Emergency Auto-Notification

• US 20150077244A1
• Filed: 09/19/2013
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Eramian, David, Lyman, Nathan, Camp, Roy Leon
• Granted Patent: US 9,633,549 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0027 Post collision measures, e.g. notifying emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/001 Signalling to an emergency team, e.g. firemen
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/005 with transmission via computer network
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/006 with transmission via telephone network
• 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

According to an embodiment, methods and systems can provide emergency auto-notification. Thus, in the event of an emergency, such as a predefined emergency, one or more people can be notified of a user'"'"'s condition, needs, environment, and location, for example. The people to be notified can be predetermined, such as during a set up procedure. The people to be notified can be notified by text messaging, email, vice, voice mail, or any other method. The notification can be triggered by any desired criteria. For example, the notification can be triggered by the user'"'"'s condition, location, or environment.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more memories storing contact information regarding contacts of a user;

one or more hardware processors in communication with the one or more memories and operable to;

receive a first communication from a user mobile device in response to the user mobile device receiving a signal from a beacon, the first communication being indicative of an emergency regarding the user;

access the contact information in the one or more memories;

determine, at least in part from information representative of the signal and the contact information, a contact; and

send a second communication to the contact regarding the emergency.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first communication includes the information representative of the signal and the information representative of the signal includes information indicative of a location of the user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first communication includes information indicative of a type of the emergency, based at least in part upon the signal.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first communication includes biometric information; and

the one or more hardware processors are operable to respond to the biometric information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first communication includes information indicative of a type of the emergency, based at least in part upon the signal; and

determining the contact comprises determining the contact based, at least in part, on the type of emergency.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first communication is sent in response to the mobile device being at a predefined location of the beacon; and

wherein the first communication includes information indicative of the predefined location.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further operable to facilitate bidirectional communication between the contact and the user mobile device.

8. A method comprising:

storing contact information regarding contacts of a user;

receiving, electronically via one or more hardware processors, a first communication from a user mobile device in response to the user mobile device receiving a signal from a beacon, the first communication being indicative of an emergency regarding the user;

accessing, via the one or more hardware processors, the contact information in the one or more memories;

determining, via the one or more hardware processors and at least in part from information representative of the signal and the contact information, a contact; and

sending, via the one or more hardware processors, a second communication to the contact regarding the emergency.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first communication includes the information representative of the signal and the information representative of the signal includes information indicative of a location of the user.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first communication includes information indicative of a type of the emergency, based at least in part upon the signal.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the first communication includes biometric information; and

further comprising responding, via the one or more hardware processors, to the biometric information.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the first communication includes information indicative of a type of the emergency, based at least in part upon the signal; and

determining the contact comprises determining the contact based, at least in part, on the type of emergency.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the first communication is sent in response to the mobile device being at a predefined location of the beacon; and

wherein the first communication includes information indicative of the predefined location.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising facilitating, via the one or more hardware processors, bidirectional communication between the contact and the user mobile device.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable and executable code for instructing one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

storing contact information regarding contacts of a user;

receiving a first communication from a user mobile device in response to the user mobile device receiving a signal from a beacon, the first communication being indicative of an emergency regarding the user;

accessing the contact information;

determining at least in part from information representative of the signal and the contact information, a contact; and

sending a second communication to the contact regarding the emergency.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first communication includes the information representative of the signal and the information representative of the signal includes information indicative of a location of the user.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first communication includes information indicative of a type of the emergency, based at least in part upon the signal.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein:

the first communication includes biometric information; and

further comprising responding to the biometric information.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein:

the first communication includes information indicative of a type of the emergency, based at least in part upon the signal; and

determining the contact comprises determining the contact based, at least in part, on the type of emergency.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein:

the first communication is sent in response to the mobile device being at a predefined location; and

wherein the first communication includes information indicative of the predefined location of the beacon.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising facilitating bidirectional communication between the contact and the user mobile device.