EMERGENCY INCLUDING CRIME BROADCAST IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL NETWORK

• US 20140087780A1
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raj Abhyanker
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj V., Jensen-Haxel, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 9,071,367 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/521
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/59 for emergency or urgency
• 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 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, a device and a system of emergency including crime broadcast data generation and publication in a constrained geospatial vicinity around a broadcast location of a neighborhood social network. In one embodiment, the emergency broadcast data is radially distributed as a notification data through an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and/or a push notification delivered to (1) a set of recipients through an internet protocol (IP) based network associated with users and/or their user profiles around an epicenter defined at a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through a computing device or (2) a set of service providers through a cellular network using the radial algorithm in addition to the set of recipients through the IP based network associated with users and/or their user profiles.

Claims

1. A method of an emergency response server comprising:

validating that an emergency broadcast data generated through a mobile device is associated with a verified user of the emergency response server using a processor and a memory;

verifying that a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server;

determining that a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device is trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server; and

automatically publishing the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the emergency response server using a radial algorithm.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining that the emergency broadcast data is generated by the verified user of a neighborhood broadcast system when validating that the emergency broadcast data is associated with the mobile device;

determining that an application on the mobile device is communicating the emergency broadcast data to the emergency response network when the emergency broadcast data is processed;

associating the verified user with a verified user profile in the emergency response network through the application on the mobile device; and

presenting the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device as an emergency alert pushpin of the emergency broadcast in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and business listings in a surrounding vicinity, such that the emergency alert pushpin of the emergency broadcast is automatically presented on the geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the emergency response server,

wherein the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device is radially distributed through at least one of an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and a push notification delivered to desktop and mobile devices associated with users and their user profiles around an epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area defined by the threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the radial algorithm of a emergency response network that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from the current geospatial location at the epicenter.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

permitting the verified user to drag and drop the emergency alert pushpin on any location on the geospatial map, and automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated with a placed location; and

automatically notifying at least one of a police department, a fire department, and a hospital in a surrounding geospatial area to the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

monitoring whenever the mobile device associated with the verified user is used to generate an emergency telephone call;

capturing an audio data associated with the emergency telephone call through the mobile device through an emergency capture module of the emergency response server;

generating a transcript of the audio data through a transcription module of the emergency response server;

automatically broadcasting at least one of a notification of the electronic telephone call, the audio data associated with the electronic telephone call, and the transcript of the electronic telephone call through at least one of the on-page posting, the electronic communication, and the push notification delivered to desktop and mobile devices associated with users and their user profiles around the epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device using the radial algorithm; and

extracting the geospatial coordinates from a metadata associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

determining a relative match between a persistent clock associated with the emergency response server and a digital clock of the mobile device to determine that the time stamp associated with the creation date and time of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device is accurate and therefore trusted; and

automatically deleting of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the emergency response server based on an emergency alert expiration time.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

geocoding a set of residential addresses each associated with a resident name in a neighborhood surrounding the mobile device; and

prepopulating the set of residential addresses each associated with the resident name as the set of user profiles in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server in a neighborhood curation system communicatively coupled with the emergency response server.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

permitting the verified user to modify content in each of the set of user profiles;

tracking the modified content through the neighborhood curation system;

generating a reversible history journal associated with each of the set of user profiles such that a modification of the verified user can be undone on a modified user profile page;

determining an editing credibility of the verified user based on an edit history of the verified user and a community contribution validation of the verified user by other users of the neighborhood curation system; and

automatically publishing the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server using the radial algorithm.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

processing a claim request of the verified user generating the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device to be associated with an address of the neighborhood curation system;

determining if the claimable neighborhood in the neighborhood curation system is associated with a private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system;

associating the verified user with the private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community has been activated by at least one of the verified user and a different verified user;

permitting the verified user to draw a set of boundary lines in a form of a geospatial polygon such that the claimable neighborhood in a geospatial region surrounding the claim request creates the private neighborhood community in the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community is inactive;

verifying the claim request of the verified user generating the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device to be associated with a neighborhood address of the neighborhood curation system when the address is determined to be associated with at least one of a work address and a residential address of the verified user; and

simultaneously publishing the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user generating the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device in the threshold radial distance from the address associated with the claim request of the verified user of the neighborhood curation system when automatically publishing the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server based on a set of preferences of the verified user using the radial algorithm.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

providing a summary data to the verified user generating the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device when publishing the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device in at least one of the private neighborhood community and the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server based on the set of preferences of the verified user.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

live broadcasting the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to the different verified user and other verified users in at least one of the private neighborhood community and currently within the threshold radial distance from the current geospatial location through a multicast algorithm of the emergency response server such that a live broadcast multicasts to a plurality of data processing systems associated with each of the different user and the other verified users simultaneously when the mobile device of the verified user generating the live-broadcast enables broadcasting of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to any one of a geospatial vicinity around the mobile device of the verified user generating the broadcast and in any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection; and

permitting the different verified user and other verified users in at least one of the private neighborhood community to bi-directionally communicate with the verified user generating the broadcast through the emergency response server,

