RU2784823C1 - Using environmental monitoring technologies to track and assist hikers - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: environmental parameters monitoring.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method, system and computer-readable medium for monitoring environmental parameters to track the position of hikers and provide them with assistance. The system comprises an intelligent environment comprising an intelligent environment notifier located at a first location that operates to provide a security goal for the first location; and detect the first user at the first location; and create sensor data and user identification data that is indicative of detecting the first user at the first location; a smart device located at a first location that is used by the first user, where the smart device does not have access to the data network except as provided by the environment smart notifier; a monitoring terminal located at a second location different from the first location, the monitoring terminal being used by the second user and operating to receive the first presence alert; and receive the first emergency alert; and provide information input by the second user, confirming the receipt of the first emergency alert; to provide communication with the first user via the data transmission channel established with the intelligent device by means of an intelligent notifier of external conditions; a computing system operable to receive generated data from the environment smart notifier; analyze at least a portion of the received data to determine that the first user is located at the first location; and based on the determination that the first user is located at the first location, generate a first presence alert for the first user; and registering the generated first presence alert; and transmitting the generated first presence announcement to the monitoring terminal; and analyze at least a portion of the received data to determine that an emergency alert should be generated; and based on the determination that an emergency alert is to be generated, generate a first emergency alert for the first user; and transmit the generated first emergency alert to the monitoring terminal; and receive information input by the second user from the monitoring terminal; and parsing at least a portion of the received information entered by the second user to determine that the second user acknowledges receipt of the first emergency alert; and based on the determination that the second user acknowledges receipt of the first emergency alert, create a communication channel through the environment smart notifier between the first user using the smart device and the second user using the monitoring terminal.

EFFECT: improving the reliability of emergency alerts.

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Description

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

This patent specification relates to devices, systems, methods and related computer software products that provide tracking and assistance to hikers, as well as the implementation of environmental monitoring tasks. More specifically, this patent specification relates to a variety of devices, including intelligent multi-sensor network devices, communicating with each other and/or with a central server or cloud computing system to realize a variety of useful tasks related to tracking, assisting, and assisting hikers. for the purpose of monitoring environmental parameters.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Park rangers and rescue personnel are tasked with tasks ranging from detecting and alerting wildfires to tracking and assisting hikers in remote, hard-to-reach areas where there is often no cell coverage, making messaging impossible. between individual hikers. When a fire breaks out in a remote area, every minute counts for the authorities to form an effective response team and gather the necessary resources. Early warning of such an event, as well as the ability to communicate with people in the area, can be critical to the safe end of such a situation.

In one example, a hiker is traveling within a remote area and needs to be warned of a nearby wildfire outbreak, as well as being instructed as to where to hide from the danger.

In another example, a hiker is disoriented and out of cellular coverage. A key issue for tourist safety is the ability to communicate with the park ranger or other park supervisors.

Similarly, another example is to track the progress of a hiker along a marked route so that park rangers can be alerted if the hiker is delayed at the next checkpoint on the trail.

In another example, the tourist is in dire need of immediate assistance, which could be provided by other tourists who are close to his location, if they only knew about the current situation and had information about the location of the first tourist.

These and other examples demonstrate the need to provide backpackers with a means by which they can share information with park rangers, lifeguards, and other hikers who are nearby when their devices are offline or in remote locations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This document describes a system that uses environmental monitoring technologies to track and assist hikers.

The paper discloses various methodologies for tracking and assisting hikers and the objectives of monitoring environmental parameters. The embodiments described herein are representative examples of devices, methods, systems, services, and/or computer software products that, while particularly useful and useful in providing location tracking and assistance to backpackers in remote tourist regions, are generally case apply to any situation where a person is in open areas (for example, on beaches or campsites). Thus, although the specific examples refer to the environment corresponding to the remote locations of backpackers, it should be understood that the scope of the described system of application services is not limited to the above.

In general, in one of the considered aspects, the data generated by the smart notifier about the environment and including sensor data and identification data indicative of the use of the first user of the smart device registered in the first location is received on the server and then analyzed, after which based on the analysis data, a first presence alert is generated, followed by its registration and transmission to a monitoring terminal located at a second location different from the first location; then a decision is made on the possible formation of an emergency alert based on the analysis data; if a decision was made to generate an emergency alert, the first emergency alert is generated, and the generated first emergency alert is transmitted to the monitoring terminal; the server receives the information entered by the second user, confirming the reception of the first emergency notification by the second user; then, the acknowledgment of receipt by the second user of the first emergency alert is analyzed; using the smart environmental notifier, a communication channel is established between the first user using the smart device and the second user using the monitoring terminal based on the analyzed acknowledgment of the first emergency alert by the second user.

