Security Forum Location Managers for Targeted Alert Dissemination
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for an improved system and method to effectively send and receive security alerts at differing locations, as existing communication methods lack efficiency and accuracy in disseminating safety information across various geographic areas.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a security forum with a processor, memory, and network interface, which includes a fixed location manager and a roving location manager, allowing user mobile devices to send and receive security messages within specific alert areas, with the ability to consolidate messages and forward them to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) using a rapid PSAP method.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a single location manager is used to handle all security alerts, then the system structure is simple, but the efficiency of disseminating alerts to users at different locations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the location management function into two separate components: a fixed location manager that handles alerts at predetermined locations (homes, workplaces) and a roving location manager that handles alerts at mobile locations. This segmentation allows each manager to specialize in specific alert types and user states, improving overall alert dissemination efficiency without requiring a completely complex unified system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a unified security forum platform that can serve multiple functions through its dual location manager architecture. The same platform infrastructure supports both fixed and mobile alert scenarios, allowing users to receive alerts regardless of their location state. This multi-functionality approach improves productivity by handling diverse alert scenarios within a single system framework.
2Reliability
If security alerts are sent to all users regardless of location, then the system is simple to operate, but the relevance and timeliness of alerts to specific users is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements location-specific alert distribution where the fixed location manager sends alerts to users at their registered home and workplace locations, while the roving location manager sends alerts to users based on their current mobile position. This local quality approach ensures each user receives alerts relevant to their specific location context, improving alert reliability and relevance without requiring complex user configuration.
3Measurement precision
If multiple location managers are implemented to improve alert distribution, then the precision of alert targeting is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments location management into two distinct managers with specialized responsibilities. The fixed location manager handles predetermined locations with simpler logic, while the roving location manager handles dynamic mobile locations. This segmentation achieves precise location-based alert targeting by matching alert types with appropriate location states, while keeping each manager's complexity manageable through clear functional boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The security forum platform acts as an intermediary that coordinates between the fixed and roving location managers. It receives alerts, determines the appropriate location manager based on alert characteristics, and distributes alerts accordingly. This intermediary approach enables precise alert targeting without requiring direct complex interactions between multiple location managers, thereby controlling system complexity.
4Productivity
If security messages are consolidated and forwarded through a centralized forum, then communication with emergency services is streamlined, but the response time for individual users may be delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having users pre-register their fixed locations (home, workplace) and preferences in the security forum system before emergencies occur. The fixed and roving location managers are pre-configured to handle different alert types. When alerts are generated, the system can immediately route them through the appropriate location manager without delay, achieving both streamlined emergency communication and rapid user notification.
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AI summary
A system for facilitating sending and receiving of security alerts may include a processor communicatively coupled to a memory and a network interface, the network interface communicatively coupled to a network. A fixed location manager and a roving location manager may be communicatively coupled to the network interface and the network and may be configured to: (i) receive security messages from a plurality of user mobile devices coupled with the network, (ii) create a fixed forum security message and a roving forum security message, each of which is associated with a geographic location of one of the security messages, and (iii) send the fixed forum security message and the roving forum security message to all of the plurality of user mobile devices that comprise a fixed alert area or a roving alert area associate with the geographic location.