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 9,973,834 B1
• Filed: 10/06/2014
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• 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:
  US14/507,600
• Time in Patent Office: 1,317 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• 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 21/10 responsive to calamitous events, e.g. tornados or earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• 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: G08B 26/002 only replying the state of the sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 26/008 central annunciator means of the sensed conditions, e.g. displaying or registering
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 31/00 Predictive alarm systems characterised by extrapolation or other computation using updated historic data
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/30 using a wired architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless 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. One or more tangible computer readable media storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of providing a hazard alarm/notification to a user based upon human health telematic data, environmental telematic data, and historic building telematic data, comprising:

sensing a human health telematic data via a human wearable telematics data acquisition device worn by a user that is configured to substantially continuously sense the human telematic data while the user is within a building;

wherein the human wearable telematics data acquisition device senses data about at least one of a body mass index, blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, perspiration, body temperature, 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 any variety of air or water pollutants data;

receiving the human health telematic data via a communications interface, human health telematics data collected by the human wearable telematics data acquisition device;

receiving historic building telematic data via the communications interface, the historic building telematics data being collected by a historic building telematics data acquisition device and being indicative of historic building data and nature of building use;

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

determining a hazard alarm/notification event based on the received health telematic data, the received environmental telematic data, and the received historic building telematic data;

transmitting a hazard alarm/notification to the user via a mobile device.

2. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the health telematic data indicates the user is in an unsafe condition.

3. The computer readable media of claim 2, wherein the environmental telematic data indicates the user is in or near an unsafe environment or location.

4. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving environmental telematic data includes receiving environmental telematic data of at least one of a data related to building/user environment condition, building/user environment air quality, geographic location, temperature/humidity level, HVAC status, security devices, and surrounding environmental conditions.

5. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the hazard alarm/notification to the user includes transmitting the hazard alarm/notification based upon an unsafe condition detected with the user'"'"'s health.

6. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the unsafe condition detected with the user'"'"'s health is related to user telematic data about at least one of a body mass index, blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, perspiration, body temperature, 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.

7. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the hazard alarm/notification to the user includes transmitting the hazard alarm/notification based upon an unsafe condition detected with environmental conditions in the user'"'"'s location.

8. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the historic building telematic data indicates that a building contains or contained unsafe building materials.

9. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein historic building telematic data indicates that a building has endured a seismic event.

10. The computer readable media of claim 9, wherein historic building telematic data indicates that a building is unsafe.

11. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein determining a hazard alarm/notification event includes calculating an overall safety rating.

12. The computer readable media of claim 11, wherein determining a hazard alarm/notification event is based upon the overall safety rating exceeding a limit.

13. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein determining a hazard alarm/notification event includes calculating a user behavior safety rating.

14. The computer readable media of claim 13, wherein determining a hazard alarm/notification event is based upon the user behavior safety rating exceeding a limit.

15. A method of providing human telematic based hazard alarm/notification to a user based upon human telematic data, environmental telematic data, and historic building telematic data, comprising:

providing a first sensor, to be worn by a user, the first sensor being a human wearable device configured to substantially continually sense a human telematic health data while the user is within a building, the first sensor providing data indicative of measured at least one user health telematic data relating to at least one of a body mass index, blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, perspiration, body temperature, 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;

providing a second sensor, in communication with a building being occupied by the user, the second sensor outputting a second sensor data indicative of historic building telematic data and nature of building use;

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

providing 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;

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

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

providing an output feedback signal indicative of the risk level of first sensor data and the second sensor data to the user; and

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

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising transmitting, by the communications interface, the hazard alarm/notification to a first responder such as a policeman, a fireman, and a paramedic.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the environmental telematic data include at least one of a data related to building user environmental condition, building/user environment air quality, geographic location, temperature/humidity level, and surrounding environmental conditions.

18. The method of claim 15, 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.