Implementations may include one or more of the following features. At the server, the received data may be parsed to extract at least the following information: the environment smart notifier ID, the first user ID, the first user's local environment, and the first user's location. The first user's local environmental condition parameters may include at least temperature, humidity, occupancy sensor data, active proximity sensor data, PIR motion sensor data, ultrasonic location data, fire data, smoke data, UV index, carbon monoxide level, carbon dioxide level, seismic activity data, wind speed, video data stream, audio data and light level data.

The procedure for generating the first presence alert may be implemented in at least one of the following ways: indicating the location of the first user according to the results of the data analysis; loading a set of previously recorded presence alerts of the first user and extracting data from them about its respective locations, adding data about the location of the first user to the extracted data set and creating a tracked route of the first user's movements based on the analysis of the data set with changes made to it; and matching location coordinates of the first user with location set parameters associated with one or a plurality of predetermined travel itineraries to determine the first user's travel path along the travel itinerary. The first presence alert may include at least the following: a first presence alert identifier, a first user identifier; identifier of the smart notifier about external conditions; the location of the first user; the timestamp of the first presence alert generated, and an optional tour itinerary identifier.

The process of registering the generated first presence alert may include at least one of the following: storing it in a database, in a data file, or in a blockchain transaction.

The transmission of the first presence announcement to the monitoring terminal can be performed using email, SMS, instant messaging service, simple network management protocol (SNMP), MQTT network protocol, extensible presence and messaging protocol (XMPP), proprietary protocol, and etc.

Determination of the need to generate a first emergency alert can be performed by comparing parts of the analyzed data with a set of criteria indicating the presence of an emergency or a request for emergency assistance. The criteria matching procedure may be implemented by performing at least one of the following: searching for the presence of specific words or phrases in a speech recording or audio stream indicative of the presence of a request for assistance (eg, using natural language processing tools); searching for the presence of hand gestures in a video recording or video stream indicative of the presence of a request for assistance (for example, using gesture recognition algorithms such as 3D algorithms based on the use of computer simulations, skeletal position recognition algorithms, appearance models, etc. .); analysis of facial expressions in a video recording or video stream indicating an emergency (for example, by using an emotion recognition algorithm); searching for the presence of specific words or phrases in a text message (for example, by using a predefined lookup table); searching for the presence of words or phrases in a text message that indicate the presence of a request for assistance (for example, by conducting text mining, using logical text analysis techniques, natural language processing tools); combining the sensor data received from the environment smart notifier with the received data about the first location of the first user (for example, by detecting the presence of a fire near the user's location); searching for the presence of specific programmable commands embedded in the data stream received from the environmental smart notifier (eg, by sending the environmental smart notifier a specific control command generated in response to a command received from the first user); loading a set of previously recorded presence alerts of the first user, adding the first presence alert to the loaded presence alert set, calculating, using the modified set data, the first user's tracked route parameters, predicting, using the tracked route data, the probability that the first user will be unable to complete at least one of the plurality of pre-designated routes in time to avoid at least one of the impending environmental hazards. A hazardous environmental hazard can be at least one of the following: wildfire, dry bush fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, landslide, seismic sea wave, heat wave, zero light conditions, abnormal cold, the presence of predators and the presence of hunters. The presence of impending threats associated with hazardous environmental conditions can be detected by analyzing data received from the environmental smart notifier in question, other smart environmental notifiers located near the first user, or by analyzing data received from external sources. . The first emergency alert may include at least the following data: a first emergency alert identifier, a first presence alert identifier, the receipt of which led to the generation of the first emergency alert, a first user identifier; identifier of the smart notifier about external conditions; the location of the first user; the type of emergency the presence of which is indicated by the first emergency alert; timestamp of the generated first emergency alert; and an optional tourist itinerary identifier.

The transmission of the first emergency alert to the monitoring terminal can be performed using email, SMS, instant messaging service, simple network management protocol (SNMP), MQTT network protocol, extensible presence and messaging protocol (XMPP), proprietary protocol, etc. .d.

The data entered by the second user acknowledging receipt of the first emergency may include a voice confirmation, a specific mouse gesture, a mouse click, keyboard input, a specific hand gesture, and so on.

