Safety notification service
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining, by a system comprising at least one computing device, a disaster area;
determining, via a wireless sensor, that a mobile device in a safe zone is associated with a person who resides in the disaster area or who has property in the disaster area; and
responsive to determining that the mobile device is registered to the person who resides in the disaster area or who has property in the disaster area, sending, by the system, a message to a plurality of contacts.
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Abstract
An automated safety notification system is proposed herein in which one or more safe zone access points may be physically deployed to one or more safe zones associated with a disaster area. If a person with a mobile phone or other mobile device enters the safe zone, the safe zone access point may detect the presence of the mobile device and perform certain functions in response to the detection. For example, the safe zone access point may initiate contact of a predetermined plurality of contacts that the person may have already designated before the disaster. The safe zone access point may also be used to initiate an insurance claim.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a system comprising at least one computing device, a disaster area; determining, via a wireless sensor, that a mobile device in a safe zone is associated with a person who resides in the disaster area or who has property in the disaster area; and responsive to determining that the mobile device is registered to the person who resides in the disaster area or who has property in the disaster area, sending, by the system, a message to a plurality of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a disaster tracking system configured to determine a disaster area; an access point comprising at least one computing device and at least one wireless sensor, the access point being configured to wirelessly detect the presence of a mobile device in a safe zone, and to send a message over a network indicating the detected presence; and a notification manager communicatively coupled to the access point via the network and comprising at least one computing device, the notification manager being configured to receive the message, determine whether the mobile device is associated with a person who resides in the disaster area or who has property in the disaster area, and, if so, send a message to a plurality of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a system comprising at least one computing device, a disaster area; determining, via a wireless sensor, that a mobile device in a safe zone is associated with a person who is not an emergency responder, who does not reside in the disaster area, and who does not have property in the disaster area; and responsive to determining that the person is not an emergency responder, does not reside in a disaster area, and does not have property in the disaster area, sending, by the system, a message to a plurality of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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