Location, tracking and alerting apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A method of determining the status of holders of mobile communications terminals during an incident, comprising determining the location of an incident;
- determining the position of the mobile terminal and using the position of the mobile terminal relative to the incident to determine the state of the user of that terminal, and using that status to transmit a message concerning the user'"'"'s status to one or more selected contacts of that user.
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Abstract
This invention describes a product that is used during emergency incidents where the location of people can be used to track who could have been involved in the incident for example Industrial Accidents, Extreme Weather, Natural Disasters, Terrorist Attacks etc. The service locates people using devices they carry with them typically their mobile phone (1). The people'"'"'s locations are compared to the location and radius of the incident and the probability that they may have been involved in the incident is determined (possible or low probability). People are also automatically contacted by a verity of means for example SMS (2) to their mobile and asked to confirm their status. Their status is automatically updated and available to people who they have linked themselves to via the service.
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1. A method of determining the status of holders of mobile communications terminals during an incident, comprising determining the location of an incident;
- determining the position of the mobile terminal and using the position of the mobile terminal relative to the incident to determine the state of the user of that terminal, and using that status to transmit a message concerning the user'"'"'s status to one or more selected contacts of that user.
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- 5. A system for locating the user of a mobile terminal in the event of an incident and alerting one or more predetermined contacts, the system comprising, in the event of a particular incident, determining the position of the mobile terminal and its relative distance from the incident or the epicentre of an incident, and means for using this position to transmit status messages to one or more predetermined contacts.
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16. A system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as illustrated by, the accompanying drawings.
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17. A method substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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