Patent ID: 8483651

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, enable a given device to perform a method of providing an emergency-vehicle notification to a mobile-device user, the method comprising: receiving emergency-vehicle location data at a server that indicates a location of an emergency vehicle, the server being remote from the emergency vehicle; receiving mobile-device location data at the server that indicates a location of a mobile device, the server being remote also from the mobile device; determining at the server that the emergency vehicle is active; determining whether to provide the emergency-vehicle notification to the mobile device based on analyzing the mobile-device location data and the emergency-vehicle location data at the server, wherein the mobile-device location data includes the location of the mobile device and a determination of one or more future locations of the mobile device, where such determination includes: first-location data, second-location data, a mobile device destination and a rate of movement of the mobile device, wherein the emergency-vehicle location data includes the location of the emergency-vehicle and the one or more future locations of the emergency vehicle, where such determination includes: emergency-vehicle location, emergency-event location, and an anticipated future location of the emergency-vehicle; based on determining to provide the emergency-vehicle notification to the mobile device, providing the emergency-vehicle notification to the mobile device; and providing the anticipated future location of the emergency vehicle to the mobile-device user through the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is separate from the emergency vehicle and located outside of the emergency vehicle.