Granted Patent B2

US 12,190,711 · App. 18/154,445 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Anil Mehta (Makanda, IL); Michael John Martin (Long Island City, NY); Nicholas Edward Horelik (New York, NY)

Assignee: RapidSOS, Inc.

G08B25/016G08B25/006G08B25/009G08B26/00G08B26/007H04L67/12H04M1/72418H04M3/5116H04W4/90H04M2242/04H04M2242/15

Abstract

Claims (23)

1. A system for facilitating communications between a network of sensors and an emergency dispatch center, the system comprising:

a first sensor belonging to a network of sensors, wherein the network of sensors is registered to a user and comprises a plurality of sensors, the first sensor configured to detect an emergency situation based on sensor data gathered by the first sensor;

a communication device, separate from the network of sensors, associated with the user and configured to receive an electronic communication regarding the emergency situation and initiate an emergency alert for the emergency situation; and

an emergency management system (EMS), configured to receive the emergency alert initiated by the communication device and, in response to receiving the emergency alert initiated by the communication device, transmit a request for emergency assistance regarding the emergency situation to an emergency dispatch center (EDC).

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication device is further configured to initiate the emergency alert in response to a selection of a button presented within a user interface provided by the communication device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data gathered by the first sensor comprises at least one environmental or physiological parameter and wherein the first sensor is further configured to detect the emergency situation by determining that the at least one environmental or physiological parameter is outside of a predetermined threshold range.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined threshold range is determined by the user.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined threshold range is determined using a moving average.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the EMS is further configured to select the EDC to receive the request for emergency assistance from a plurality of emergency EDCs based on a location associated with the network of sensors.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network of sensors comprises an internet of things (IoT) network.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the EMS is further configured to receive the sensor data gathered by the first sensor and transmit the sensor data gathered by the first sensor to the EDC.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the sensor data gathered by the first sensor comprises a video feed.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the EMS is further configured to transmit the sensor data gathered by the first sensor to the EDC in response to receiving a request for situational awareness information from the EDC.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first sensor is further configured to gather, after the EMS transmits the request for emergency assistance regarding the emergency situation to the EDC, updated sensor data, and wherein the EMS is further configured to receive the updated sensor data and transmit the updated sensor data to the EDC.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the EMS is further configured to establish a first communication link with the communication device and a second communication link with the EDC and bridge the first and second communication links to facilitate an emergency communication session between the communication device and the EDC.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the EDC is a public safety answering point (PSAP).

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors comprises two or more of an accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, motion sensor, optical sensor, or mechanical sensor.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors comprises two or more of a heart rate monitor, a blood oxygen sensor, a blood pressure sensor, and a blood sugar sensor.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors is communicatively coupled to a wearable device.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the wearable device is communicatively coupled to the communication device.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the EMS is further configured to receive a response from the EDC and forward the response from the EDC to the communication device.

19. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a routing device communicatively coupled to the network of sensors and configured to transmit the electronic communication regarding the emergency situation to the communication device in response to the first sensor detecting the emergency situation based on the sensor data gathered by the first sensor.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the routing device is wirelessly connected to the network of sensors.

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