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Granted Patent B2
US 10,522,030 · App. 16/169,258 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

System and method for automatically transmitting floorplan

Inventors: Lorren Travis Taylor (Belton, MO); Deborah J. Taylor (Belton, MO)
G08B27/001G01C21/206G06F16/29G08B21/02H04W4/025
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Patent No.
US 10,522,030
App. No.
16/169,258
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes at least one processor to receive an emergency request from a first client computing device that indicates that a first responder is to be dispatched to a particular physical address, transmit the floorplan associated with the particular physical address to a second client computing device associated with the first responder, request a confirmation of the emergency request from the first client computing device and receive the confirmation of the emergency request from the first client computing device, and determine that the second computing device is within a particular distance from the particular physical address and display on a display of the second client computing device a location of a person in a particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address, the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address obtained from the first client computing device.

Claims (61)

1. A system comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to perform operations comprising:

receiving a floorplan of a building and storing the floorplan in a database;

receiving an emergency request from a first client computing device that indicates that a first responder is to be dispatched to a particular physical address associated with the building;

determining the floorplan associated with the particular physical address based on a telephone number associated with the first client computing device;

transmitting the floorplan associated with the particular physical address to a second client computing device associated with the first responder;

when the second client computing device is connected to a communication network, receiving a notification that the floorplan associated with the particular physical address is stored in memory of the second client computing device;

requesting a confirmation of the emergency request from the first client computing device and receiving the confirmation of the emergency request from the first client computing device; and

determining that the second computing device is within a particular distance from the particular physical address and displaying on a display of the second client computing device a location of a person in a particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address, the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address obtained from the first client computing device.

2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

receiving at least one image of the building and storing the at least one image of the building in the database; and

determining the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan based on the at least one image of the building.

3. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

receiving from the first client computing device, building data associated with the building comprising at least one of an occupant of the building, a name of the occupant of the building, an age of the occupant of the building, and a room of the occupant of the building;

storing the building data with the floorplan of the building in the database; and

determining the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan based on the building data.

4. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

storing the floorplan associated with the particular physical address in memory of the second computing device; and

when the second computing device is disconnected from the communication network and within the particular distance from the particular physical address, displaying on the display of the second computing device the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second computing device is associated with one of a police department, a fire department, and a hospital and the building is one of a residential domicile, an industrial building, and a commercial building.

6. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising retrieving the floorplan of the building from a server computing device.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by at least one processor, a floorplan of a building and storing the floorplan in a database;

receiving, by the at least one processor, an emergency request from a first client computing device that indicates that a first responder is to be dispatched to a particular physical address associated with the building;

determining, by the at least one processor, the floorplan associated with the particular physical address based on a telephone number associated with the first client computing device;

transmitting, by the at least one processor, the floorplan associated with the particular physical address to a second client computing device associated with the first responder;

when the second client computing device is connected to a communication network, receiving, by the at least one processor, a notification that the floorplan associated with the particular physical address is stored in memory of the second client computing device;

requesting, by the at least one processor, a confirmation of the emergency request from the first client computing device and receiving the confirmation of the emergency request from the first client computing device; and

determining, by the at least one processor, that the second computing device is within a particular distance from the particular physical address and displaying on a display of the second client computing device a location of a person in a particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address, the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address obtained from the first client computing device.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving at least one image of the building and storing the at least one image of the building in the database; and

determining the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan based on the at least one image of the building.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving from the first client computing device, building data associated with the building comprising at least one of an occupant of the building, a name of the occupant of the building, an age of the occupant of the building, and a room of the occupant of the building;

storing the building data with the floorplan of the building in the database; and

determining the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan based on the building data.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

storing the floorplan associated with the particular physical address in memory of the second computing device; and

when the second computing device is disconnected from the communication network and within the particular distance from the particular physical address, displaying on the display of the second computing device the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second computing device is associated with one of a police department, a fire department, and a hospital and the building is one of a residential domicile, an industrial building, and a commercial building.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising retrieving the floorplan of the building from a server computing device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a floorplan of a building and storing the floorplan in a database;

receiving an emergency request from a first client computing device that indicates that a first responder is to be dispatched to a particular physical address associated with the building;

determining the floorplan associated with the particular physical address based on a telephone number associated with the first client computing device;

transmitting the floorplan associated with the particular physical address to a second client computing device associated with the first responder;

when the second client computing device is connected to a communication network, receiving, by the at least one processor, a notification that the floorplan associated with the particular physical address is stored in memory of the second client computing device;

requesting a confirmation of the emergency request from the first client computing device and receiving the confirmation of the emergency request from the first client computing device; and

determining that the second computing device is within a particular distance from the particular physical address and displaying on a display of the second client computing device a location of a person in a particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address, the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address obtained from the first client computing device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

receiving at least one image of the building and storing the at least one image of the building in the database; and

determining the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan based on the at least one image of the building.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

receiving from the first client computing device, building data associated with the building comprising at least one of an occupant of the building, a name of the occupant of the building, an age of the occupant of the building, and a room of the occupant of the building;

storing the building data with the floorplan of the building in the database; and

determining the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan based on the building data.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

storing the floorplan associated with the particular physical address in memory of the second client computing device; and

when the second computing device is disconnected from the communication network and within the particular distance from the particular physical address, displaying on the display of the second computing device the location of the person in the particular space of the floorplan at the particular physical address.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising, wherein the second computing device is associated with one of a police department, a fire department, and a hospital and the building is one of a residential domicile, an industrial building, and a commercial building.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62581348 · Nov 3, 2017
Related Publication 20190139398A1 · May 9, 2019
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