Patent ID: 8406729
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A tangible computer readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising: identifying, by a first device, characteristics indicative of an occurrence of an emergency event; detecting a second device associated with the emergency event, the second device capable of device-to-device communication with the first device within a device-to-device communication range; transmitting, via device-to-device communication from the first device to the second device, first information related to the occurrence of the emergency event; receiving, via device-to-device communication from the second device to the first device, second information related to the occurrence of the emergency event; generating a report message comprising at least one or both of the first information or the second information; evaluating, via device-to-device communication between the first device and the second device, first device characteristics associated with the first device and second device characteristics associated with the second device, the first and second device characteristics comprising at least one of respective device-to-device transmission capabilities, respective remaining battery power, respective subscriptions for transmitting emergency event information, or respective message capacity transmission capabilities; selecting the first device as a designated transmitter of the report message when, based upon the evaluation of the first and second device characteristics, the first device characteristics are more favorable for transmission of the report message than the second device characteristics; when the first device is selected as the designated transmitter, transmitting the report message from the first device; and receiving, via device-to-device communication, an acknowledgement of receipt of the report message.