Dynamic emergency disaster plan

• US 8,451,983 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2011
• Issued: 05/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Life360 Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Life360 Incorporated
• Inventors: Hulls, Christopher R
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US13/214,181
• Publication Number:
  US 20110299666A1
• Time in Patent Office: 647 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/8.1, 340/525, 342/357.31, 379/37, 379/45, 434/238, 455/404.1, 455/461, 455/432.3, 709/200, 725/33, 725/109, 210/652, 705/7.13, 705/35, 705/324, 718/104
• US Class Current: 379/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• 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: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 10/40 Controlling or monitoring, e.g. of flood or hurricane; Forecasting, e.g. risk assessment or mapping

Abstract

A database and communications server allow for composure of an emergency disaster plan that is tailored to the demographic and geographic information provided by a subscriber to the disclosed system. In the event of an emergency, relevant portions of a family disaster plan are communicated to a subscriber and the family members of the subscriber. Each subscribing family member may communicate with the database, which in turn automatically distributes the message to all family members. After the disaster has ended, insurance information is relayed to the subscriber, and the subscriber'"'"'s insurance companies are notified.

Claims

1. An emergency planning system, the system comprising:

a) means of recording user input into a database, wherein the user input includes user location, user demographics and user contact information;

b) means of formulating and presenting user specific questions based upon user location and user demographics;

c) means of recording disaster information, with disaster information comprising disaster location and evolving disaster data;

c) means of creating user specific information based upon disaster location, user demographics, and user location;

d) means of creating changing messages to users, with the messages changing in response to the entry of evolving disaster data; and

e) means of distributing changing messages to selected users, the users being selected on the basis of user location and user demographics.

2. The emergency planning system of claim 1 further comprising means of presenting templates to users with the contents of the templates being derived from the geographic data entered by a user.

3. The emergency planning system of claim 2 further comprising means of ascertaining the location of a user.

4. A method of preparing and implementing an emergency plan, the method comprising:

a) collecting information from subscribers, the information comprising subscriber location, subscriber demographics and subscriber contact information;

b) creating and presenting to subscribers subscriber specific questions based upon subscriber location and subscriber demographics;

c) recording information regarding disasters, with the information regarding disasters comprising disaster location and evolving disaster data; and

d) creating messages for each subscriber, with each message based upon subscriber location, subscriber demographics and evolving disaster data.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of transmitting messages to subscribers.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of presenting templates to subscribers for the collection of subscriber information with the contents of the templates derived from information previously entered by subscribers.

7. A method of preparing and implementing an emergency plan, the method comprising:

a) collecting geographic information from subscribers;

b) creating templates with questions, with the questions of the templates derived from geographic information obtained from subscribers;

c) collecting additional information as subscribers respond to the questions of the templates;

d) storing information collected from subscribers;

e) allowing subscribers to access subscriber information during an emergency;

f) providing subscribers with subscriber information during an emergency; and

g) providing information to subscriber family members during an emergency.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of ascertaining if a subscriber is using a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) enabled device and obtaining the location of a subscriber from a subscriber'"'"'s GPS enabled device.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of sending messages to subscribers, based upon a subscriber'"'"'s GPS determined location.