Movement history based selective distribution of generally broadcast information

• US 6,522,250 B1
• Filed: 08/14/2001
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitre Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitre Corporation
• Inventors: Marshall, James W., Ernst, Darrell E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Daniel J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US09/928,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20030034888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 553 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539, 340/825.36, 340/7.2, 340/7.51, 340/7.52, 340/7.55, 340/7.58, 340/7.61, 340/988, 340/989, 340/991, 340/992, 340/993, 340/994, 340/996, 375/259
• US Class Current: 340/539.1
• 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: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• 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 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A message filtering system is provided for filtering generally broadcast messages received by a movable unit. The generally broadcast message includes an information segment including location, time and/or velocity information relating to an event of potential interest to the unit which has occurred in the past and which has continuing consequences for the unit. The movement history of the unit is stored along with data selection information and a determination is made as to whether the information contained in the broadcast information segment is of interest based on this stored information.

Claims

1. A message filtering system for filtering generally broadcast messages received by a movable unit, said system comprising:

a movable unit which is movable so as to have a past movement history;

a receiver for receiving a generally broadcast message including an information segment comprising at least one of a location, a velocity and a time relating to an event of potential interest to the movable unit which has occurred in the past and which has continuing consequences for the movable unit because of the past movement history of the movable unit;

spatial position input means for inputting spatial position information relating to said movable unit during the movement of the movable unit;

storing means for storing said spatial position information so that a history is provided of the movement of the movable unit and for storing data selection information related to information contained in said information segment of the generally broadcast message used in determining whether, based on the information contained in said information segment relating to the past event and the stored history of movement of the movable unit, the broadcast message is of interest to the movable unit;

a matching processor connected to said storing means and to said receiver for comparing the information contained in said information segment relative to the past event with said data selection information and said history of movement of the movable unit to determine whether a match condition is satisfied and for, when a match condition is satisfied, outputting a match signal; and

disseminating means for, responsive to receiving said match signal, processing and disseminating said broadcast message.

2. A message filtering system according to claim 1 wherein the information segment of the broadcast message contains time-location information relating to both the time of the event and the location of the event and said matching processor compares said time-location information with said stored history of movement of the unit and said stored data selection information.

3. A message filtering system according to claim 1 wherein said event is a toxic event having toxic effects that spread from the original location of the event and said information segment contains toxic event information relating to the time of the original event, original location of the event, the velocity of spread of the event and wherein said matching processor compares said toxic event information with said stored history of movement of the unit and said stored data selection information.

4. A communication system comprising:

a general broadcasting unit and a movable remote unit which is movable so as to have a past movement history;

said general broadcasting unit comprising;

a message generating means for generating a generated message related to detection of a toxic event occurring in the past and having potential continuing consequences for the remote unit because of the past movement history of the remote unit;

a segment generating means for generating an information segment comprising at least one of a region, a velocity and a time relating to the past event, and for incorporating said information segment into said generated message to produce an outputted message, and

a transmitter for broadcasting said outputted message; and

said movable remote unit comprising;

a receiver for receiving said outputted message from said transmitter of said general broadcasting unit;

spatial position input means for inputting spatial position information relating to said remote unit during movement of the remote unit;

a storing means for storing said spatial position information so that a history is provided of the past movement of the remote unit and for storing data selection information related to information contained in said information segment used in determining whether because of any one of the region of the past event, the velocity of toxic effects associated with the past event and the time of the past event, the past event has posed a threat to the remote unit by virtue of exposure of the remote unit to said toxic effects during the history of the movement of the remote unit;

a matching processor connected to said storing means and to said receiver for comparing information in said information segment in said outputted message relating to the past toxic event with said spatial position information relating to the past movement history of the remote unit and said data selection information stored in said storing means to determine whether a match condition is satisfied, and for, when a match condition is satisfied, outputting a match signal, and

a disseminating means for, responsive to receiving said match signal, processing and disseminating said message in accordance with said match signal.