METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RELAYING OUT OF RANGE EMERGENCY INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A computer readable storage medium that is not a transient signal per se, the computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:
- identifying, by a first device, characteristics indicative of an occurrence of an emergency event;
detecting a second device associated with the emergency event, the second device capable of device-to-device communication with the first device within a device-to-device communication range;
transmitting, via device-to-device communication from the first device to the second device, first information related to the occurrence of the emergency event;
receiving, via device-to-device communication from the second device to the first device, second information related to the occurrence of the emergency event;
generating a report message comprising at least one or both of the first information or the second information;
evaluating, via device-to-device communication between the first device and the second device, first device characteristics associated with the first device and second device characteristics associated with the second device, the first and second device characteristics comprising at least one of respective device-to-device transmission capabilities, respective remaining battery power, respective subscriptions for transmitting emergency event information, or respective message capacity transmission capabilities;
selecting the first device as a designated transmitter of the report message when, based upon the evaluation of the first and second device characteristics, the first device characteristics are more favorable for transmission of the report message than the second device characteristics;
when the first device is selected as the designated transmitter, transmitting the report message from the first device; and
receiving, via device-to-device communication, an acknowledgement of receipt of the report message.
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Abstract
A report message may be transmitted with collaborated information related to the occurrence of an emergency event. A plurality of devices, such as mobile communications devices, that are out of range of a communications network can communicate via direct communication, such as device-to-device communication, to corroborate characteristics that are indicative of an occurrence of an emergency event. Information related to the occurrence may be collaborated amongst the plurality of devices. A transmitting device, which may be one of the plurality of devices that corroborates characteristics or collaborates information, may generate and transmit the report message comprising the collaborated information. A receiving device may provide the message over a communications network, or the report message may continue to be handed off between devices capable of direct communication, the message eventually reaching a device that is within range of the communications network.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer readable storage medium that is not a transient signal per se, the computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:
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identifying, by a first device, characteristics indicative of an occurrence of an emergency event; detecting a second device associated with the emergency event, the second device capable of device-to-device communication with the first device within a device-to-device communication range; transmitting, via device-to-device communication from the first device to the second device, first information related to the occurrence of the emergency event; receiving, via device-to-device communication from the second device to the first device, second information related to the occurrence of the emergency event; generating a report message comprising at least one or both of the first information or the second information; evaluating, via device-to-device communication between the first device and the second device, first device characteristics associated with the first device and second device characteristics associated with the second device, the first and second device characteristics comprising at least one of respective device-to-device transmission capabilities, respective remaining battery power, respective subscriptions for transmitting emergency event information, or respective message capacity transmission capabilities; selecting the first device as a designated transmitter of the report message when, based upon the evaluation of the first and second device characteristics, the first device characteristics are more favorable for transmission of the report message than the second device characteristics; when the first device is selected as the designated transmitter, transmitting the report message from the first device; and receiving, via device-to-device communication, an acknowledgement of receipt of the report message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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11. A first device comprising:
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a memory having at least one executable instruction stored thereon; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one executable instruction to; detect a second device within a device-to-device communication range of the first device when the first device is out of range of a communications network; evaluate first device characteristics associated with the first device and second device characteristics associated with the second device via device-to-device communication with the second device, the first and second device characteristics comprising at least one of respective device-to-device transmission capabilities, respective remaining battery power, respective subscriptions for transmitting messages, or respective message capacity transmission capabilities; and when, based upon the evaluation of the first and second device characteristics, the first device characteristics are more favorable than the second device characteristics for transmission of a message, select the first device as a designated transmitter.
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