Event and Time Tracking and Emergency Notification System

• US 20110175724A1
• Filed: 01/18/2010
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Angela Petra Kent
• Original Assignee: Angela Petra Kent
• Inventors: Kent, Angela Petra
• Application Number:
  US12/689,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20110175724A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A system and method for tracking subscribing users and time periods input by users for a specific future event occurrence. Tracking is determined by a computer network based system which allows for users to input details of specific upcoming events including but not limited to, time of departure, location, and estimated time of arrival. If the user does not confirm their arrival with the service provider server during a determined time interval, user input emergency contacts, relative to the individual event being tracked, will be contacted to alert of a possible problem. GPS location via a locating device can also be integrated to give the emergency contacts the exact location of the user.

Claims

1. An event tracking and emergency notification system for providing services to users, comprising:

allowing a user remote access to a server operated by a service provide;

allowing a user to input a user profile for electronic storage by said service provider;

said user profile including third party contact information for one or a plurality of third parties to be contacted on behalf of said user;

allowing said user, subsequent to said input of said user profile and contact information for said third parties, to access the server and input information concerning future events;

said information concerning future events including at least an estimated start time and an end time, a destination for said event, and a return point from said destination for said user at approximately said end time;

at substantially said start time, initiating a tracking of said user relative to said event;

ceasing said tracking only subsequent to a cessation input to said server, from said user, substantially at or prior to said end time; and

providing a notification to said third parties, subsequent to said end time, should said user fail to communicate said cessation input, said notification including information regarding destination and said return point and said user to said third parties, whereby said third parties can employ said information in said notification to attempt to locate said user.

2. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 1 additionally including:

allowing said user to input route information including travel route between said destination and said return point;

allowing said user to input a mode of travel along said travel route; and

employing said route information in said notification to third parties.

3. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 1 additionally including:

contacting said user, prior to providing said notification to said third parties, and allowing said user to amend said end time; and

resetting said end time to said secondary end time of said event; and

providing said notification to said third parties only if said user fails to communicate said cessation input after an elapse of said secondary end time.

4. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 2 additionally including:

contacting said user, prior to providing said notification to said third parties, and allowing said user to amend said end time, to a secondary end time; and

resetting said end time to said secondary end time of said event; and

providing said notification to said third parties only if said user fails to communicate said cessation input after an elapse of said secondary end time.

5. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 1 additionally including:

employing means for terrestrial location tracking of said user substantially in real time, to estimate a terrestrial position of said user, during the duration of said event; and

providing a last known said terrestrial location in any said notification to said third parties.

6. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 2 additionally including:

employing means for terrestrial location tracking of said user substantially in real time, to estimate a terrestrial position of said user, during the duration of said event; and

providing a last known said terrestrial location in any said notification to said third parties.

7. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 3 additionally including:

employing means for terrestrial location tracking of said user substantially in real time, to estimate a terrestrial position of said user, during the duration of said event;

employing said estimate of said terrestrial position of said user, to calculate said secondary end time;

communicating said secondary end time to said user; and

allowing said user to designate said secondary end time as said end time for said event.

8. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 4 additionally including:

employing means for terrestrial location tracking of said user substantially in real time, to estimate a terrestrial position of said user, during the duration of said event;

employing said estimate of said terrestrial position of said user, to calculate said secondary end time;

communicating said secondary end time to said user; and

allowing said user to designate said secondary end time as said end time for said event.

9. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 7 additionally including:

providing a last known said terrestrial location in any said notification to said third parties.

10. The event tracking and emergency notification system of claim 8 additionally including:

providing a last known said terrestrial location in any said notification to said third parties.