Route management

• US 10,021,552 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2017
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Klein, Craig Arthur, Harp, Gregory O., Sineath, Joseph Eric, Waken, Stephen James
• Primary Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US15/719,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20180027397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 284 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/205 Building evacuation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

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

1. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

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

determining a count of wireless devices registered with a wireless network;

querying an electronic database for the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network, the electronic database electronically associating routes to counts including the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network;

identifying a route of the routes in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network; and

monitoring locations associated with the wireless devices according to the route identified in the electronic database.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to any of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to all of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

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

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise assigning a task to one of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to any one of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise monitoring network waypoints associated with the route.

8. A method, comprising:

determining, by a server, a count of wireless devices registered with a wireless network;

querying, by the server, an electronic database for the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network, the electronic database electronically associating routes to counts including the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network;

identifying, by the server, a route of the routes in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network; and

monitoring, by the server, locations associated with the wireless devices according to the route identified in the electronic database.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the route to any of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the route to all of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising monitoring network waypoints associated with the route.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising assigning a task to one of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the route to any one of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising monitoring network waypoints of service set identifiers associated with the route.

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

determining a count of wireless devices registered with a wireless network;

querying an electronic database for the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network, the electronic database electronically associating routes to counts including the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network;

identifying a route of the routes in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network; and

monitoring locations associated with the wireless devices according to the route identified in the electronic database.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to any of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

17. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to all of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

18. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise monitoring network waypoints of service set identifiers associated with the route.

19. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise assigning a task to one of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.

20. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to any one of the wireless devices registered with the wireless network.