EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVISION WITH DESTINATION‐SPECIFIC INFORMATION

• US 20190027017A1
• Filed: 07/21/2017
• Published: 01/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: William Michael Smith
• Original Assignee: William Michael Smith
• Inventors: Smith, William Michael, Luby, Zeus Cory
• Granted Patent: US 10,643,458 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/12 Manually actuated calamity alarm transmitting arrangements emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm, activators, e.g. details of alarm push buttons mounted on an infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/006 with transmission via telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

An emergency service provision platform may be provided. The platform may be integrated into existing transportation service provision platforms. The platform may be configured to receive pick-up and destination location and track a passenger'"'"'s route from the pick-up location to the destination. The platform may provide the passenger with an emergency notification button. Upon selection of the emergency notification button, the platform may communicate and alert comprising passenger and driver information to emergency contacts, infrastructure, and personnel. In some embodiments, the alert may be issued upon a detection of deviation from a route between the pick-up location and the destination. The emergency contacts, infrastructure, and personnel that receive the alert may be pre-set or determined dynamically based on the passenger'"'"'s location at the time of the alert issuance. Furthermore, while the passenger is en route to the destination, the platform may provide the passenger with destination specific information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing an emergency button for selection, wherein the emergency button is provided for selection to a passenger during a ride-share service;

receiving a selection of an emergency button during the ride-share service;

issuing an alert upon receiving a selection of the emergency button; and

displaying, to the passenger, emergency infrastructure and personnel information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein issuing the alert comprises:

accessing passenger information, and

accessing driver information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein issuing the alert further comprises issuing the alert to a passenger'"'"'s emergency contacts.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein issuing the alert further comprises issuing the alert to an emergency service infrastructure and personnel.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein issuing the alert comprises issuing the alert including at least one of the following:

passenger name, passenger location, driver name, and driver'"'"'s vehicle information.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising issuing the alert in response to detecting that the passenger has deviated from a path between a pick-up location and a destination specified to the ride-share service.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising issuing the alert in response to detecting that a passenger is getting further from the destination.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions which when executed perform a method comprising:

providing an emergency button for selection, wherein the emergency button is provided for selection to a passenger during a ride-share service;

receiving a selection of the emergency button during the ride-share service;

issuing an alert upon receiving the selection of the emergency button; and

displaying, to the passenger, emergency infrastructure and personnel information.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein issuing the alert comprises:

accessing passenger information, and

accessing driver information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein accessing the passenger information comprises accessing a network associated with the passenger, the network being comprised of a passenger'"'"'s contacts and location information associated with the passenger'"'"'s contacts.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein issuing the alert comprises issuing an alert to a passenger'"'"'s contacts near a passenger'"'"'s location.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein issuing the alert comprises issuing the alert including at least one of the following:

passenger name, passenger location, driver name, and driver'"'"'s vehicle information.