US 11,716,590 B2
Contact tracing based on associations in a wireless network
Sundar Sankaran, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,158.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,563, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368291 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 4/023 (2013.01) [G08B 21/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer, comprising:
an interface circuit configured to communicate with a set of communication devices in a network;
a processor; and
memory configured to store program instructions, wherein, when executed by the processor, the program instructions cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at the interface circuit, connection information associated with one or more communication devices in the set of communication devices, wherein the connection information specifies dynamic associations or connections between one or more electronic devices and the one or more communication devices in an environment as a function of time;
storing, in the memory, system information, wherein the system information comprises: first identifiers of the one or more communication devices, second identifiers of the one or more electronic devices, and timestamps, wherein the system information associated with a given subset of the timestamps specifies a duration of a given dynamic association or connection in the dynamic associations or connections between a given electronic device and a given communication device of the one or more electronic devices and the one or more communication devices;
receiving, at the interface circuit, occurrence information that indicates an occurrence of an event, wherein the event is associated with a first electronic device in the one or more electronic devices or with an individual that is associated with the first electronic device;
determining, based at least in part on the system information and the occurrence information, one or more regions in the environment where the first electronic device was present during a time interval; and
performing a remedial action based at least in part on the determined one or more regions in the environment.