	US 12,069,554 B1
	Fire warning network and emergency guidance system
Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, San Antonio, TX (US); Christopher Russell, The Colony, TX (US); Gregory David Hansen, San Antonio, TX (US); Nathan Lee Post, Rockport, TX (US); Ashley Raine Philbrick, San Antonio, TX (US); Nolan Serrao, Plano, TX (US); Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US); Pooja Krishnaswamy, McKinney, TX (US); and Noemy Diosdado, Como, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,012.
Application 18/168,012 is a continuation of application No. 17/334,022, filed on May 28, 2021, granted, now 11,659,374.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,146, filed on Jun. 1, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/33 (2018.01); G08B 17/103 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [G08B 17/103 (2013.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.02); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 68/005 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for alerting and guiding end-users during an emergency situation, the method comprising:

receiving, from a first device located in a first space, first data obtained during a first time indicating a presence of one or more hotspots near the first device;

receiving, from the first device, first location data for the first device;

generating a first evacuation route from the first space to a first safe zone based at least in part on the received first data and first location data;

receiving, from the first device, second data obtained during a second time subsequent to the first time by the first device indicating a change in the presence or intensity of hotspots near the first device; and

updating the first evacuation route based at least in part on the received second data.