Targeted alert system with location-based and role-based alert distribution
First Claim
1. A system to distribute alerts to individuals, the system comprising:
- building equipment configured to detect an event within a building and generate an alert identifying the event; and
a targeted alert system configured to;
receive the alert from the building equipment;
identify a location within the building at which the event occurs;
identify a location within the building of one or more of a plurality of individuals based on location information measured by mobile devices, each of the mobile devices associated with one of the individuals;
determine a location trajectory of one or more of the mobile devices, each location trajectory comprising a future location of one of the mobile devices;
identify a role performed by one or more of the individuals;
select one or more of the individuals based on one or more of the location trajectories to receive the alert based on the role performed by one or more of the individuals; and
distribute the alert to the one or more selected individuals.
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Abstract
A system for distributing targeted alerts to building occupants includes building equipment and a targeted alert system. The building equipment are configured to detect an event within a building and generate an alert identifying the event. The targeted alert system is configured to receive the alert from the building equipment, identify a location within the building of each of a plurality of building occupants, identify a role performed by each of the plurality of building occupants, select one or more of the building occupants to receive the alert based on at least one of the location of each building occupant and the role performed by each building occupant, and distribute the alert to the selected building occupants.
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1. A system to distribute alerts to individuals, the system comprising:
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building equipment configured to detect an event within a building and generate an alert identifying the event; and a targeted alert system configured to; receive the alert from the building equipment; identify a location within the building at which the event occurs; identify a location within the building of one or more of a plurality of individuals based on location information measured by mobile devices, each of the mobile devices associated with one of the individuals; determine a location trajectory of one or more of the mobile devices, each location trajectory comprising a future location of one of the mobile devices; identify a role performed by one or more of the individuals; select one or more of the individuals based on one or more of the location trajectories to receive the alert based on the role performed by one or more of the individuals; and distribute the alert to the one or more selected individuals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A targeted alert system to distribute alerts to individuals, the targeted alert system configured to:
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receive an alert from building equipment, the alert corresponding to an event within a building; identify a location within the building at which the event occurs; identify a location within the building of one or more of a plurality of individuals based on location information measured by mobile devices, each of the mobile devices associated with one of the individuals; determine a location trajectory of one or more of the mobile devices, each location trajectory comprising a future location of one of the mobile devices; identify a role performed by one or more of the individuals; select one or more of the individuals based on one or more of the location trajectories to receive the alert based on the role performed by one or more of the individuals; and distribute the alert to the one or more selected individuals. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of distributing alerts to individuals, the method comprising:
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receiving an alert identifying an event within a building; identifying a location within the building at which the event occurs; identifying a location within the building of one or more of a plurality of individuals based on location information measured by mobile devices, each of the mobile devices associated with one of the individuals; determining a location trajectory of one or more of the mobile devices, each location trajectory comprising a future location of one of the mobile devices; identifying a role performed by one or more of the individuals; selecting one or more of the individuals based on one or more of the location trajectories to receive the alert based on the role performed by one or more of the individuals; and distributing the alert to the one or more selected individuals. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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