Patent ID: 8779917
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving weather conditions corresponding to an affected geographical area; assessing a severity of the weather conditions; accessing a database for information to determine notification conditions to be met to determine whether a notification is to be provided to each communication device of a plurality of communications devices of a subscriber, notification conditions comprising whether a communication device of the plurality of communications devices is to be notified, a number of communication devices of the plurality of communications devices to be notified, and a real-time location of each communication device of the plurality of communications devices; identifying a location of each communication device of the plurality of communications devices in relationship to the affected geographical area, the identifying occurring subsequent to receiving the weather conditions within an amount of time based on the severity of the weather conditions; generating a notification of weather conditions; and sending, the notification of weather conditions to each communications device of the plurality of communications devices for which respective conditions have been met, the notification of weather conditions being sent based on the determined communications device to be notified, the number of communications devices to be notified, the real-time location of each communications device to be notified, and a time of day at which the notification is sent.