SMS emergency system

• US 20070111702A1
• Filed: 11/15/2006
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jan Sanzelius, Ken Maley, Kurt Lennartsson
• Original Assignee: Jan Sanzelius, Ken Maley, Kurt Lennartsson
• Inventors: Lennartsson, Kurt, Maley, Ken, Sanzelius, Jan
• Application Number:
  US11/599,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20070111702A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.100
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• 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

The invention creates new technologies in the area of mobile and landline system software to prioritize certain communications traffic, in case of an emergency. The invention also creates new technologies to extract from text messages the content about local conditions, such that it can be compared with other data about the same location and included in reporting.

Claims

1. A warning system consisting of one or more computer systems linking one or more registered dispatch service organizations with new or existing computer systems at one or more cell phone carriers, such as between a 911 dispatch organizations computer system and each carrier'"'"'s warning system, further processing messages to be sent through one or more a communication networks used to alert individuals through a mobile communications device in the event of an emergency and/or disaster,

2. Warning system in claim 1, to send Messages to individuals'"'"' mobile devices and landline phones with a registered home address in an affected area,

3. Warning system in claim 1 to send Messages to individuals currently located in the region affected by the emergency and/or disaster,

4. Warning system in claim 1 to customize Messages to be sent differently depending on if the phone is currently located inside the affected area or outside the area,

5. Warning system in claim 1 to prioritize the message traffic over ongoing other traffic in the network in such a way that emergency messages are given priority over ongoing traffic in the carriers network,

6. Warning system in claim 1 to request local condition reports from users and route all the replies to particular number or network location,

7. an Information Processing System to gather, interpret, analyze, collate and aggregate local condition reports in claim 6 into data pertaining to conditions at specific localities,

8. Information Processing System in claim 7 to produce reports of local condition data, often, but limited to maps,

9. Information Processing System in claim 7 to distribute such output and reports to first responders and other relevant agencies, companies and individuals.