Communication system and method for using human telematic data to provide a hazard alarm/notification message to a user in a static environment such as in or around buildings or other structures

• US 9,955,242 B1
• Filed: 10/06/2014
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Inventors: Manzella, Matthew James, Ismaili, Alinawaz
• Primary Examiner(s): Bee, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/507,670
• Time in Patent Office: 1,296 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/00 Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/30 using a wired architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/14 Calling by using pulses

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing near real time communication to a user based on analysis of various user and environmental telematic data. The system includes a user with a wearable human telematic sensor providing telematic data about the wearer. Also, the system and method includes at least one building/environment telematic sensor configured to provide telematic data about the building and/or surrounding environment. The various telematic data is communicated and processed to provide a notification back to the user such as a potential safety hazard. The safety hazard may be based upon sensed data specific to the user, specific to the user'"'"'s environment, or combinations thereof.

Claims

1. A system for processing environmental safety status, health data, and building data related to determination of a hazard alarm/notification for a user, the system comprising:

a communications interface configured to;

receive user health telematic data collected by a human wearable telematic data acquisition device, wherein the human wearable telematic data acquisition device is configured to substantially continuously collect a user'"'"'s health telematic data, the health telematic data being indicative of a user'"'"'s current health status while within a building;

receive user environmental telematic data collected by the human wearable telematic data acquisition device, the user environmental telematic data being indicative of an environmental quality around the user;

receive historic building telematic data collected by a historic building telematic data acquisition device, wherein the historic building telematic data acquisition device is configured to collect historical telematic data of a building, the historic building telematic data being indicative of historical building data and the historical nature of prior building use;

provide the user health telematic data, user environmental telematic data, and the historic building telematic data to a business logic processor for the development of a hazard alarm/notification event based on at least one of the received user health telematic data, user environmental telematic data, or historic building telematic data;

transmit the hazard alarm/notification to the user; and

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wherein the transmitted alarm/notification is provided by a mobile device.

2. The alarm/notification system of claim 1, wherein the user environmental telematic data includes telematic data that is at least one of a oxygen content, carbon monoxide level, methane gas detection, hydrogen sulfide gas, or dangerous or poisonous fluid presence.

3. The alarm/notification system of claim 2, wherein user health telematic data indicates an unsafe condition for the user.

4. The alarm/notification system of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the alarm/notification to a first responder, such as, a policeman, a fireman, and a paramedic.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the historic building telematic data indicates that a building contains or contained unsafe building materials.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein historic building telematic data indicates that a building has endured a seismic event.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein historic building telematic data indicates that a building is unsafe.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein determining a hazard alarm/notification event includes calculating an overall safety rating.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein determining a hazard alarm/notification event is based upon the overall safety rating exceeding a limit.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein determining a hazard alarm/notification event includes calculating a user behavior safety rating.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein determining a hazard alarm/notification event is based upon the user behavior safety rating exceeding a limit.

12. A sensor system, comprising:

a first sensor, to be worn by a user, the first sensor being a human wearable device configured to substantially continuously sense a human telematic health data about at least one of a body mass index, blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, perspiration, body temperature, eye dilation, blood sugar level, brain function (EEG), vacillations in blood sugar level, hours of sleep, physical activity rate and duration, water consumption, food consumption, alcohol consumption, amount of sunlight exposure, and/or exposure to air or water pollutants data, the first sensor outputting a first sensor data indicative of measured at least one user health telematic data;

a second sensor, in communication with a building being occupied by the user, the second sensor outputting a second sensor data indicative of at least one historic building telematic data including data historical building data and the historical nature of prior building use;

a third sensor, the third sensor being part of the human wearable device and being configured to sense environmental data around the user;

a computing unit, in communication with the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor, the computing unit storing program instructions for execution by the computing unit to;

receive the first sensor data, the second sensor data, and third sensor data;

calculate a risk level associated with the first sensor data, the second sensor data, and the third sensor data; and

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output a feedback signal to the user indicative of the risk level of the first sensor data, the second sensor data and the third sensor data; and

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wherein the feedback signal is provided by a mobile device.

13. The sensor system of claim 12, wherein the feedback signal to the user is a warning signal indicative of the user telematic data being within a range of a predetermined dangerous or unsafe level or condition.

14. The sensor system of claim 13, further comprising transmitting the alarm/notification to a first responder such as a policeman, a fireman, a paramedic, and a doctor.

15. The sensor system of claim 12, wherein the third sensor data is data related to building environmental condition, building/user environment air quality, geographic location, temperature/humidity level, and surrounding environmental conditions.

16. The sensor system of claim 12, wherein the feedback signal to the user is a warning signal being indicative of the historic building telematic data being within a range of a predetermined dangerous or unsafe level or condition.

17. The sensor system of claim 16, further comprising transmitting the alarm/notification to a policeman, a fireman, a paramedic, a doctor, a maintenance engineer, and a building or transportation security agency.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one historic building telematic data includes at least one of a structural condition, building materials, and nature of use.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the historic building telematic data indicates the historical nature of the building may cause an unsafe environment.