A communication channel between the first user using the smart device and the second user using the monitoring terminal can be created with the smart environmental notifier using voice call, video call, instant messaging service, and so on.

In general, according to another aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method includes allowing administrators to customize the behavior of smart tracking notifiers.

Implementations may include one or more of the following features. The contemplated method may include providing a user interface to allow an administrator to configure profile settings for each of the plurality of environment smart notifiers. The specified device profiles can contain one or more of the following data categories: device ID, device type, device location, and measurable environmental parameters. The environmental parameters available for measurement may include at least the following: temperature, humidity, presence sensor data, active proximity sensor data, PIR motion sensor data, ultrasonic location data, fire data, smoke data, UV index , carbon monoxide level, carbon dioxide level, seismic activity data, wind speed, CCD camera/camera data stream, audio data, and light level data.

In general, according to another aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method includes allowing administrators to customize travel itinerary parameters and associate specific environment smart notifiers with them.

Implementations may include one or more of the following features. The contemplated method may include providing a user interface to allow the administrator to configure the parameters of each of the tourist routes. Tourist itinerary parameters can include one or more of the following: a route identifier, an ordered set of related locations, route difficulty information, season-specific route recommendations and restrictions, and an ordered set of mapped environment smart notifiers.

An ordered set of interconnected locations may include a linear tourist route (a route with different start and end points), a circular tourist route (a route with the same start and end point and not requiring the passage of the same section twice), a tourist route of the "in and out" type. back” (a route where you travel forward to the end point, and then back to the starting point along the same path), as well as a “lollipop” route (a route with a loop at the end, with start/end points along back and forth type). The route difficulty parameter can be one of the following: easy, medium, moderately difficult, difficult, and very difficult. Season-specific travel recommendations and restrictions may include a set of twelve elements, where each element corresponds to a different month of the year, and indicating at least that the passage of a tourist route during that month of the year: recommended, not recommended, prohibited.

In general, in yet another of the considered aspects, the composition of the apparatus includes a storage device for storing data corresponding to presence alerts, where each of them is associated with at least one first user; as well as a server for receiving data generated by the smart notifier about the external conditions and including sensor data and identification data that is a sign of detecting the first user at the first location, analyzing the received data, generating the first presence notification based on the analysis data, and then registering it and transmitting to a monitoring terminal located at a second location different from the first location and then deciding on the possible generation of an emergency alert, as well as generating a first emergency alert and transmitting the generated first emergency message to the monitoring terminal; receiving information entered through the monitoring terminal by the second user, confirming the receipt by the second user of the first emergency alert; analysis of confirmation of receipt by the second user of the first emergency notification and establishment of a communication channel between the first user using the smart device and the second user using the monitoring terminal using the smart notifier about the external conditions, based on the analyzed confirmation of receipt by the second user of the first emergency notification.

Implementations may include one or more of the following features. The environmental smart notifier sensor data may include measurements and/or logs of temperature, humidity, UV index, carbon dioxide levels, seismic activity data, wind speed, light level data, CCD camera/video camera data stream , fire, smoke, active proximity, PIR motion, carbon monoxide, PIR motion, occupancy, ultrasonic location, and audio. The environment smart notifier identification data indicative of finding the first user at the first location may include the identity of the first user. The first user identifier may include at least one of the following: user name, email address, MAC address, Bluetooth device address (BD_ADDR), NFC user identifier, ISDN mobile subscriber number, telephone number, a biometric identifier and a locally generated identifier. The identifier may be used independently or in combination with other identifiers. The identifier may be determined based on information provided by the first user (e.g., the user may provide a username using an application running on a smart device), indirectly by identifying the first user's device, or the application using which the user communicates with the environmental smart notifier (e.g., , recognizing a unique device or application identifier while maintaining communication with the user's device), or naturally by an intelligent environmental notifier using its sensors (for example, an intelligent environmental notifier can generate a unique identifier based on recognition of the first user's facial features using its camera , record the name of the first user using your microphone, etc.).

In general, according to another aspect of the invention, the hardware includes a device equipped with a user interface to provide information to the first user, as well as a network access interface. Said device is capable of transmitting information provided by the first user to a remote server even if the device does not have access to any data network, except for data networks that can be accessed through a smart environmental notifier

Implementations may include one or more of the following features. Such a device may include at least one visual or audible user interface. Such a device can be a mobile phone, smart watch, laptop, personal digital assistant, fitness tracker, GPS device or travel GPS navigator. The network access interface can be Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, WiFi, Wi-Fi HaLow, NFC, Zigbee or Z-wave.

