IP Library Granted Patent US 11,356,833
Granted Patent B2
US 11,356,833 · App. 17/332,863 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Systems and methods for delivering and supporting digital requests for emergency service

Inventors: Michael John Martin (Long Island City, NY); Riccardo Pellegrini (New York, NY); Nicholas Edward Horelik (New York, NY); William Thomas Guthrie (Fairplay, CO)
Assignee: RAPIDSOS, INC.
H04W4/90H04M3/5116H04M3/5133H04W4/021
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Patent No.
US 11,356,833
App. No.
17/332,863
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for transmitting emergency alerts, emergency services requests, and emergency data associated with emergency alerts and emergency service requests to relevant parties, such monitoring centers and emergency service providers.

Claims (72)

1. An emergency management system (EMS), the EMS communicatively coupled to a monitoring center and a plurality of emergency service providers (ESPs) and comprising a memory, a network component, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the network component, the at least one processor operative to:

receive alarm data comprising an alarm location, wherein at least a portion of the alarm data is generated by an electronic device associated with a user;

receive a request, from a computing device associated with the monitoring center, to transmit the alarm data to an appropriate ESP, wherein the computing device associated with the monitoring center is separate and distinct from the electronic device associated with the user;

automatically determine an ESP from the plurality of ESPs as appropriate to receive the alarm data based on the alarm location;

transmit a digital emergency service request associated with the alarm data to the ESP, the digital emergency service request providing the ESP with one or more servicing options comprising a first option to claim the digital emergency service request;

transmit the alarm data for display within a graphical user interface (GUI) of an emergency response application accessed by the ESP; and

facilitate a two-way communication session between an emergency response application accessed through a computing device at the monitoring center and the ESP.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to:

determine if one of the one or more servicing options is selected within a specific time window; and

in response to determining that one of the one or more servicing options is not selected within the specific time window, implement a failsafe procedure.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor, when implementing the failsafe procedure, is operative to:

deliver a failsafe emergency call to the ESP;

transmit a second digital emergency service request associated with the alarm data to the ESP;

transmit a second digital emergency service request associated with the alarm data to a second ESP from the plurality of ESPs; or

prompt the monitoring center to call the ESP.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to:

receive a selection of the first option to claim the digital emergency service request; and

facilitate the two-way communication session between the monitoring center and the ESP in response to the selection of the first option to claim the digital emergency service request.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more servicing options comprises a second option to ignore the digital emergency service request.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to:

receive a selection of the first option to claim the digital emergency service request or the second option to ignore the digital emergency service request; and

determine an updated status of the digital emergency service request in response to the selection of the first option or the second option.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to transmit the updated status of the digital emergency service request to the monitoring center through the two-way communication session.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the updated status of the digital emergency service request is displayed within the GUI of the emergency response application accessed by the ESP.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to:

retrieve a plurality of geofences associated with the plurality of ESPs;

determine that the alarm location is within a geofence associated with the ESP from the plurality of geofences.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to:

detect an active communication link established between EMS and the ESP; and

transmit the digital emergency service request to the ESP in response to detecting the active communication link established between the EMS and the ESP and determining that the alarm location is within the geofence associated with the ESP.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the emergency response application is a computer aided dispatch (CAD) system.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the emergency response application is separate and distinct from a CAD system accessed by the ESP.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to provide information regarding the digital emergency service request to a CAD system accessible by the ESP.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the information regarding the digital emergency service request comprises content from the two-way communication session.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is operative to provide the information regarding the digital emergency service request to the CAD system in response to a query received from the CAD system.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is operative to receive regular and periodic queries from the CAD system.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the two-way communication session is a text-based communication session.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is operative to receive the alarm data from a computing device of the monitoring center.

19. A computer-implemented method for providing emergency response assistance to a monitoring center, the method comprising:

receiving alarm data comprising an alarm location, wherein at least a portion of the alarm data is generated by an electronic device associated with a user;

receiving a request, from a computing device associated with the monitoring center, to transmit the alarm data to an appropriate ESP, wherein the computing device associated with the monitoring center is separate and distinct from the electronic device associated with the user;

automatically determining an emergency service provider (ESP) as appropriate to receive the alarm data based on the alarm location;

transmitting a digital emergency service request associated with the alarm data to the ESP, the digital emergency service request providing the ESP with one or more servicing options comprising a first option to claim the digital emergency service request;

transmitting the alarm data for display within a graphical user interface (GUI) of an emergency response application accessed by the ESP; and

facilitating a two-way communication session between an emergency response application accessed through a computing device at the monitoring center and the ESP.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

determining if one of the one or more servicing options is selected within a specific time window; and

in response to determining that one of the one or more servicing options is not selected within the specific time window, implementing a failsafe procedure.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the failsafe procedure comprises one or more of:

delivering a failsafe emergency call to the ESP;

transmitting a second digital emergency service request associated with the alarm data to the ESP;

transmitting a second digital emergency service request associated with the alarm data to a second ESP from the plurality of ESPs; or

prompting the monitoring center to call the ESP.

22. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving a selection of the first option to claim the digital emergency service request or a second option to ignore the digital emergency service request;

determining an updated status of the digital emergency service request in response to the selection of the first option or the second option; and

transmitting the updated status of the digital emergency service request to the monitoring center through the two-way communication session.

23. The method of claim 19 , further comprising providing the updated status of the digital emergency service request to the ESP for display within the GUI of the emergency response application.

24. The method of claim 23 , further comprising:

detecting an active communication link established between EMS and the ESP, wherein the digital emergency service request is transmitted to the ESP at least in response to detecting the active communication link established between the EMS and the ESP.

25. The method of claim 19 , wherein the alarm data further comprises sensor data gathered by one or more home security devices.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the one or more home security devices comprise a motion sensor, a window or door sensor, a security camera, a glass break detector, or any combination thereof.

27. The method of claim 19 , wherein the two-way communication session is a text-based communication session.

28. The method of claim 19 , wherein the two-way communication session between the monitoring center and the ESP comprises a communication link between an alarm handling software application accessible by the monitoring center and an emergency response application accessible by the ESP.

29. The method of claim 19 , further comprising establishing an active or persistent communication link with the ESP before the ESP is determined as appropriate to receive the alarm data comprising the alarm location.

30. A computer-implemented method for providing emergency response assistance to a monitoring center, the method comprising:

receiving alarm data comprising an alarm location from the monitoring center, wherein at least a portion of the alarm data is generated by an electronic device associated with a user;

identifying an ESP to receive the alarm data based on the alarm location;

receive a request, from a computing device associated with the monitoring center, to transmit the alarm data to an appropriate ESP, wherein the computing device associated with the monitoring center is separate and distinct from the electronic device associated with the user;

transmitting a digital emergency service request associated with the alarm location to the ESP, the digital emergency service request providing the ESP with one or more servicing options comprising a first option to claim the digital emergency service request;

transmitting the alarm data for display within a graphical user interface (GUI) of an emergency response application accessed by the ESP; and

facilitating a communication session between an emergency response application accessed through a computing device at the monitoring center and the ESP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2022
From: MARTIN, MICHAEL JOHN; PELLEGRINI, RICCARDO; HORELIK, NICHOLAS EDWARD; GUTHRIE, WILLIAM THOMAS
To: RAPIDSOS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059675/0504 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2020046857 · Aug 18, 2020
Provisional Application 62888917 · Aug 19, 2019
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