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Emergency notification system for devices within a targeted boundary

  • US 8,660,520 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2008
  • Issued: 02/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving area data related to an affected area from at least one information provider through a third party access point;

    determining a boundary associated with the affected area based on the area data;

    discovering at least one communication device outside the boundary of the affected area;

    determining whether the communication device is heading toward the affected area based on;

    establishing, when the communication device is associated with one or more communication facilities, an approximate location of the communication device at a plurality of time periods based on a respective placement of each of the one or more communications facilities;

    establishing a positional heading based on the approximate locations; and

    determining that the communication device is heading toward the affected area based on the positional heading of the communication device;

    if the communication device is heading toward the affected area, sending a message including at least one route to avoid the affected area based on the area data to the communication device;

    receiving second area data related to the affected area from a particular provider, wherein the second area data is weighted for its reliability;

    determining whether the particular provider is competent based on the weighted reliability of the second area data;

    determining a provider location of the particular provider when the particular provider is determined as competent; and

    requesting additional area data from the particular provider when the at least one communication devices is associated with the provider location.

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