EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION THROUGH RESERVED NETWORK COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
First Claim
1. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions providing an operating system for a computing device, the computer-executable instructions directed to steps comprising:
- identifying data received through a network connection as associated with a network communication channel reserved for emergency notifications;
in response to the identifying, providing the received data to an emergency notification system component of the operating system; and
causing the computing device to display emergency-related information in a manner appropriate for the computing device.
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Abstract
A network communication channel can be reserved for emergency notifications. The network communication channel can be a dedicated protocol, port or message identification mechanism that can be recognized by networking software and directed to an emergency notification system that can be operationally associated with an operating system of a computing device. The emergency notification system can cause the computing device to provide appropriate emergency notifications that seek to inform the user without providing detailed, directed instructions that risk being misleading. A centralized emergency notification server can initiate the communications on the reserved communication channel and can direct such communications to computing devices affected by the emergency, which can be selected based on network identifiers associated with affected physical regions.
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18 Claims
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1. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions providing an operating system for a computing device, the computer-executable instructions directed to steps comprising:
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identifying data received through a network connection as associated with a network communication channel reserved for emergency notifications; in response to the identifying, providing the received data to an emergency notification system component of the operating system; and causing the computing device to display emergency-related information in a manner appropriate for the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of providing emergency notifications comprising the steps of:
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receiving information comprising an identification of an emergency and a location of the emergency; identifying an affected area associated with the emergency and informed by the location of the emergency; identifying affected computing devices based on network identifiers that correspond to the affected area and that were previously assigned to the affected computing devices in accordance with the affected computing devices'"'"' locations; transmitting, to the affected computing devices, an emergency notification message via a network communication channel reserved for emergency notifications; providing, at each affected computing device, the emergency notification message to an emergency notification system of the each affected computing device'"'"'s operating system; and causing the each affected computing device to display information associated with the emergency in a manner appropriate for the each affected computing device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing emergency notifications comprising:
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an emergency notification server comprising a communicational connection to an alarm system, a communicational connection to a building services information repository, a communicational connection to at least one affected computing device, and a processing unit for utilizing emergency data that is associated with an emergency and that was received from the alarm system and information that was received from the building services information repository to identify the at least one affected computing device affected by the emergency, and for utilizing the communicational connection to the at least one affected computing device to transmit an emergency notification utilizing a network communication channel reserved for emergency notifications; and at least one affected computing device comprising an operating system comprising an emergency notification system, the operating system recognizing the emergency notification as such based its transmission via the network communication channel reserved for emergency notifications, and the emergency notification system causing the at least one affected computing device to display emergency-related information in a manner appropriate for the at least one affected computing device in response to the emergency notification. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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