wherein any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has the non-transitory connection is at least one of the residential address of the verified user and a work address of the verified user that has been confirmed by the emergency response server as being associated with the verified user,

wherein the threshold distance is between 0.2 and 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast,

wherein the emergency response server includes a crowdsourced moderation algorithm in which multiple neighbors to a geospatial area determine what content contributed to the emergency response server persists and which is deleted,

wherein the emergency response server permits users to mute messages of specific verified users to prevent misuse of the emergency response server,

wherein the emergency response server permits the emergency broadcast data to be disseminated to adjacent neighborhoods that have been claimed by different users in a manner such that the emergency broadcast data is optionally disseminated to the surrounding claimed neighborhoods based on a preference of the verified user,

wherein a claimed neighborhood of the verified user is activated based on a minimum number of other verified users in the threshold radial distance that have been verified through a primary residential address associated with each of the other verified users through at least one of a post card verification, a utility bill verification, a privately-published access code, and a neighbor vouching method,

wherein access to the emergency broadcast data is restricted to the claimed neighborhood of the verified user, and

wherein access to the emergency broadcast data is denied to users having verified addresses outside the claimed neighborhood of the verified user.

11. A method of an emergency response server comprising:

determining that a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of an emergency broadcast data generated through a mobile device is trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the user of the emergency response server using a processor and a memory;

automatically publishing the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the user of the emergency response server using a radial algorithm; and

radially distributing the emergency broadcast data as a notification data through at least one of an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and a push notification delivered to at least one of;

a set of recipients through an internet protocol (IP) based network associated with users and their user profiles around an epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the computing device, and

a set of emergency services accessible by the emergency response server through a cellular network using the radial algorithm in addition to the set of recipients through the IP based network associated with users and their user profiles.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

validating that the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device is associated with the user of the emergency response server;

verifying that a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location of the user of the emergency response server;

determining that the broadcast data is generated by the user of a neighborhood broadcast system when validating that the broadcast data is associated with the mobile device;

determining that an application on the mobile device is communicating the broadcast data to the emergency response network when the broadcast data is processed;

associating the user with a user profile in the emergency response network through the application on the mobile device; and

presenting the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device as an emergency alert pushpin of the emergency broadcast in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and business listings in a surrounding vicinity, such that the emergency alert pushpin of the emergency broadcast is automatically presented on the geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the user of the emergency response server.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

permitting the user to drag and drop the emergency alert pushpin on any location on the geospatial map, and automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated with a placed location; and

automatically notifying at least one of a police department, a fire department, and a hospital in a surrounding geospatial area to the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

monitoring whenever the mobile device associated with the user is used to generate an emergency telephone call;

capturing an audio data associated with the emergency telephone call through the mobile device through an emergency capture module of the emergency response server;

generating a transcript of the audio data through a transcription module of the emergency response server;

automatically broadcasting at least one of a notification of the electronic telephone call, the audio data associated with the electronic telephone call, and the transcript of the electronic telephone call through at least one of the on-page posting, the electronic communication, and the push notification delivered to desktop and mobile devices associated with users and their user profiles around the epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device using the radial algorithm; and

extracting the geospatial coordinates from a metadata associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the user of the emergency response server, and

wherein the emergency response server permits the emergency broadcast data to be disseminated to adjacent neighborhoods that have been claimed by different users in a manner such that the emergency broadcast data is optionally disseminated to the surrounding claimed neighborhoods based on a preference of the verified user,

wherein a claimed neighborhood of the verified user is activated based on a minimum number of other verified users in the threshold radial distance that have been verified through a primary residential address associated with each of the other verified users through at least one of a post card verification, a utility bill verification, a privately-published access code, and a neighbor vouching method,

wherein access to the emergency broadcast data is restricted to the claimed neighborhood of the verified user, and

wherein access to the emergency broadcast data is denied to users having verified addresses outside the claimed neighborhood of the verified user.

15. A system comprising:

an emergency response server including a processor and a memory to automatically publish an emergency broadcast data on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data of a verified user of the emergency response server using a radial algorithm,

a network, and

a mobile device communicatively coupled with the emergency response server through the network to generate the emergency broadcast data using at least one of a camera, a microphone, and a sensory capability of the mobile device and to generate a captured data that is appended with a present geospatial location and a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of captured data to create the emergency broadcast data.

16. The system of claim 15 further comprising:

a validation module to determine that the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device is associated with the verified user of the emergency response server and to determine that the emergency broadcast data is generated by the verified user of the neighborhood broadcast system when validating that the broadcast data is associated with the mobile device and to ensure that a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server,

a time stamp module to ensure that the time stamp associated with the creation date and the creation time of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device is trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server,

a listing module to automatically publish the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the emergency response server using a radial algorithm.

17. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

an application module to determine that an application on the mobile device is communicating the broadcast data to the emergency response network when the broadcast data is processed, and to associate the verified user with a verified user profile in the emergency response network through the application on the mobile device,

a pushpin module to present the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device as an emergency alert pushpin of the emergency broadcast in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and business listings in a surrounding vicinity, such that the emergency alert pushpin of the emergency broadcast is automatically presented on the geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the emergency response server, and

a radial distribution module to radially distribute the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through at least one of an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and a push notification delivered to desktop and mobile devices associated with users and their user profiles around an epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area defined by the threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the radial algorithm of an emergency response network that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from the current geospatial location at the epicenter.

