Methods, systems, and products for security services

• US 9,860,728 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2017
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2016
• 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: Best, Robert, Fick, Ted, Hofman, Hendrik, Plattner, Timothy, Puli, Balaji
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US15/643,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20170311140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 179 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041, 4554221, 455436, 370330, 370331, 370315, 340540
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/10 responsive to calamitous events, e.g. tornados or earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/005 with transmission via computer network
• 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 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Security systems are warned of earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. When an early warning system detects a natural disaster, the early warning system alerts a central server. The early warning system alerts the central server to the natural event and its associated geographic area. The central server may then consult a database and determine the security systems operating in a vicinity of the geographic area experiencing the natural event. The central server may thus warn the security systems of the natural event. The security systems may then implement pre-programmed procedures to protect life and property during earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, an electronic message specifying a geographic area and a code associated with an emergency situation;

querying, by the server, a locational database for the geographic area associated with the emergency situation, the locational database electronically associating Internet protocol addresses and geographic areas including the geographic area specified by the electronic message;

identifying, by the server, the Internet protocol addresses from the locational database that are electronically associated with the geographic area associated with the emergency situation;

querying, by the server, an electronic database for the code associated with the emergency situation, the electronic database electronically associating descriptive text and codes including the code associated with the emergency situation;

identifying, by the server, the descriptive text specified by the electronic database that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation; and

sending, by the server, electronic warning messages to devices associated with the Internet protocol addresses identified from the locational database, the electronic warning messages specifying the descriptive text to notify the devices of the emergency situation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the descriptive text identified by the electronic database that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving a pre-defined instruction that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving a pre-defined evacuation instruction that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving a pre-defined video file that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

6. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

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

receiving an electronic message sent from an early warning system, the electronic message specifying a geographic area and a code associated with an emergency situation;

querying a locational database for the geographic area associated with the emergency situation, the locational database electronically associating Internet protocol addresses and geographic areas including the geographic area specified by the electronic message;

identifying the Internet protocol addresses from the locational database that are electronically associated with the geographic area associated with the emergency situation;

querying an electronic database for the code associated with the emergency situation, the electronic database electronically associating descriptive text and codes including the code associated with the emergency situation;

identifying the descriptive text specified by the electronic database that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation; and

sending electronic warning messages to devices associated with the Internet protocol addresses identified from the locational database, the electronic warning messages specifying the descriptive text to notify the devices of the emergency situation.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the descriptive text identified by the electronic database that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a pre-defined instruction that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a pre-defined evacuation instruction that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a pre-defined video file that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

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

receiving an electronic message sent from an early warning system, the electronic message specifying a geographic area and a code associated with an emergency situation;

querying a locational database for the geographic area associated with the emergency situation, the locational database electronically associating Internet protocol addresses and geographic areas including the geographic area specified by the electronic message;

identifying the Internet protocol addresses from the locational database that are electronically associated with the geographic area associated with the emergency situation;

querying an electronic database for the code associated with the emergency situation, the electronic database electronically associating descriptive text and codes including the code associated with the emergency situation;

identifying the descriptive text specified by the electronic database that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation; and

sending electronic warning messages to devices associated with the Internet protocol addresses identified from the locational database, the electronic warning messages specifying the descriptive text to notify the devices of the emergency situation.

12. The memory device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the Internet protocol addresses.

13. The memory device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the descriptive text.

14. The memory device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a pre-defined instruction that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.

15. The memory device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a pre-defined evacuation instruction that is electronically associated with the code associated with the emergency situation.