	US 11,812,330 B2
	Providing status of user devices associated with a biohazard
Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, IL (US); Evan Edward Quisenberry, Berkley, MI (US); and John Edward Buchalo, South Barrington, IL (US)
Assigned to The Safety Network Partnership, LLC, Barrington, IL (US)
Filed by The Safety Network Partnership, LLC, Barrington, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,956.
Application 18/110,956 is a continuation of application No. 17/493,997, filed on Oct. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,601,777.
Application 17/493,997 is a continuation of application No. 16/892,701, filed on Jun. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,146,914, issued on Oct. 12, 2021.
Application 16/892,701 is a continuation of application No. 16/209,511, filed on Dec. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,812,931, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 16/209,511 is a continuation of application No. 15/831,270, filed on Dec. 4, 2017, granted, now 10,154,373, issued on Dec. 11, 2018.
Application 15/831,270 is a continuation of application No. 15/406,387, filed on Jan. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,462,601, issued on Oct. 29, 2019.
Application 15/406,387 is a continuation of application No. 15/145,764, filed on May 3, 2016, granted, now 9,549,305, issued on Jan. 17, 2017.
Application 15/145,764 is a continuation of application No. 13/566,824, filed on Aug. 3, 2012, granted, now 9,363,097, issued on Jun. 7, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/521,506, filed on Aug. 9, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199429 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04M 1/72421 (2021.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 51/222 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1895 (2013.01); H04L 51/222 (2022.05); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04M 1/72421 (2021.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/186 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01)]

12 Claims

1. A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices, the method comprises:

identifying a first user device potentially associated with a biohazard;

identifying a geographic area associated with the biohazard based on previous location information of the first user device;

estimating a time period of the biohazard based on one or more of:

timing associated with interpreting a safety status level of the first user device generated by the first user device,

timing associated with receiving a signal from a sensor device of the first user device, and

timing associated with interpreting a second safety notification with regards to a second user device, wherein the second safety notification includes one or more of:

a safety status level associated with the second user device, another geographic area associated with another biohazard, and previous location information of the second user device, wherein the second user device is potentially associated with the other biohazard;

obtaining previous location information of a third user device by least one of:

receiving the previous location information of the third user device from the third user device,

estimating the previous location information of the third user device based on current location information of the third user device, and

accessing an information server to recover the previous location information of the third user device;

identifying the third user device as potentially associated with the biohazard based on the geographic area associated with the biohazard and the previous location information of the third user device when at least some of location coordinates history of the third user device for the time period of the biohazard is within the geographic area associated with the biohazard, wherein the previous location information of the third user device includes the location coordinates history of the third user device; and

issuing a safety notification to the third user device, wherein the safety notification includes one or more of the geographic area associated with the biohazard, a safety status request, the safety status level of the first user device, a subset of the previous location information of the first user device, and a subset of the previous location information of the third user device.