Server Emergency Evacuation via IP Location and Access Point Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing emergency evacuation systems require users to install separate applications and collect personal information, which can be inconvenient and invasive, especially in large buildings where privacy concerns arise during emergency situations.
Innovation Solution
A server-based system that transmits emergency mode requests to electronic devices, providing evacuation route information without the need for separate applications or user data collection, by using IP addresses to determine device locations and disable authentication processes for immediate connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users install separate applications on mobile terminals for evacuation guidance, then evacuation route information can be provided to users, but user convenience deteriorates due to the need for separate application installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an access point as an intermediary device that mediates between the server and mobile terminals. The access point receives evacuation route information from the server and relays it to mobile terminals without requiring users to install separate applications. This intermediary approach resolves the contradiction by enabling reliable evacuation information delivery while maintaining ease of operation through the access point's automatic mediation.
2Reliability
If the system obtains user information such as mobile number from mobile terminals, then notification can be sent to users during emergencies, but user privacy deteriorates due to personal information collection
Solution Approach 1:
The access point serves as a privacy-protecting intermediary that enables emergency notifications without direct access to user personal information. The system uses the access point's location and network infrastructure to deliver notifications to connected mobile terminals, eliminating the need to collect and store sensitive user data like mobile numbers while maintaining reliable emergency communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system leverages the existing network infrastructure and access points that users already connect to during normal operations. These access points automatically provide emergency notifications to connected devices without requiring users to have registered personal information with the evacuation system, enabling self-service emergency notification through existing connectivity.
3Reliability
If authentication processes are required for device connectivity, then security is maintained, but evacuation response time deteriorates due to authentication delays
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing communication channels and pre-positioning evacuation route information on access points before emergencies occur. During emergencies, the access points can immediately relay pre-prepared evacuation information to connected mobile terminals without requiring time-consuming authentication processes, as the information delivery is triggered by the emergency event itself rather than user-initiated connections.
Data Source
AI summary
A server is provided. The server includes a communication interface and a processor configured to transmit a request to operate in emergency mode to an electronic apparatus through the communicator, and while the electronic apparatus is operating in emergency mode, based on information on an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the electronic apparatus being received from a user terminal apparatus that is communicatively connected to the electronic apparatus, transmit map information corresponding to a location of the electronic apparatus to the user terminal apparatus based on location information of the electronic apparatus matched with the IP address.