In general, according to another aspect of the invention, the apparatus includes a device equipped with a plurality of sensors, a first network interface for creating a private network, and a second network interface for connecting to a server. Said device is configured to receive connections from first nearby users using a private network created by the first network interface, and to transmit information provided by users, along with information discovered by the device itself, to a remote server through the second network interface. Said device is further configured to transmit response information from the remote server to the first users and provide a volume of information between the first users and remote users via the remote server.

Implementations may include one or more of the following features. Sensors can measure and/or record temperature, humidity, UV index, carbon dioxide levels, seismic data, wind speed, light level data, CCD camera/video feed, fire, smoke, active proximity sensor data, PIR motion sensor data, carbon monoxide level, PIR motion sensor data, presence sensor data, ultrasonic location data, and audio data. The first network interface can be Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi HaLow, NFC, Zigbee or Z-wave. The second network interface can be Internet, LoRaWAN, SigFox, GSM, OpenUNB, CDMA, NB loT, DASH7 Alliance Protocol, IEEE P802.11ah, LTE-Cat M, nWave or MIoTy). Communication between first users and remote users via a remote server may be supported using voice chat, video chat, instant messaging service, and so on.

In general, according to another aspect of the invention, the apparatus includes a device equipped with a user interface for transmitting and collecting information to and from a second user, as well as a network access interface. The device is configured to transmit information provided by the second user to a remote server, as well as receive alerts from the remote server and present them to the second user.

Implementations may include one or more of the following features. Such a device may include at least one visual or audible user interface. This device can be a mobile phone, smart watch, laptop, PDA, fitness tracker, GPS device, travel GPS navigator, or desktop computer. The network access interface can be Internet, GSM, CDMA, NB loT, LTE-Cat M, nWave, MIoTy, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi HaLow, NFC, Zigbee or Z-wave.

In general, according to another aspect of the invention, the system includes means for receiving data generated by a smart environmental notifier located at the first location, which includes sensor data and first user identification data, which is an indication of the discovery of the first user at the first location. means for analyzing the received data, means for generating a first presence alert based on the signaled data, means for registering the generated first presence alert, means for transmitting the generated first presence alert to a monitoring terminal located at a second location different from the first location, o operating under control of the second user, means for determining the need to generate an emergency alert based on the analyzed data, means for generating the first emergency alert based on the analyzed data, means for transmitting the first emergency message to the monitoring terminal, means for receiving information entered by the second user, confirming the second user's acceptance of the first emergency alert, means for analyzing confirmation of receipt by the second user of the first emergency alert, means for creating a communication channel between the first user using an intelligent device and the second by a user using a monitoring terminal through an intelligent environmental notifier based on the analyzed data.

These and other objects and features, as well as their combinations, can be expressed as methods, devices, systems, means for performing functions, software products, and in other ways.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 and 2 illustrate schematic representations of information retrieval systems.

Fig. 3 and 4 illustrate diagrams of graphical user interfaces.

Fig. 5, 6, 7 and 8 illustrate the block diagrams of technological processes.

Fig. 9 illustrates a schematic representation of a general purpose computing system.

The same position numbers in different drawings indicate similar elements.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference to FIG. 1: An exemplary application service system 100 downloads and distributes environmental monitoring data and tourist support potential data based on sensor data and identification data generated by the first environment smart notifier (IAM) 124 of the first user 104 in the smart environment 130.

The system 100 includes an application server 106 enabling the environmental smart notifier 124 to transmit sensor data 125 and user identities 104 to monitoring terminals 111 used by second users 105 through appropriate alerts generated by the geographic server 116 and the emergency detection server. situations 122, as well as to establish communication between the first users 104 and the second users 105 in the event of an emergency.

The first user 104 may use an application 108 running on the client terminal 110 (e.g., PDA, mobile phone, smartphone, tablet, GPS device, travel GPS navigator, laptop) to access the environmental smart notifier 124 via a private network 114 (e.g., BLE, WiFi), which is provided by a smart environmental notifier 124.

Environmental smart notifier 124 may use a user 104 connection over a private network 114 to determine user identification data 104. Environmental smart notifier 124 may also use one or more of a variety of sensors 125 (e.g., temperature sensors, humidity sensors, occupancy sensors, daylight sensors, fire sensors, smoke sensors, carbon monoxide sensors, active proximity sensors, PIR motion sensors, ultrasonic sensors, CCD/video cameras, microphones, etc.) to determine user identification data 104 and send the sensor data to application server 106 .

