IP Library Granted Patent US 9,582,841
Granted Patent B2
US 9,582,841 · App. 14/808,213 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Location based emergency management plans

Inventors: Craig Arthur Klein (San Antonio, TX); Gregory O. Harp (Allen, TX); Joseph Eric Sineath (Orange Park, FL); Steven James Waken (Dallas, TX)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
G06Q90/205H04W4/021H04W4/04H04W4/22H04W76/007
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Patent No.
US 9,582,841
App. No.
14/808,213
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Locational tracking aids emergency management plans. Occupants of a building or campus are determined based on presence or detection of wireless devices. When an emergency occurs, the occupants may move to safety based on the current locations of their wireless devices.

Claims (37)

1. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a cellular identifier associated with a wireless device requesting access to a wireless local area network identified by a service set identifier;

querying an electronic database for the service set identifier, the electronic database having electronic database associations between evacuation routes and service set identifiers including the service set identifier identifying the wireless local area network;

retrieving an evacuation route of the evacuation routes from the electronic database, the evacuation route having an electronic database association with the service set identifier;

sending the evacuation route to the wireless device associated with the cellular identifier; and

monitoring network waypoints of service set identifiers associated with the evacuation route.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the network waypoints of service set identifiers associated with the evacuation route.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise comparing the service set identifier to the network waypoints of the service set identifiers along the evacuation route.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise storing the service set identifier as a current location associated with the cellular identifier.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a human flow as a count over time of different cellular identifiers simultaneously associated with the service set identifier.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise generating an electronic listing of cellular identifiers associated with wireless devices having a current location associated with the service set identifier.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an electronic elevator instruction having another electronic database association with the service set identifier, the electronic elevator instruction for summoning an elevator.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a cellular identifier associated with a wireless device requesting access to a wireless local area network identified by a service set identifier;

querying, by the server, an electronic database for the service set identifier, the electronic database having electronic database associations between evacuation routes and service set identifiers including the service set identifier identifying the wireless local area network;

retrieving, by the server, an evacuation route of the evacuation routes from the electronic database, the evacuation route having an electronic database association with the service set identifier;

sending, by the server, the evacuation route to the wireless device associated with the cellular identifier; and

determining, by the server, a human flow as a count over time of different cellular identifiers simultaneously associated with the service set identifier.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising retrieving network waypoints of service set identifiers along the evacuation route.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising comparing the service set identifier to the network waypoints of the service set identifiers along the evacuation route.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising storing the service set identifier as a current location associated with the cellular identifier.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising comparing the human flow to a threshold flow.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising generating an electronic listing of cellular identifiers associated with wireless devices having a current location associated with the service set identifier.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising retrieving an electronic elevator instruction having another electronic database association with the service set identifier, the electronic elevator instruction for summoning an elevator.

15. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a cellular identifier associated with a wireless device requesting access to a wireless local area network identified by a service set identifier;

querying an electronic database for the service set identifier, the electronic database having electronic database associations between evacuation routes and service set identifiers including the service set identifier identifying the wireless local area network;

retrieving an evacuation route of the evacuation routes from the electronic database, the evacuation route having an electronic database association with the service set identifier;

sending the evacuation route to the wireless device associated with the cellular identifier;

retrieving network waypoints of service set identifiers along the evacuation route; and

comparing the service set identifier to the network waypoints of the service set identifiers;

wherein the wireless device is tracked along the evacuation route.

16. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise storing the service set identifier as a current location associated with the cellular identifier.

17. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a human flow as a count over time of different cellular identifiers simultaneously associated with the service set identifier.

18. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise generating an electronic listing of cellular identifiers associated with wireless devices having a current location associated with the service set identifier.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2015
From: HARP, GREGORY O.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 036444/0772 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2015
From: KLEIN, CRAIG ARTHUR; SINEATH, JOSEPH ERIC; WAKEN, STEPHEN JAMES
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 036193/0053 →
Continuity (1)
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