GEO-LOCATION SERVICES

• US 20150024779A1
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hwang, Jungtaik, Eyring, Matthew J., Nye, James E., Warren, Jeremy B.
• Granted Patent: US 10,403,115 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/00 Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/222 Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems selective calling systems and call receivers H04W84/00, H04W68/00
• 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 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• 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 for geo-location services is described. In one embodiment, the method includes tracking incidents that occur within a predetermined geographic area in relation to a subscription service, upon receiving a request for a list of incidents in relation to the predetermined geographic area, generating a notification comprising the requested list of incidents, and sending the notification to one or more subscribers within the predetermined geographic area.

Claims

1. A method for geo-location services, the method comprising:

tracking incidents that occur within a predetermined geographic area in relation to a subscription service;

upon receiving a request for a list of incidents in relation to the predetermined geographic area, generating a notification comprising the requested list of incidents; and

sending the notification to one or more subscribers within the predetermined geographic area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of incidents is sortable by at least one of incident location, incident type, type of premises where incident occurred, proximity of an incident to a location, and recentness of an incident.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the incident type includes at least one of theft, burglary, vandalism, and property damage.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification includes at least one of day of the week an incident occurred, time of day an incident occurred, location of an incident, type of item stolen, type of item vandalized, and point of entry of a burglary.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting data of incidents tracked from one or more other geographic areas, herein the one or more other geographic areas are similar to the predetermined geographic area in one or more aspects.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

including in the notification statistics for the tracked incidents of the predetermined geographic area and the one or more other geographic areas.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

masking an identity of a person or location associated with an incident.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

pausing a channel from a subscriber program content; and

displaying the notification on at least a portion of the paused channel.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the incidents are tracked and analyzed via a backend of a security monitoring service.

10. A computing device configured for geo-location services, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor, wherein the memory stores computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of;

tracking incidents that occur within a predetermined geographic area in relation to a subscription service;

upon receiving a request for a list of incidents in relation to the predetermined geographic area, generating a notification comprising the requested list of incidents; and

sending the notification to one or more subscribers within the predetermined geographic area.

11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the list of incidents is sortable by at least one of incident location, incident type, type of premises where incident occurred, proximity of an incident to a location, and recentness of an incident.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the incident type includes at least one of theft, burglary, vandalism, and property damage.

13. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the notification includes at least one of day of the week an incident occurred, time of day an incident occurred, location of an incident, type of item stolen, type of item vandalized, and point of entry of a burglary.

14. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

collecting data of incidents tracked from one or more other geographic areas, wherein the one or more other geographic areas are similar to the predetermined geographic area in one or more aspects.

15. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the instructions executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

including in the notification statistics for the tracked incidents of the predetermined geographic area and the one or more other geographic areas.

16. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

masking an identity of a person or location associated with an incident.

17. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

pausing a channel from a subscriber program content; and

displaying the notification on at least a portion of the paused channel.

18. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the incidents are tracked and analyzed via a backend of a security monitoring service.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

tracking incidents that occur within a predetermined geographic area in relation to a subscription service;

upon receiving a request for a list of incidents in relation to the predetermined geographic area, generating a notification comprising the requested list of incidents; and

sending the notification to one or more subscribers within the predetermined geographic area.

20. The computer-program product of claim 19, wherein the list of incidents is sortable by at least one of incident location, incident type, type of premises where incident occurred, proximity of an incident to a location, and recentness of an incident.