Emergency service provision with destination-specific information

• US 10,643,458 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: William Michael Smith
• Original Assignee: William Michael Smith
• Inventors: Smith, William Michael, Luby, Zeus Cory
• Primary Examiner(s): Foxx, Chico A
• Application Number:
  US15/656,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20190027017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/12 Manually actuated calamity alarm transmitting arrangements emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm, activators, e.g. details of alarm push buttons mounted on an infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/006 with transmission via telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

An emergency service provision platform may be provided. The platform may be integrated into existing transportation service provision platforms. The platform may be configured to receive pick-up and destination location and track a passenger'"'"'s route from the pick-up location to the destination. The platform may provide the passenger with an emergency notification button. Upon selection of the emergency notification button, the platform may communicate and alert comprising passenger and driver information to emergency contacts, infrastructure, and personnel. In some embodiments, the alert may be issued upon a detection of deviation from a route between the pick-up location and the destination. The emergency contacts, infrastructure, and personnel that receive the alert may be pre-set or determined dynamically based on the passenger'"'"'s location at the time of the alert issuance. Furthermore, while the passenger is en route to the destination, the platform may provide the passenger with destination specific information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a proximity of a passenger during a ride-share service provided by a driver of a vehicle associated with the ride-share service to a designated location of the passenger from a pick-up location, wherein the passenger possesses a computing device, and the proximity is determined, via a global positioning system, triangulation or local Wi-Fi, by tracking the passenger during the ride-share service;

determining information associated with the designated location based on the passenger activating an emergency button presented in a user-interface of the computing device, at a location indicating an emergency, during the ride-share service;

presenting the passenger with the determined information via the user-interface, wherein presenting the passenger with the determined information comprises;

displaying emergency service providers based on proximity to the emergency service providers during the ride-share service,

enabling the passenger to select a specific emergency organization of the displayed emergency service providers,

receiving an indication of selection, by the passenger, of the specific emergency organization, and

designating, upon receiving the indication of the selection, the specific emergency infrastructure for alert issuance upon an indication of an alert; and

issuing an alert to the specific emergency organization upon the indication of the alert, wherein issuing the alert comprises;

accessing passenger information,

accessing driver information,

providing, to the specific emergency organization, the following;

passenger name,

passenger location,

driver name, and

the driver'"'"'s vehicle information, and

tracking a route from the location of the activated emergency button in order to save coordinates pertinent to the passenger and the emergency.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the designated location is at least one of:

a geographic area, and an area within a selected radius from the determined proximity.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein presenting the passenger with the determined information when it is determined that the passenger is en-route to a destination associated with a particular geographical location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the designated location comprises at least one of:

the emergency service providers, non-emergency service providers, and promotional information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the driver with the determined information when the proximity of the passenger to the designated location meets a predetermined threshold.

5. The method of 4, wherein the information associated with the designated location further comprises the following:

information for emergency organizations including addresses, descriptions, contact information, and links to more information;

information for non-emergency service providers including promotional information pertaining to events and organizations; and

information for events including an address, description, contact information, dates and times, costs associated with the events, links to further information, and links to purchasing tickets.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions which when executed perform a method comprising:

determining, a proximity for a passenger during a ride-share service, provided by a driver of a vehicle associated with the ride-share service to a designated location of the passenger from a pick-up location, wherein the passenger possesses a computing device, and the proximity is determined, via a global positioning system, triangulation or local Wi-Fi, by tracking the passenger during the ride-share service;

determining information associated with the designated location based on the passenger activating an emergency button presented in a user-interface of the computing device, at a location indicating an emergency, during the ride-share service;

presenting the passenger with the determined information via the user-interface, wherein presenting the passenger with the determined information comprises;

displaying emergency service providers based on proximity to the emergency service providers during the ride-share service,

enabling the passenger to select a specific emergency organization of the displayed emergency service providers,

receiving an indication of selection, by the passenger, of the specific emergency organization, and

designating, upon receiving the indication of the selection, the specific emergency infrastructure for alert issuance upon an indication of an alert; and

issuing an alert to the specific emergency organization upon the indication of the alert, wherein issuing the alert comprises;

accessing passenger information,

accessing driver information,

providing, to the specific emergency organization, the following;

passenger name,

passenger location,

driver name, and

the driver'"'"'s vehicle information, and

tracking a route from the location of the activated emergency button in order to save coordinates pertinent to the passenger and the emergency.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the designated location is at least one of:

a geographic area, and an area within a selected radius from the determined proximity.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein presenting the passenger with the determined information when it is determined that the passenger is en-route to a destination associated with a particular geographical location.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the information associated with the designated location comprises at least one of:

the emergency service providers, non-emergency service providers, and promotional information.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the information associated with the designated location further comprises at least one of:

information for emergency organizations including addresses, descriptions, contact information, and links to more information;

information for non-emergency service providers including promotional information pertaining to events and organizations; and

information for events including an address, description, contact information, dates and times, costs associated with the events, links to further information, and links to purchasing tickets.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, further comprising presenting the driver with the determined information when the proximity of the passenger to the designated location meets a predetermined threshold.