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Method and apparatus to provide outbreak notifications based on historical location data

  • US 7,705,723 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2007
  • Issued: 04/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving user location data and storing the user location data;

    identifying an outbreak;

    backtracking contacts to the outbreak correlating historical locations of the outbreak with the stored user location data indicating past locations of the user; and

    alerting the user of a potential point of contact with the outbreak when the stored user location data of the past locations of the user indicates that the user'"'"'s past location had overlapped with the historical locations of the outbreak.

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