The environment smart notifier 124 can access the application server 106 via the network 112 (eg, Internet, LoRaWAN, SigFox, GSM, OpenUNB).

The application server 106 forwards the sensor data 125 and user identification data, as well as any previously generated presence alerts for the first user 104 stored in the database 118, to the geographic server 116. The geographic server 116 analyzes the sensor data and user identification data to determine the current the location of the first user 104, the local environmental conditions of the first user 104, and to identify the environmental smart notifier 124 that is used by the first user 104 to communicate with the application server 106. The geographic server 116 selects an environment smart notifier profile 103 from a plurality of environment smart notifier profiles 103 based on the analysis data. For example, the environment smart notifier profile 103 may be derived from the environment smart notifier information compiled by the administrator using the graphical user interface 410 (FIG. 4). The geographic server 116 selects the possible tourist routes that the first user 104 can travel by searching for all tourist routes 102 for which the selected environment smart notifier profile 103 contains a portion of the specified route. For example, a travel itinerary 102 may be retrieved from a composition of travel itineraries compiled by an administrator using the graphical user interface 310 (FIG. 3). If the application server 106 provided one or more of the presence alerts previously generated for the first user 104, the geographic server 116 calculates the tracked route parameters for the first user 104. For example, the geographic server 116 can create an array of locations from the data contained in each of the received presence alerts, along with the corresponding timestamps, as well as sort the elements of the array according to the timestamp, and insert the specific current location data of the first user 104 at the end of the sorted array. The geographic server 116 then generates a presence alert containing at least the identification data of the first user 104, the current timestamp, the environment smart notifier ID 124 (derived from the selected environment smart notifier profile 103 and in accordance with the configuration given by by the administrator using the area 412a of the graphical user interface 410 (FIG. 4)), the determined current location coordinates of the first user 104, the selected possible travel routes 102 that the first user 104 can travel, and the tracked route of the first user 104.

The geographic server 116 transmits the generated presence alert to the application server 106 . The application server 106 registers the received presence alert in the database 118. The application server 106 then transmits the generated presence alert to the monitoring terminal 111 used by the second user 105 via a second network 126 (eg, the Internet) different from the first network 112 (monitoring terminal 111 has no direct connection to the first network 112). The monitoring terminal 111 may notify the second user 105 immediately or later, depending on the usage scenario.

The application server 106 sends sensor data and user identification data to the emergency detection server 122 . The emergency detection server 122 determines whether the location data of the first user 104, the local environmental condition data, or the status data indicates the presence of an emergency. To determine if a first emergency alert is needed, the emergency detection server 122 may match segments of the parsed sensor data 125 and first user identification data 104 with a set of criteria indicating the presence of an emergency or emergency request. Said criteria matching process may be carried out in at least one of the following ways:

searching for the presence of specific words or phrases in the voice recording or audio stream indicative of the presence of the first user 104's request for emergency assistance (eg, using natural language processing tools);

searching for the presence of hand gestures in the video recording or video stream indicative of the presence of the first user 104 request for emergency assistance (for example, using gesture recognition algorithms such as 3D algorithms based on the use of computer simulations, skeletal position recognition algorithms, models of the external species, etc.);

analyzing facial expressions of the first user 104 in the video recording or video stream indicative of an emergency (eg, by using an emotion recognition algorithm);

searching for the presence of words or phrases in the text message of the first user 104 that indicate the presence of the first user 104's request for emergency assistance (for example, by using a predefined lookup table, by performing text mining, using logical text analysis techniques, natural language processing tools );

combining the sensor data received from the environment smart notifier 124 with the obtained location data of the first user 104 to determine if there is an emergency (eg, by detecting the presence of a fire near the location of the first user 104);

detection of special programmable commands embedded in the data stream received from the environmental smart notifier 124 (for example, by sending the environmental smart notifier 124 a specific control command generated in response to a command received from the first user 104), indicating the presence of the request of the first user 104 for emergency assistance;

loading the set of previously registered presence alerts of the first user 104, adding the first presence alert to the loaded presence alert set, calculating, using the modified set data, the traced route parameters of the first user 104, predicting, using the traced route data, the probability that the first user 104 will be unable to complete at least one of the plurality of pre-designated routes 102 in time to avoid at least one of the impending environmental hazards. A hazardous environmental hazard may be at least one of the following: wildfire, dry brush fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, landslide, seismic sea wave, heat wave, zero light conditions, abnormal cold, the presence of predators and the presence of hunters. The presence of hazardous environmental threats at the location of the first user 104 can be identified based on analysis of information received from the environmental smart notifier 124, from other environmental smart notifiers 124 located in the vicinity of the first user 104, or or from external sources.

