iALERT ENHANCED ALERT MANAGER

• US 20150094099A1
• Filed: 12/10/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Pitt, Lance D., Ginter, Thomas, Aryana, Firdaus, Mitchell, Donald Le Roy Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 9,210,548 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• 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 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

iAlert_Enhanced_Alert_Manager enables a user to register an interest in their current location, as well as persons, places and/or things in which the user holds some regard. The iAlert_Enhanced_Alert_Manager provides notification and clarifying information to user'"'"'s devices concerning events/happenstance that have occurred or are likely to occur within a proximity of registered persons, places, and/or things. The iAlert_Enhanced_Alert_Manager comprises data structures (e.g. an Affinity Table, a SPIN table, a SPIN-List Table, an Affinity-List Table, and a Keyword-List Table) to manage affinities, Spheres of Influence (SPINs), and relationships therebetween that may positively or negatively induce a person. Timely notification of events/happenstance to a user comprises the computation of iEvent-vectors and iAlert-vectors. An iEvent-vector contains fields pertaining to events/happenstance whereas an iAlert-vector comprises information pertaining to notifications. Transmission of a notification is determined as a function of the magnitude of an event/happenstance and the proximity of an event/happenstance to registered objects of interest.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A method of providing notification to a wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest, comprising:

obtaining at least one affinity established for notification to a given wireless device;

defining a sphere of influence (SPIN) about a given event distant from said wireless device;

determining a correlation between said at least one affinity and said sphere of influence about said given event; and

providing notification to said given wireless device regarding an effect from said given event.

10. The method of providing notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 9, further comprising:

providing detailed information regarding said given event to said given wireless device.

11. The method of providing notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 9, wherein:

an effect on said user of said given wireless device is indirect to said given event.

12. The method of providing notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 9, wherein:

said given event is proximate to another wireless device relating to another whom said user of said wireless device has a predefined interest.

13. The method of providing notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 9, wherein:

said given event is proximate to a location about which said user of said wireless device has a predefined interest.

14. The method of providing notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 9, wherein:

said correlation between said at least one affinity and said sphere of influence about said given event is determined using a keyword-list database.

15. The method of providing notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 9, wherein:

said correlation between said at least one affinity and said sphere of influence about said given event is determined using an affinity-list database.

16. The method of providing notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 9, wherein:

said correlation between said at least one affinity and said sphere of influence about said given event is determined using a spin-list database.

17. Apparatus to provide notification to a wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest, comprising:

a physical affinity server to gather at least one affinity relating to a plurality of wireless devices;

a physical location server to obtain a request for notification to a requesting wireless device, relating to said at least one affinity established for said notification to said given wireless device;

a physical sphere of influence (SPIN) server to define a sphere of influence about a given event distant from said requesting wireless device, said physical sphere of influence server being configured to determine a correlation between said at least one affinity and said sphere of influence about said given event, and provide a notification to said requesting wireless device regarding an effect from said given event.

18. The apparatus to provide notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 17, wherein:

said physical sphere of influence (SPIN) server is further configured to provide detailed information regarding said given event to said requesting wireless device.

19. The apparatus to provide notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 17, wherein:

an effect on said user of said requesting wireless device is indirect to said given event.

20. The apparatus to provide notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 17, wherein:

said given event is proximate to said plurality of wireless devices relating to another whom said user of said requesting wireless device has a predefined interest.

21. The apparatus to provide notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 17, wherein:

said given event is proximate to a location about which said user of said requesting wireless device has a predefined interest.

22. The apparatus to provide notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 17, wherein:

said correlation between said at least one affinity and said sphere of influence about said given event is determined using a keyword-list database.

23. The apparatus to provide notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 17, wherein:

said correlation between said at least one affinity and said sphere of influence about said given event is determined using an affinity-list database.

24. The apparatus to provide notification to said wireless device regarding an effect from an event distant from said wireless device but having an area of effect about which a user of said wireless device has interest according to claim 17, wherein:

said correlation between said at least one affinity and said sphere of influence about said given event is determined using a spin-list database.