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Granted Patent B2
US 10,643,457 · App. 16/236,086 · Granted May 5, 2020

Event-driven safety notification based on automated incident monitoring

Inventors: Brian Cruver (Austin, TX); Matthew Miller (Austin, TX)
Assignee: ALERT MEDIA, INC.
G08B25/016G08B25/10H04M1/72527H04M1/72538H04M1/72541H04W4/02H04W4/90H04W12/08H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 10,643,457
App. No.
16/236,086
Granted
May 5, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for facilitating automated response to an event notifying signal, the system including a network monitoring module, an assessment module, a resource monitoring module, and a resource response module. The network monitoring module is configured for monitoring signals received over a data network for a presence of one or more event notifying signals indicative of a relevant incident. The assessment module is configured for assessing a response of the one or more event notifying signals and a resource tasked to the response. The resource monitoring module is configured for monitoring a status of a resource tasked to the response of the event notifying signal. The resource response module is configured for communicating the response to the resource tasked to the response.

Claims (56)

1. A system for facilitating automated response to an event notifying signal, the system comprising:

a network monitoring module configured for monitoring signals received, from one or more data sources associated with one or more first-parties, over a data network for a presence of one or more event notifying signals indicative of a relevant incident;

an assessment module configured for assessing a response of the one or more event notifying signals and a resource associated with a second-party, enabled to receive communication from the system, and tasked to communicate the response;

a third-party association module configured for associating the resource with another resource associated with a third-party and enabled to receive communication from the system;

a resource monitoring module configured for monitoring a status indicating an adequacy of the resource to communicate the response; and

a resource response module configured for communicating the response to the resource if the status indicates the resource is adequate to communicate the response; and

a third-party response module configured for communicating a response to the other resource if the status indicates the resource is inadequate to communicate the response.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the assessment module is further configured for assessing one or more of a source, a frequency, or a transmission medium of an event notifying signal.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network monitoring module is further configured for monitoring a sensor associated with the resource.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a resource sequencing module configured for assigning a sequence of resources enabled to receive communication from the system and tasked to communicate the response, wherein the sequence is based, at least in part, on a status of a resource of the sequence, a usage pattern of the resource of the sequence, or an elapsed time.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a resource association module configured for associating one or more resources with a user.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the third-party association module is further configured for associating one or more resources with the third-party based, at least in part, on a status of the third-party, a record of proximity of the third-party to the resource, or a record of interaction between the third-party and the resource; and

the third-party response module is further configured for communicating a response to the one or more resources associated with the third-party.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a real-time communication module configured for:

communicating a response condition description indication to a user of the resource in response to the event notifying signal, and

receiving a condition description indication from the user of the resource for transmission with the event notifying signal.

8. A method for facilitating automated response to an event notifying signal comprising:

monitoring signals received, from one or more data sources associated with one or more first-parties, over a data network for a presence of one or more event notifying signals indicative of a relevant incident;

assessing a response of the one or more event notifying signals and a resource associated with a second-party and tasked to communicate the response;

associating the resource with another resource associated with a third party;

monitoring a status indicating an adequacy of the resource to communicate the response

communicating the response to the resource if the status indicates the resource is adequate to communicate the response; and

communicating a response to the other resource if the status indicates the resource is inadequate to communicate the response.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the assessing a response further comprises assessing one or more of a source, a frequency, or a transmission medium of an event notifying signal.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the monitoring the status of the resource further comprises monitoring a sensor associated with the resource.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

assigning a sequence of resources tasked to communicate the response, wherein the sequence is based, at least in part, on a status of a resource of the sequence, a usage pattern of the resource of the sequence, or an elapsed time.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

associating one or more resources with a user.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

associating one or more resources with the third-party based, at least in part, on a status of the third-party, a record of proximity of the third-party to the resource, or a record of interaction between the third-party and the resource, and

communicating a response to the one or more resources associated with the third-party.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

communicating a response condition description indication to a user of the resource in response to the event notifying signal, and

receiving a condition description indication from the user of the resource for transmission with the event notifying signal.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by one or more processors of a network-connected, multifunction mobile computing device to implement:

a network monitoring module configured for monitoring signals received, from one or more data sources associated with one or more first-parties, over a data network for a presence of one or more event notifying signals indicative of a relevant incident;

an assessment module configured for assessing a response of the one or more event notifying signals and a resource associated with a second-party and tasked to communicate the response;

a resource monitoring module configured for monitoring a status indicating an adequacy of the resource to communicate the response

a resource response module configured for communicating the response to the resource if the status indicates the resource is adequate to communicate the response; and

a third-party response module configured for communicating a response to another resource associated with a third-party if the status indicates the resource is inadequate to communicate the response.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors of the multifunction mobile-computing device to implement:

an event priority module configured for assessing one or more of a source, a frequency, or a transmission medium of an event notifying signal, and modifying an event priority in based, at least in part, on a condition description indication from a resource.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors of the multifunction mobile computing device to implement:

a resource sequencing module configured for assigning a sequence of resources tasked to communicate the response, wherein the sequence is based, at least in part, on a status of a resource of the sequence, a usage pattern of the resource of the sequence, or an elapsed time.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors of the multifunction mobile computing device to implement:

a resource association module configured for associating one or more resources with a user.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors of the multifunction mobile computing device to implement:

a third-party association module configured for associating one or more resources with the third-party based, at least in part, on a status of the third-party, a record of proximity of the third-party to the resource tasked to the response, or a record of interaction between the third-party and the resource tasked to the response, and

a third-party response module configured for communicating a response to the one or more resources associated with the third-party.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors of the multifunction mobile computing device to implement:

a real-time communication module configured for communicating a response condition description indication to a user of the resource in response to the event notifying signal, and receiving a condition description indication from the user of the resource for transmission with the event notifying signal.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2021
From: ALERT MEDIA, INC.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 055892/0538 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2021
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: ALERT MEDIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 055895/0253 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: ALERT MEDIA, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 053784/0649 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2019
From: CRUVER, BRIAN; MILLER, MATTHEW
To: ALERT MEDIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 049404/0842 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation In Part 15796291 · Oct 27, 2017
Continuation 15252788 · Aug 31, 2016
Continuation 15179207 · Jun 10, 2016
Continuation 14886552 · Oct 19, 2015
Provisional Application 62624487 · Jan 31, 2018
Provisional Application 62065378 · Oct 17, 2014
Related Publication 20190139396A1 · May 9, 2019