comprises a percentage of outbound communication by the mobile device.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the second information comprises number of communications from the contacts to the mobile device.

11. A system comprising

a mobile device; and

an apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

obtaining first information associated with a user of a mobile device, the first information comprising a geographic location of the mobile device;

obtaining second information, wherein the second information comprises geographic location information for contacts associated with the mobile device and information for one or more triggering events associated with the user;

detecting a triggering event of the one or more triggering events;

determining a triggering event type for the detected triggering event;

in response to the triggering event type for the detected triggering event, the first information, and the second information, generating a contact group from a list of contacts associated with the mobile device using the triggering event type, the first information, and the second information, wherein the contact group is a subset of contacts of the list of contacts; and

sending a message to the contact group, wherein the message to the contact group is a message regarding whereabouts of the user associated with the mobile device or a yes-okay message.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first information comprises a weather alert.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first information comprises a percentage of outbound communication by the mobile device.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second information comprises number of communications from the contacts to the mobile device.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the triggering event comprises at least one of: news information, social media information, weather, a geographical location, an elapsed time period, a pattern of communication, a lack of a pattern of communication, a pattern of unusual activity, or sensor information.

16. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising monitoring geo-fenced information within a predetermined location of the mobile device and determining an occurrence of a triggering event when the geo-fenced information exceeds a predetermined threshold.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the message is sent repeatedly according to a predetermined schedule.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the yes-okay message is sent based on biometric information associated with the user or authentication information generated by the user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2018
From: ZAVESKY, ERIC; VOLINSKY, CHRISTOPHER; KLOSOWSKI, JAMES
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
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Continuity (1)
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