Notifying entities of relevant events

• US 10,691,512 B1
• Filed: 01/23/2020
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Banjo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Banjo, Inc.
• Inventors: Patton, Damien, Urbach, Michael Avner, Guereca-Pinuelas, Armando, Gratton, Christian, Leung, K W Justin
• Primary Examiner(s): Onat, Umut
• Application Number:
  US16/751,105
• Time in Patent Office: 152 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/001 Signalling to an emergency team, e.g. firemen
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/186 Fuzzy logic; neural networks

Abstract

The present invention extends to systems and methods for notifying entities of relevant events. An entity defines a rule formula that is triggered when one or more detected events match the rule formula including defining one or more event types and one or more locations types. A boundary associated with a selected location type is also received along with a monitoring area. The received elements are combined into the rule formula notification preferences are associated with the defined rule. One or more events are detected and then compared to the rule formula to determine if the combination of one or more event types occurred within the boundary of the one or more location types within the area.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a location type, a boundary geometry, a user event truthfulness preference, a first event type, and a second event type;

receiving an indication of an area including a first location of the location type and a second location of the location type;

combining the location type, the boundary geometry, the area, the user event truthfulness preference, the first event type, and the second event type, into a rule formula;

monitoring the area for events occurring within a first boundary surrounding the first location or occurring within a second boundary surrounding the second location, the first boundary and the second boundary defined in accordance with the boundary geometry;

accessing first event characteristics including a first event type and a first event truthfulness corresponding to a first detected event;

accessing second event characteristics including a second event type and a second event truthfulness corresponding to a second detected event;

determining that a combination of the first characteristics and the second characteristics satisfy the rule formula, including determining that the first event type and the second event type occurred in combination within the first boundary and that the first event truthfulness and the second event truthfulness both satisfy the user event truthfulness preference; and

automatically electronically notifying an entity in accordance with notification preferences that the rule formula was satisfied.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising chaining together the first event type and the second event type with a logic operator selected from among an OR operator or an AND operator.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein chaining together the first event type and the second event type with a logic operator comprises chaining the first event type and the second event type together with an AND operator.

4. The method of claim 3, furthering comprising defining that an event of the first event type and another event of second event type are to occur within a specified distance of one another within a boundary defined by the boundary geometry to satisfy the AND operator.

5. The method of claim 3, furthering comprising defining that an event of the first event type and another event of the second event type are to occur within a specified time of one another within a boundary defined the boundary geometry to satisfy the AND operator.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a reverse search comparing the first characteristics and the second characteristics to the rule formula;

and

wherein determining that a combination of the first characteristics and the second characteristics satisfy the rule formula comprise determining that a combination of the first characteristics and the second characteristics satisfy the rule formula based on the comparison.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an indication of a boundary geometry comprises receiving an indication of a boundary geometry defining a radius.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an indication of an area comprises receiving an indication of an area that completely surrounds the first boundary and the second boundary.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein combining the location type, the boundary geometry, the area, the user event truthfulness preference, the first event type, and the second event type, into a rule formula comprises determining that the entity is authorized to formulate the rule formula.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein combining the location type, the boundary geometry, the area, the user event truthfulness preference, the first event type, and the second event type, into a rule formula comprises editing another rule formula into the rule formula.

11. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

system memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions configured to cause the processor to;

receiving an indication of a location type, a boundary geometry, a user event truthfulness preference, a first event type, and a second event type;

receiving an indication of an area including a first location of the location type and a second location of the location type;

combining the location type, the boundary geometry, the area, the user event truthfulness preference, the first event type, and the second event type, into a rule formula;

monitoring the area for events occurring within a first boundary surrounding the first location or occurring within a second boundary surrounding the second location, the first boundary and the second boundary defined in accordance with the boundary geometry;

accessing first detected event characteristics including a first event type and a first event truthfulness corresponding to a first detected event;

accessing second detected event characteristics including a second event type and a second event truthfulness corresponding to a second detected event;

determining that a combination of the first characteristics and the second characteristics satisfy the rule formula, including determining that the first event type and the second event type occurred in combination within the first boundary and that the first event truthfulness and the second event truthfulness both satisfy the user event truthfulness preference; and

automatically electronically notifying an entity in accordance with notification preferences that the rule formula was satisfied.

12. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising instructions configured to chain together the first event type and the second event type with a logic operator selected from among an OR operator or an AND operator.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein instructions configured to chain together the first event type and the second event type with a logic operator comprise instructions configured to chain the first event type and the second event type together with an AND operator.

14. The computer system of claim 13, furthering comprising instructions configured to define that an event of the first event type and another event of second event type are to occur within a specified distance of one another within a boundary defined the boundary geometry to satisfy the AND operator.

15. The computer system of claim 13, furthering comprising instructions configured to define that an event of the first event type and another event of the second event type are to occur within a specified time of one another within a boundary defined by the boundary geometry to satisfy the AND operator.

16. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising instructions configured to perform a reverse search comparing the first characteristics and the second characteristics to the rule formula;

and

wherein instructions configured to determine that a combination of the first characteristics and the second characteristics satisfy the rule formula comprise instructions configured to determine that a combination of the first characteristics and the second characteristics satisfy the rule formula based on the comparison.

17. The computer system of claim 11, wherein instructions configured to receive an indication of a boundary geometry comprise instructions configured to receive an indication of a boundary geometry defining a radius.

18. The computer system of claim 11, wherein instructions configured to receive an indication of an area comprise instructions configured to receive an indication of an area that completely surrounds the first boundary and the second boundary.

19. The computer system of claim 11, wherein instructions configured to combine the location type, the boundary geometry, the area, the user event truthfulness preference, the first event type, and the second event type, into a rule formula comprise instructions configured to determine that the entity is authorized to formulate the rule formula.

20. The computer system of claim 11, wherein instructions configured to combine the location type, the boundary geometry, the area, the user event truthfulness preference, the first event type, and the second event type, into a rule formula comprise instructions configured to edit another rule formula into the rule formula.