In some embodiments, the sound, vibration, and/or motion sensor data 125 generated by the environmental smart notifier 124 is used to detect sounds, vibrations, and/or motions that occur during the movement of flood waters. Based on the detected sounds, vibrations and/or movements, the emergency detection server 122 infers the direction and speed of the flood flow. For example, the emergency detection server 122 may be used to execute programs/algorithms that recognize the sound of flood waters moving and the associated risk to tourists 104 of being in the intelligent outdoor environment 130.

In some embodiments, the sound, vibration, and/or motion sensor data 125 generated by the Smart Environment Notifier 124 is used to detect sounds, vibrations, and/or motions generated during the movement of dangerous predators (bears, mountain lions, etc.). .) Based on the detected sounds, vibrations and/or movements, the emergency detection server 122 makes judgments about detecting the presence of predators in the intelligent external environment 130 and provides appropriate services. For example, the emergency detection server 122 may be used to execute programs/algorithms that recognize the sounds made by certain predators, their movement patterns, and/or the vibrations they generate (individually or collectively).

In some embodiments, the sound, vibration, and/or motion sensor data 125 generated by the Smart Environment Notifier 124 is used to detect sounds, vibrations, and/or motions that occur while hunters are carrying out their activities without proper permission or in an unsafe manner in the smart environment. external environment 130. Based on the detected sounds, vibrations and/or movements, the emergency detection server 122 infers the presence of hunting or poaching activity and provides appropriate services. For example, the emergency detection server 122 may be used to execute programs/algorithms that recognize the sounds of gunshots and vibrations in the vicinity of campsites, hiking trails, and so on.

The emergency detection server 122 may include or otherwise use external information from external sources (for example, obtained from the Internet - such as weather forecasts, warnings of adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, data of coordination systems, etc.) for improving the performance of one or more data processing models. External information can be used to interpret data received from the environmental smart notifier 124, to determine environmental characteristics in the area of the environmental smart notifier 124, to determine the contact information of organizational units (for example, government civil services such as emergency brigades, police, or hospitals) located near the smart environment notifier 124 to identify statistical conditions, environmental conditions, trends, or other information related to the smart environment 130, and so on.

Then, the emergency detection server 122 generates an emergency alert containing at least the following components: a first emergency alert ID, a first presence alert ID that generated the first emergency alert, a first user ID 104; environment smart notifier ID 124; location data of the first user 104; the type of emergency the presence of which is indicated by the first emergency alert; timestamp of the generated first emergency alert; and an optional travel itinerary identifier 102. The type of emergency indicated by the first emergency alert may be at least one of the following: the user is threatened by hazardous environmental conditions (at least one of the following: forest fire, fire in dry bushes, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, landslide, seismic sea wave, abnormal heat, zero light conditions, abnormal cold, the presence of predators and the presence of hunters), the user deviated from the laid route, the user did not arrive at the next control point on time, the user is requesting assistance, or the user is in need of emergency assistance.

The emergency detection server 122 transmits an emergency alert to the application server 106 . The application server 106 transmits an emergency alert to the monitoring terminal 111 via the second network 126. The monitoring terminal 111 may notify the second user 105 immediately or later, depending on the usage scenario. The second user 105 may, via the monitoring terminal 111, enter into the application server 106 information indicative of an acknowledgment of the second user 105 receiving the emergency alert. Then, the application server 106 starts the process of exchanging information between the first user 104 and the second user 105 by creating a communication channel between the client terminal 110 and the monitoring terminal 111 through the private network 114, the environment smart notifier 124, the first network 112, and the second network 126.

In some implementations, to encourage security-related innovation and research and to increase the number of security-related products and services and other products and services available to users, the application services system 100 includes a variety of application programming interfaces (APIs) 150 third parties, such as public safety agencies 160 (such as the institute of park rangers and police), government agencies 162 (such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)), academic institutions 164 (such as university researchers), enterprises 166 ( e.g. private security organizations), emergency services 168 (such as fire department, ambulance service, search and rescue service), as well as other third parties. Application programming interfaces (APIs) 150 are connected to and allow third-party systems to communicate with application service system 100, including an application server 106, a geographic server 116, and an emergency detection server 122. For example, application programming interfaces (APIs) 150 allow third party applications to initiate specific data processing tasks performed by the application service system 100 .

