OBTAINING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMUNICATION INFORMATION

• US 20120136923A1
• Filed: 11/21/2011
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Safety Network Partnership
• Original Assignee: Gary W. Grube
• Inventors: Grube, Gary W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,874,773 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A method begins by a processing module obtaining a temporary set of group information, wherein group information pertains to a group identifier (ID), and wherein the group ID is associated with a corresponding set of individual identifiers (IDs) of a plurality of individual IDs. The method continues with the processing module obtaining at least one set of individual information, wherein individual information pertains to an individual ID of the plurality of individual IDs. The method continues with the processing module obtaining a set of group information associated with the at least one set of individual information based on the temporary set of group information.

Claims

1. A method comprises:

obtaining a temporary set of group information, wherein group information pertains to a group identifier (ID), and wherein the group ID is associated with a corresponding set of individual identifiers (IDs) of a plurality of individual IDs;

obtaining at least one set of individual information, wherein individual information pertains to an individual ID of the plurality of individual IDs; and

obtaining a set of group information associated with the at least one set of individual information based on the temporary set of group information.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises at least one of:

facilitating storage of one or more of context information associated with the temporary set of group information, at least some of the temporary set of group information, at least some of the at least one set of individual information, and at least some of the group information; and

facilitating displaying one or more individual IDs of the at least one set of individual information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the temporary set of group information comprises at least one of:

receiving at least some of the temporary set of group information from a user input; and

retrieving the temporary set of group information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the temporary set of group information further comprises:

determining context information; and

identifying a set of group IDs of the temporary set of group information based on the context information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the context information comprises one or more of:

location coordinates;

current weather conditions;

forecasted weather conditions;

a sensor input;

date information;

time information;

a current activity;

a scheduled activity;

a current event; and

a scheduled event.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining the context information comprises at least one of:

querying an application server;

receiving a message;

a local memory lookup;

receiving an input device output;

receiving a user device sensor output; and

decoding wireless location signals to produce location coordinates.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the at least one set of individual information comprises:

receiving at least some of the at least one set of individual information from a user input; and

retrieving the at least one set of individual information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the at least one set of individual information further comprises:

determining context information; and

identifying an individual ID of the at least one set of individual information based on the context information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the set of group information associated with the at least one set of individual information comprises at least one of:

outputting a user prompt that includes at least some of the temporary set of group information;

extracting at least some of the temporary set of group information from a user input; and

receiving a group ID selection user input that includes at least some of the temporary set of group information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the set of group information associated with the at least one set of individual information further comprises:

generating a group information request based on the at least one set of individual information;

facilitating outputting the group information request; and

receiving a group information response that includes at least some of the temporary set of group information.

11. A computer comprises:

an interface;

a memory; and

a processing unit operable to;

obtain a temporary set of group information, wherein group information pertains to a group identifier (ID), and wherein the group ID is associated with a corresponding set of individual identifiers (IDs) of a plurality of individual IDs;

obtain at least one set of individual information, wherein individual information pertains to an individual ID of the plurality of individual IDs; and

obtain a set of group information associated with the at least one set of individual information based on the temporary set of group information.

12. The computer of claim 11, wherein the processing module further functions to:

facilitate storage of, in the memory, one or more of context information associated with the temporary set of group information, at least some of the temporary set of group information, at least some of the at least one set of individual information, and at least some of the group information; and

facilitate, via the interface, displaying one or more individual IDs of the at least one set of individual information.

13. The computer of claim 11, wherein the processing module functions to obtain the temporary set of group information by at least one of:

receiving, via the interface, at least some of the temporary set of group information from a user input; and

retrieving, from the memory, the temporary set of group information.

14. The computer of claim 11, wherein the processing module further functions to obtain the temporary set of group information by:

determining context information; and

identifying a set of group IDs of the temporary set of group information based on the context information.

15. The computer of claim 14, wherein the context information comprises one or more of:

location coordinates;

current weather conditions;

forecasted weather conditions;

a sensor input;

date information;

time information;

a current activity;

a scheduled activity;

a current event; and

a scheduled event.

16. The computer of claim 14, wherein the processing module functions to determine the context information by at least one of:

querying, via the interface, an application server;

receiving, via the interface, a message;

a local memory, of the memory, lookup;

receiving, via the interface, an input device output;

receiving, via interface, a user device sensor output; and

decoding wireless location signals to produce location coordinates.

17. The computer of claim 11, wherein the processing module functions to obtain the at least one set of individual information by:

receiving, via the interface, at least some of the at least one set of individual information from a user input; and

retrieving, from the memory, the at least one set of individual information.

18. The computer of claim 11, wherein the processing module further functions to obtain the at least one set of individual information by:

determining context information; and

identifying an individual ID of the at least one set of individual information based on the context information.

19. The computer of claim 11, wherein the processing module functions to obtain the set of group information associated with the at least one set of individual information by at least one of:

outputting, via the interface, a user prompt that includes at least some of the temporary set of group information;

extracting at least some of the temporary set of group information from a user input; and

receiving, via the interface, a group ID selection user input that includes at least some of the temporary set of group information.

20. The computer of claim 11, wherein the processing module further functions to obtain the set of group information associated with the at least one set of individual information further by:

generating a group information request based on the at least one set of individual information;

facilitating outputting, via the interface, the group information request; and

receiving, via the interface, a group information response that includes at least some of the temporary set of group information.