Location-based risk alerts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021258756-A1
Application number	US-202117147106-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 12, 2021
Priority date	Feb 19, 2020
Publication date	Aug 19, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A location-based risk alerting system is disclosed. When information regarding a risk assessment situation is received, the location and time attributes of the risk assessment situation are extracted, a risk score is calculated and a risk alert is generated to include the attributes and the risk score upon validating the received information for risk. The risk alert is transmitted to client devices of subscribers where a user-specific risk score is calculated at each client device based on a comparison of the distance of the client device from the location attribute and the time at which the risk alert is received with the time attribute. The risk alert is displayed at the client device based on the user-specific risk score and information regarding the user is shared with trusted authorities upon receiving user consent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A location-based alert processing system, comprising:
at least one data storage device that stores location data and date-time stamps of the location data of a client device, and one or more processors executing machine-readable instructions stored in the at least one storage device to: receive a risk alert issued by a remote data source regarding a risk assessment situation, where
the risk alert includes a risk score, location attributes, and time-related attributes associated with the risk assessment situation;
extract at least the risk score, the location attributes, and the time-related attributes from the risk alert; determine a user-specific risk score based at least on the risk score of the risk alert, the location data, and the date-time stamps of the location data of the client device; determine based at least on the user-specific risk score, if the risk alert is to be displayed or if the risk alert is to be deleted without being displayed to the user, where,
if it is determined that the risk alert is to be displayed,
display the risk alert on a display of the client device along with a feedback mechanism for further user action, and
if it is determined that the risk alert is to be deleted,
delete the risk alert without being displayed on the client device.

2 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 1 , where if the risk alert is displayed, the processors further execute instructions to:
receive user selection of a further user action via the feedback mechanism where the further user action includes contacting an emergency response center.

3 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 1 , where the processors further execute instructions to:
periodically poll a location-based alerts server for risk alert updates.

4 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 1 , where the processors further execute instructions to:
determine the user-specific risk score by weighing the risk score with factors indicative of a distance between the location data of the client device from the location attributes of the risk alert and time differences between the date-time stamps of the location data and the time-related attributes of the risk alert.

5 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 4 , where the processors further execute instructions to:
select a risk level associated with the user-specific risk score, wherein the risk level is selected from a plurality of risk levels where selecting at least one of the plurality of risk levels enables sharing the user-specific risk score with a trusted external party without sharing user identifying information.

6 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 5 , where to share the user-specific risk score the processors further execute instructions to:
receive user consent to share the user-specific risk score; and share the user-specific risk score with the trusted external party upon receiving the user consent.

7 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 1 , where to determine the user-specific risk score the processors further execute instructions to:
determine a real-time, user-specific risk score for a user associated with the client device by weighing the risk score of the risk alert with a current speed of the client device, a current direction of travel of the client device relative to the location attributes, and the time-related attributes of the risk alert.

8 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 7 , where to determine the real-time risk score the processors further execute instructions to:
recalculate the risk score of the risk alert upon receiving input via the feedback mechanism that the user is impacted by the risk assessment situation.

9 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 8 , where the processors further execute instructions to:
display emergency instructions including evacuation routes and locations on the client device.

10 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 1 , where to determine the user-specific risk score the processors further execute instructions to:
receive future location data identifying one or more future locations of the client device and future temporal data associated with the future locations.

11 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 10 , where to determine the future risk score the processors further execute instructions to:
access a travel itinerary from a web browser; and extract the future location data and the future temporal data from the travel itinerary.

12 . The location-based alert processing system of claim 11 , where the processors further execute instructions to:
share the future location data and the future temporal data from the travel itinerary with an external trusted party on receiving user consent; receive the future risk score from the external trusted party in response to sharing the future location data and the future temporal data; and display the future risk score with the travel itinerary in the web browser.

13 . A method of processing location-based risk alerts, including:
validating information received regarding a risk assessment situation; obtaining location attributes and time-related attributes associated with the risk assessment situation; selecting at least one of a plurality of trained risk assessment models based on the risk assessment situation; calculating using the at least one trained risk assessment model, a risk score associated with the risk assessment situation; communicating a risk alert regarding the risk assessment situation to a plurality of client devices,
where the risk alert includes the location attributes, the time-related attributes, the risk score, and precautions to be followed based on the risk assessment situation;
enabling at the plurality of client devices receiving the risk alert, a determination regarding displaying the risk alert based at least on corresponding user-specific risk scores of the one or more client devices,
where the corresponding user-specific risk scores are generated using the risk score and corresponding location data stored on each of the plurality of client devices; and
causing a display of the risk alert with a feedback mechanism that enables user selection of a follow-up action, where
the risk alert is displayed on each of the plurality of client devices based on comparisons of the corresponding user-specific risk scores with a predetermined risk threshold.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein if the risk alert is displayed further comprising:
receiving the user selection of the follow-up action that is indicative of a user associated with the client device being affected by an emergency pertaining to the risk assessment situation.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
recalculating the risk score based on the indication of the user being affected by the risk assessment situation.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
updating the risk alert communicated to the plurality of client devices to include the recalculated risk score.

17 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
training each of a plurality of machine learning (ML)-based risk assessment models on historical data to generate the plurality of trained risk assessment models, wherein the historical data for training each ML-based risk assessment model is associated with a particular risk assessment situation to generate a risk score for the particular risk assessment situation.

Assignees

• Accenture Global Solutions Ltd

Inventors

• Mcdougall Anthony Peter
• Simmons Michael John

Classifications

• G06Q50/26

  Government or public services (business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40) · CPC title

• G06Q10/0635

  Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/90 Primary

  Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] · CPC title

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title