WiFi-based route management

• US 9,813,886 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2017
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Klein, Craig Arthur, Harp, Gregory O., Sineath, Joseph Eric, Waken, Stephen James
• Primary Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US15/406,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 297 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/205 Building evacuation
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• 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 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

Locational tracking aids emergency management plans. Occupants of a building or campus are determined based on presence or detection of wireless devices. When an emergency occurs, the occupants may move to safety based on the current locations of their wireless devices.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determining a service set identifier associated with wireless devices registered with a wireless local area network;

determining a count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless local area network;

identifying a route in an electronic database that is associated with the count of the wireless devices registered with the wireless local area; and

monitoring locations associated with the wireless devices based on the route that is associated with the count.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise querying the electronic database for the count of the wireless devices, the electronic database electronically associating routes to counts including the count of the wireless devices.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the route identified in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the count of the wireless devices.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to any of the wireless devices.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to all of the wireless devices.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending the route to any one of the wireless devices.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise monitoring network waypoints of service set identifiers associated with the route.

8. A method, comprising:

determining, by a server, a service set identifier associated with wireless devices simultaneously registered with a wireless local area network;

determining, by the server, a count of the wireless devices simultaneously registered with the wireless local area network; and

identifying, by the server, an evacuation route in an electronic database that is associated with the count of the wireless devices simultaneously registered with the wireless local area; and

monitoring, by the server, locations associated with the wireless devices based on the route that is associated with the count.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising querying the electronic database for the count of the wireless devices, the electronic database electronically associating evacuation routes to counts including the count of the wireless devices.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising retrieving the evacuation route of the evacuation routes identified in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the count of the wireless devices.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the evacuation route to any of the wireless devices.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the evacuation route to all of the wireless devices.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the evacuation route to any one of the wireless devices.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising monitoring network waypoints of service set identifiers associated with the evacuation route.

15. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

determining a service set identifier associated with wireless devices simultaneously registered with a wireless local area network;

determining a count of the wireless devices simultaneously registered with the wireless local area network; and

identifying an evacuation route in an electronic database that is associated with the count of the wireless devices simultaneously registered with the wireless local area; and

monitoring locations associated with the wireless devices based on the route identified in the electronic database.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise querying the electronic database for the count of the wireless devices, the electronic database electronically associating evacuation routes to counts including the count of the wireless devices.

17. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the evacuation route identified in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the count of the wireless devices.

18. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise sending the evacuation route to any of the wireless devices.

19. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise sending the evacuation route to all of the wireless devices.

20. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise sending the evacuation route to any one of the wireless devices.