For example, third parties may develop programs and/or applications, such as web applications or mobile applications, to integrate application services into the system 100 and provide users with the necessary services and information. Examples include providing users with local weather reports and disaster warnings, information and statistics, safety information, checklists, etc.

In yet another example, third parties may develop programs and/or applications, such as web applications or mobile applications, to integrate application services into the system 100 and provide first responders with the necessary services and information. Examples include alerting the relevant law enforcement agencies to the presence of poachers, providing early warning to public security agencies of the presence of forest fires, alerting the relevant executive authorities when the level of harmful emissions into the environment exceeds the level allowed by current environmental policy, etc.

With reference to FIG. 2: in some embodiments, the second user 105 is located in the second intelligent external environment 130a, in a second location different from the location of the first user 104. The second user 105 may use the monitoring terminal 111 (e.g., PDA, mobile phone, smartphone, tablet, GPS device, travel GPS navigator, laptop) to access the second environment smart notifier 124a via the second private network 114a (e.g., BLE, WiFi) provided by the second environment smart notifier 124a.

Second environment smart notifier 124a can access application server 106 via network 112 (eg, Internet, LoRaWAN, SigFox, GSM, OpenUNB).

When the second user 105 inputs, using the monitoring terminal 111, into the second application server 106 information indicating confirmation by the second users 105 of receiving an emergency alert, the application server 106 starts an information exchange process between the first user 104 and the second user 105 by creating an information exchange channel between the client terminal 110 and the monitoring terminal 111 via the private network 114, the first environment smart notifier 124, the first network 112, the second environment smart notifier 124a, and the second private network 114a.

In the following, examples of the implementation of security-related tasks will be given with reference to FIG. 1-2. In one safety-related example, some or all of the environmental smart notifiers 124 function as sensors in a plant fire detection system. In this example, if the environmental smart notifier detects 124 characteristic movements (wildlife escaping a fire), excess heat, smoke, elevated levels of carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide, etc. the notifier sends an appropriate message through the network 112 (e.g., OpenUNB network, SigFox, LoRaWAN, Internet) to the application server 106, which in turn sends an alarm to the monitoring terminal 111, and also, at the same time, the message is sent to the mobile devices 110 users 104.

And in yet another security-related example, tourist location data (eg, GPS data, environment smart notifier profile 103 data, etc.) is used to achieve tourist security objectives. According to embodiments, users 104 in the intelligent outdoor environment 130 (e.g., walkers in the area) register their respective mobile devices 110 as "locked" to the travel itinerary 102, and the application server 106 tracks the movements of the users 104 using geolocation data of users received from mobile devices 110 or smart notifiers about the environment 124 to which they are connected. The application server 106 uses said tracking data to infer the current and future location and security status of the users 104. travel time along a predetermined route 102 to reach the next checkpoint, the application server 106, using the geographic server 116 and the emergency detection server 122, can determine that the tourist 104 is late in arriving at the next checkpoint located along the tourist route 102, and send a signal alerts to monitoring terminal 111 or other relevant authorities (park rangers and search and rescue, etc.).

In yet another security-related example, some or all of the environmental smart notifiers 124 are equipped with video cameras. In such a case, the environmental smart notifiers 124 may transmit the video information to the application server 106, which may make the video information available to the monitoring terminals 111, in the form of a live video stream or a pre-recorded video stream. The monitoring user 105 can use the monitoring terminal 111 to connect to the application server 106 to receive a live video stream or a pre-recorded video stream with registration of activity in the external environment 130. It should also be taken into account that smart notifiers about the external conditions 124 may be equipped with a microphone and a loudspeaker, and that a two-way voice communication channel may be established between the environmental smart notifier 124 and the monitoring terminal 111. For example, two-way voice information exchange can be carried out using the OpenUNB, LoRaWAN or SigFox protocols. This allows the monitoring users 105 to see and communicate with tourists 104 while they are out of mobile coverage in remote areas.

In one embodiment, in an emergency, the environmental smart annunciators 124 can broadcast a real-time video stream to emergency personnel such as park rangers and fire brigade personnel. For example, upon detection of a forest fire or some other emergency occurring in the area of interest, or after the user 104 presses the alarm button in the application 108, a real-time video stream can be broadcast to nearby emergency personnel, such as caretakers. parks and fire brigades, emergency responders, medical personnel and other first responders. For example, video information is transmitted from the environment smart notifier 124 where an emergency has been detected or where an alarm button has been pressed.

