Patent ID: 8401514
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G01C,G08B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving an indication of an emergency event at a mobile device executing an egress agent; transmitting a location of the mobile device within a region of interest from the mobile device using a peer-to-peer mechanism to another mobile device executing another egress agent in response to the indication of the emergency event; activating, using the egress agent executing on the mobile device, an emergency response specific to the mobile device that is dependent on the location of the mobile device; periodically receiving, at the mobile device, a current location of another mobile device and a velocity and a time associated with the another mobile device within the region of interest using a peer-to-peer mechanism from the another mobile device; and dynamically changing, using the egress agent executing on the mobile device, the emergency response specific to the mobile device based at least in part on the current location of the another mobile device and the velocity and the time associated with the another mobile device.