Patent ID: 8660520

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving area data related to an affected area from at least one information provider through a third party access point; determining a boundary associated with the affected area based on the area data; discovering at least one communication device outside the boundary of the affected area; determining whether the communication device is heading toward the affected area based on: establishing, when the communication device is associated with one or more communication facilities, an approximate location of the communication device at a plurality of time periods based on a respective placement of each of the one or more communications facilities; establishing a positional heading based on the approximate locations; and determining that the communication device is heading toward the affected area based on the positional heading of the communication device; if the communication device is heading toward the affected area, sending a message including at least one route to avoid the affected area based on the area data to the communication device; receiving second area data related to the affected area from a particular provider, wherein the second area data is weighted for its reliability; determining whether the particular provider is competent based on the weighted reliability of the second area data; determining a provider location of the particular provider when the particular provider is determined as competent; and requesting additional area data from the particular provider when the at least one communication devices is associated with the provider location.