18. The system of claim 17 further comprising:

a placement module to enable the verified user to drag and drop the emergency alert pushpin on any location on the geospatial map, and automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated with a placed location, and

a notification module automatically notifies at least one of a police department, a fire department, and a hospital in a surrounding geospatial area to the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device.

19. The system of claim 18 further comprising:

an emergency surveillance module to monitor whenever the mobile device associated with the verified user is used to generate an emergency telephone call,

an emergency capture module to capture an audio data associated with the emergency telephone call made through the mobile device,

a transcription module to generate a transcript from the audio data,

an auto-notification module to automatically broadcast at least one of a notification of the electronic telephone call, the audio data associated with the electronic telephone call, and the transcript of the electronic telephone call through at least one of the on-page posting, the electronic communication, and the push notification delivered to desktop and mobile devices associated with users and their user profiles around the epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device using the radial algorithm, and

an extraction module to separate the geospatial coordinates from a metadata associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server.

20. The system of claim 19 further comprising:

a matching module to determine a relative match between a persistent clock associated with the emergency response server and a digital clock of the mobile device to determine that the time stamp associated with the creation date and time of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device is accurate and therefore trusted,

a deletion module to automatically remove the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device of the verified user of the emergency response server based on an emergency alert expiration time,

a plotting module to geocode a set of residential addresses each associated with a resident name in a neighborhood surrounding the mobile device,

a data-seeding module to prepopulate the set of residential addresses each associated with the resident name as the set of user profiles in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server in a neighborhood curation system communicatively coupled with the emergency response server,

a modification module to alter content in each of the set of user profiles,

a discovery module to track the modified content through the neighborhood curation system,

an undo module to generate a reversible history journal associated with each of the set of user profiles such that a modification of the verified user can be undone on a modified user profile page,

a reputation module to determine an editing credibility of the verified user based on an edit history of the verified user and a community contribution validation of the verified user by other users of the neighborhood curation system,

a publication module to automatically publish the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server using the radial algorithm,

a claiming module to process a claim request of the verified user generating the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device to be associated with an address of the neighborhood curation system,

a private-neighborhood module to determine if the claimable neighborhood in the neighborhood curation system is associated with a private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system,

an association module to associate the verified user with the private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community has been activated by at least one of the verified user and a different verified user,

a boundary module to permit the verified user to draw a set of boundary lines in a form of a geospatial polygon such that the claimable neighborhood in a geospatial region surrounding the claim request creates the private neighborhood community in the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community is inactive,

an address type module to verify the claim request of the verified user generating the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device to be associated with a neighborhood address of the neighborhood curation system when the address is determined to be associated with at least one of a work address and a residential address of the verified user,

a concurrency module to simultaneously publish the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user generating the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device in the threshold radial distance from the address associated with the claim request of the verified user of the neighborhood curation system when automatically publishing the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server based on a set of preferences of the verified user using the radial algorithm,

a summary module to generate a summary data to the verified user generating the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device through the mobile device of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device when publishing the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device in at least one of the private neighborhood community and the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the emergency response server based on the set of preferences of the verified user,

a live broadcast module to live broadcast the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to the different verified user and other verified users in at least one of the private neighborhood community and currently within the threshold radial distance from the current geospatial location through a multicast algorithm of the emergency response server such that a live broadcast multicasts to a plurality of data processing systems associated with each of the different user and the other verified users simultaneously when the mobile device of the verified user generating the live-broadcast enables broadcasting of the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to any one of a geospatial vicinity around the mobile device of the verified user generating the broadcast and in any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection,

a bi-directional communication module to permit the different verified user and other verified users in at least one of the private neighborhood community to bi-directionally communicate with the verified user generating the broadcast through the emergency response server,

a non-transitory module to determine any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection is at least one of a residential address of the verified user and a work address of the verified user that has been confirmed by the emergency response server as being associated with the verified user,

a threshold module to automatically set the threshold distance between 0.2 and 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the emergency broadcast data generated through the mobile device to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast,

a moderation module to apply a crowdsourced moderation algorithm in which multiple neighbors to a geospatial area determine what content contributed to the emergency response server persists and which is deleted, and

a muting module to permit users to mute messages of specific verified users to prevent misuse of the emergency response server,

wherein the emergency response server permits the emergency broadcast data to be disseminated to adjacent neighborhoods that have been claimed by different users in a manner such that the emergency broadcast data is optionally disseminated to the surrounding claimed neighborhoods based on a preference of the verified user,

wherein a claimed neighborhood of the verified user is activated based on a minimum number of other verified users in the threshold radial distance that have been verified through a primary residential address associated with each of the other verified users through at least one of a post card verification, a utility bill verification, a privately-published access code, and a neighbor vouching method,

wherein access to the emergency broadcast data is restricted to the claimed neighborhood of the verified user, and

wherein access to the emergency broadcast data is denied to users having verified addresses outside the claimed neighborhood of the verified user.