SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT FACILITATES DISSEMINATING PROXIMITY BASED ALERT SIGNALS

• US 20150371517A1
• Filed: 06/18/2014
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lynn Daniels
• Original Assignee: Lynn Daniels
• Inventors: DANIELS, LYNN
• Application Number:
  US14/308,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20150371517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons

Abstract

A disclosed method includes retrieving device trajectory data, and monitoring a path trajectory from trajectory data of a first device relative to another device. An alert signal is then transmitted if the path trajectory of the first device is within a threshold trajectory of another device. A device is also disclosed, which is configured to transmit an alert signal, and receive a response associated with a device proximate to an anticipated path of the device. The device then determines an accessibility of the anticipated path based on the response. In another aspect, a device is disclosed, which is configured to detect signals corresponding to devices proximate to the device, and further configured to transition the device to a prioritized state according to a characterization of proximate devices ascertained from the signal. The device then provides an alert when the device transitions into the prioritized state.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a memory having computer executable components stored thereon; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the computer executable components, the computer executable components comprising;

a transmitting component configured to transmit an alert signal;

a receiving component configured to receive a response to the alert signal, the response associated with at least one device proximate to an anticipated path of the device; and

a determining component configured to determine an accessibility of the anticipated path based on the response.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the determining component is further configured to ascertain a device type associated with the at least one device, and wherein the accessibility is further based on the device type.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the determining component is further configured to dynamically update the accessibility based on subsequent responses.

4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a mapping component configured to display the anticipated path and a coordinate corresponding to a location of the at least one device.

5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a mapping component configured to display a dynamically updated version of the anticipated path, wherein the anticipated path is dynamically updated based on subsequent responses.

6. A device, comprising:

a memory having computer executable components stored thereon; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the computer executable components, the computer executable components comprising;

a monitoring component configured to detect a signal corresponding to at least one device proximate to the device;

a state component configured to transition the device to a prioritized state according to a characterization of the at least one device ascertained from the signal; and

an alert component configured to provide an alert when the device transitions into the prioritized state.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the state component is further configured to ascertain a device type associated with the at least one device from the signal, and wherein the device is transitioned to the prioritized state based on the device type.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the state component is further configured to ascertain a proximity associated with the at least one device from the signal, and wherein the device is transitioned to the prioritized state based on the proximity.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein the state component is further configured to ascertain a path trajectory of the at least one device, and wherein the device is transitioned to the prioritized state based on the path trajectory.

10. The device according to claim 6, wherein the monitoring component is further configured to detect an absence of the signal, and wherein the state component is configured to transition the device to the prioritized state when the signal is characterized as absent.

11. The device according to claim 6, wherein the alert component is further configured to provide the alert via an override of a system associated with the device.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the override comprises activating an idle system.

13. The device according to claim 11, wherein the override comprises overriding an active system.

14. The device according to claim 11, wherein the system comprises at least one of an audio system, a light system, a display system, or a tactile system.

15. The device according to claim 6, wherein the alert comprises information ascertained from data included in the signal.

16. A method comprising:

retrieving trajectory data associated with a first device and a second device;

monitoring a path trajectory from the trajectory data of the first device relative to the second device, the path trajectory including a distance component and a direction component; and

transmitting an alert signal to at least one of the first device or the second device if the path trajectory of the first device is within a threshold trajectory of the second device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the transmitting comprises varying at least one aspect of the alert signal according to at least one of a magnitude of the distance component or an angle of the direction component relative to the second device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the varying comprises varying at least one of an audio volume, a light flashing frequency, or a tactile vibration frequency.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising embedding data within the alert signal, wherein the data is at least one of audio data, image data, text data, light flashing frequency data, or tactile vibration frequency data.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising configuring the alert signal as an override signal, wherein the override signal is configured to override a system associated with at least one of the first device or the second device.