Patent ID: 11900786
Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A power outage detection system, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
receive information indicative of a status of electrical power at a plurality of locations within a geographic region;
wherein the information indicative of the status of electrical power at the plurality of locations includes information regarding battery state of portable electronic devices having network connections;
determine a status of electrical power in the geographic region based on the status of electrical power at the plurality of locations;
wherein the determining the status of electrical power in the geographic region comprises identifying availability of a power source to charge portable electronic devices in one or more locations based on portable electronic devices having a high level of charge after a long duration following occurrence of a disaster and identifying locations without any available electrical power based on portable electronic devices in one or more locations having low levels of battery charge; and
send information regarding the status of electrical power in the geographic region to at least one user of the system.