Patent ID: 9179497
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a communication system to distribute notice data indicating a trigger condition among a group of wireless communication devices, the method comprising: in a wireless communication network, exchanging wireless data with the wireless communication devices and transferring device data indicating device locations and device status for delivery to a network server system; in a sensor system, detecting the trigger condition and responsively determining a current set of proximate ones of the wireless communication devices to the sensor system and transferring indications of the trigger condition and the current set of the proximate wireless communication devices for delivery to the network server system; in the network server system, processing the device data, the indication of the trigger condition, and the indication of the current set of the proximate wireless communication devices to generate the notice data indicating the trigger condition and to select at least one of the wireless communication devices for receipt of the notice data; in the network server system, transferring the notice data indicating the trigger condition for delivery to the selected at least one of the wireless communication devices over the wireless communication network; and in the wireless communication network, wirelessly transferring the notice data indicating the trigger condition to the selected at least one of the wireless communication devices.