Maximum Alert Geography for Hazard Notification Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hazard alert systems face inefficiencies due to the large volume of notifications, which decreases alert effectiveness, increases network strain, and reduces system efficiency, as users receive irrelevant or distant hazard alerts, necessitating logical filtering to determine the most utility-relevant alerts.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of Maximum Alert Geography (MAG) systems that predict the potential area of effect for hazards by determining geographical locations, types, and severities, and intersecting these with areas of interest to issue targeted, automated alerts in real or near real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hazard alert systems issue notifications to all users within large geographical areas, then the coverage and completeness of alert distribution is improved, but the volume of notifications increases tremendously causing network strain and reduced system efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making alert distribution selective rather than uniform. The system determines specific geographic areas of impact for each hazard and issues alerts only to users within those localized regions. This approach maintains complete coverage for affected areas while avoiding unnecessary notifications to unaffected users, thereby resolving the contradiction between comprehensive alert coverage and system efficiency.
2Reliability
If users define very large areas of interest to ensure they receive all relevant alerts, then the completeness of alert reception is improved, but the volume of notifications increases causing network strain and bandwidth consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential function of alert delivery by determining the specific geographic area of hazard impact and issuing alerts only within that extracted region. This eliminates the need for users to define large areas of interest, as the system automatically identifies and extracts only the relevant geographic scope for each hazard event, reducing network bandwidth consumption while maintaining complete alert reception for affected users.
3Reliability
If the system issues alerts to all users in large geographical areas, then no relevant alerts are missed, but the effectiveness of each individual alert decreases due to irrelevance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional approach by instead of broadcasting alerts to all users in large areas and filtering for relevance, the system determines the specific area of hazard impact first and then issues alerts only to users within that area. This inversion ensures that all issued alerts are inherently relevant to recipients, maintaining complete coverage for affected areas while eliminating alert irrelevance.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are described for performing logical filtering of hazard alerts by an area of geography the hazard is expected to impact and issuing alerts based on that area. Based on a geographical location, a hazard type, and a hazard severity, one or more geographic areas the hazard is expected to impact may be determined. One or more automated alerts may be issued to alert users in those areas that could be affected by the hazard.