Providing information to a mobile device based on an event at a geographical location

• US 8,855,683 B1
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Philips North America LLC (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: White, James N., Martino, Monica Rose, Smith, M. Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US13/794,095
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.2, 455/456.1, 455/461, 455/417, 455/445, 455/414.1, 455/456.3, 379/49, 379/40, 379/211.02, 379/421, 379/207.16, 340/968, 340/988, 340/539.1, 340/585.1, 340/426.28, 340/506, 340/531, 706/12, 702/3
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• 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: G08B 27/006 with transmission via telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• 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: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast

Abstract

A system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information to a mobile device based on an event comprising detecting an occurrence of the event, determining if the event is a specific event and if the event occurred at or near a geographical location and sending an alert of the event to at least one mobile device if the event is the specific event, if the event occurs at or near the geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting an occurrence of an event, wherein detecting the occurrence of the event comprises sensing by a sensor the occurrence of the event;

capturing information about the event by at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information;

identifying the event via a remote event alert server based on a combination of a type of event and a location occurrence of the event; and

receiving an alert of the event at the at least one mobile device if the event is a specific event, and if the event occurs at or near a geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location;

wherein receiving the alert of the event at the at least one mobile device comprises;

performing a lookup of the at least one mobile device associated with at least one service provider site; and

sending the alert to the at least one mobile device based on a period of time the at least one mobile device is registered with the at least one service provider site and if the at least one mobile device is within a predetermined distance of the event based on the location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the occurrence of the event is above a predetermined threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if the event is a specific event and if the event occurred at or near the geographical location comprises at least one of:

processing information related to the event, wherein the processing comprises;

recognizing an image from the information about the event;

identifying a type of the event based on the image; and

identifying a location of the event based on a location of the at least one mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the alert of the event at the at least one mobile device comprises at least one of:

performing a lookup of the at least one mobile device associated with at least one service provider site; and

sending the alert to the at least one mobile device associated with at least one service provider site.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the alert of the event at the at least one mobile device comprises at least one of:

sending the alert to at least one service provider site; and

forwarding the alert from the at least one service provider site to the at least one mobile device associated with the at least one service provider site.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the alert of the event at the at least one mobile device comprises at least one of:

identifying a location of at least one service provider site from a geographical information system;

sending the alert to the at least one service provider site within a predetermined distance of the event based on the location; and

forwarding the alert from the at least one service provider site to the at least one mobile device associated with the at least one service provider site.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the alert of the event at the at least one mobile device comprises at least one of:

sending a first alert to a first mobile device moving towards the event; and

sending a second alert to a second mobile device moving away from the event,

wherein at least one of the first mobile device and the second mobile device is the at least one mobile device.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform:

monitoring a geographical area via at least one mobile device;

capturing information about an event by a sensor communicably coupled to the at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information;

identifying the event via an event alert server based on a combination of a type of event and a location occurrence of the event; and

receiving an alert of the event at the at least one mobile device if the event is the specific event, and if the event occurs at or near the geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location;

wherein receiving the alert of the event at the at least one mobile device comprises;

performing a lookup of the at least one mobile device associated with at least one service provider site; and

sending the alert to the at least one mobile device based on a period of time the at least one mobile device is registered with the at least one service provider site and if the at least one mobile device is within a predetermined distance of the event based on the location.

9. A network, comprising:

at least one mobile device configured to;

capture information about an event by a sensor communicably coupled to the at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information,

send the information to a remote event alert system;

the event alert system configured to;

detect an occurrence of the event,

process information related to the event,

identify the event based on a combination of a type of event and a location occurrence of the event, and

receive an alert of the event at the at least one mobile device if the event is a specific event, and if the event occurs at or near a geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location;

wherein the alert of the event being received at the at least one mobile device comprises;

a lookup of the at least one mobile device associated with at least one service provider site being performed; and

the alert to the at least one mobile device being sent based on a period of time the at least one mobile device is registered with the at least one service provider site and if the at least one mobile device is within a predetermined distance of the event based on the location.

10. The network of claim 9, further comprising at least one event monitor, wherein the at least one event monitor is operable to perform at least one of:

sense an occurrence of the event, determine if the event is above a predetermined threshold, and wherein the event monitor is operable to notify the event alert system of the occurrence of the event if the event is above the predetermined threshold.

11. The network of claim 9, wherein the event alert system is further operable to perform at least one of:

a lookup of at least one mobile device associated with at least one service provider site, and send the alert to the at least one mobile device associated with the at least one service provider site.

12. The network of claim 9, wherein the event alert system is further operable to send the alert to at least one service provider site.

13. The network of claim 12, wherein the event alert system is further operable to cause the at least one service provider site to forward the alert from the at least one service provider site to the at least one mobile device associated with the at least one service provider site.

14. The network of claim 9, further comprising at least one geographical information system, wherein the event alert system is further operable to perform at least one of:

identify a location of at least one service provider site from the at least one geographical information system, send the alert to the at least one service provider site within a predetermined distance of the event based on the location, and forward the alert from the at least one service provider site to the at least one mobile device associated with the at least one service provider site.

15. The network of claim 9, further comprising:

at least one image recognition system; and

at least one geographical information system, wherein the at least one image recognition system is operable to perform at least one of;

recognize an image from the information about the event, the event alert system further operable to identify a type of the event based on the image, and identify a location of the event based on a location of the at least one mobile device from the at least one geographical information system.

16. The network of claim 9, wherein the event alert system is further operable to perform at least one of:

register at least one mobile user associated with the at least one mobile device;

monitor a specific event;

determine if the monitored event is the specific event based on a type of the event and a location of the event; and

send an alert of the event to the at least one mobile device if the event is the specific event.