According to embodiments, intelligent external environments 130 may be grouped to create "foreign security zones" and information may be shared among multiple intelligent external environments 130 located in the same zone. For example, if a fire, flood, landslide, or some other type of natural disaster or emergency occurs in one of the smart environments 130, an alert is sent to other smart environments 130 located in the same external security zone. The use of such external security zones allows the intelligent external security zones 130 to exchange with each other information about the occurrence of emergencies and other unusual situations that occur in such a zone in real time or near real time. This real-time information exchange process allows the smart environmental notifiers 124 in unaffected smart environments 130 to form the appropriate response to ensure safety and minimize the impact of an emergency event, for example, an alarm sound to alert nearby tourists to the presence of a fire nearby, send alerts to client terminals 110 of tourists 104, including evacuation instructions, environmental alerts, information about environmental conditions, regional geographic information systems data, etc.

A number of different techniques can be used to create external security zones. In some embodiments, the application server 106 automatically creates zones using a combination of "zone criteria information" such as geographic location information of smart environments 130 and geographic travel route information 102. The geographic location information may include GPS coordinates, environment smart notifier profile 103 configuration data (eg, as set by an administrator using the GUI 410 (FIG. 4)) and so on. Geographic information about tourist routes 102 may include the coordinates of an ordered set of one or more related locations (for example, as they were set by the administrator using the graphical user interface 310 for the area 316 (Fig. 3)), the coordinates of an ordered set of one or more profiles 103 environmental conditions smart notifiers (eg, as set by the administrator using the GUI 310 (FIG. 3) for the area 318 (FIG. 3)) or the GPS coordinates of tourists 104.

According to embodiments, the smart environment notifiers 124 of the smart environments 130 provide "zone criteria information" to the application server 106 upon registration and/or during continued use, and the application server 106 registers and stores the zone criteria information in a database. data 118.

In some embodiments, the application server 106 negotiates environment smart notifiers 124 using geo-location information and therefore creates "zones" based on geo-proximity data, such as in the case of the location of environment smart notifiers. 124 in close proximity to each other (as part of a group located in the same zone). It is possible that each smart outer environment 130 has its own zone, which includes other smart outer environments 130 located within a predetermined radius. In this way, each intelligent outer environment 130 is located in the center of its zone and takes advantage of its location in the surroundings of neighboring intelligent outer environments 130, without being located on the edge of one or another zone.

According to some embodiments, the application server 106 generates zones using geographic information related to the travel itineraries 102. For example, if a tourist 104 is found in one of the smart environments 130 but does not appear within the next smart environment 130 indicated by the parameters of a predetermined an ordered set of one or more travel route environment smart notifier profiles 103, the formed zone consists of smart environments 130 located near a given ordered set of one or more interconnected travel route locations 102. Thus, the notification that the tourist 104 did not show up to the expected destination on time, is sent to the 124 zone environmental smart notifiers, and the location of the tourist can be determined if he/she has been identified by other smart notifiers. environmental conditions 124 in the same zone or in neighboring zones.

In some embodiments, application server 106 generates zones using geographic and topographic information related to smart environments 130. For example, application server 106 can generate zones based on information about known geographic hazards, such as dry river beds prone to flooding. , known habitats for large predators, areas in the path of repeated landslides, etc. In this way, tourists 104 can be alerted to potential future danger well in advance of the actual occurrence of an emergency.

With reference to FIG. 3: shows an exemplary GUI 310 allowing an administrator to configure the parameters of the tourist routes 102 (FIG. 1) and the corresponding environment smart notifier profiles 103 (FIG. 1) along with them.

The graphical user interface 310 includes an area 312 for displaying information about the tourist route 102 (Fig. 1), an area 314 for generating tourist recommendations in accordance with a specific time of year for the tourist route 102 (Fig. 1), an area 316 for generating a geographic plan tourist route 102 (FIG. 1) and an area 318 for matching profiles 103 of specific environment smart notifiers (FIG. 1) to tourist route 102 (FIG. 1).

Area 312 includes areas 312a to indicate the route identifier and area 312b to indicate the degree of difficulty of the route. Area 312a allows you to specify an alphanumeric string as the identifier of the tourist route 102 (Fig. 1). Area 312v allows at least one of the following values corresponding to the difficulty level of the route to be set: easy, moderately difficult, moderately difficult, difficult, and very difficult.

Area 314 includes areas 314a, 314b, 314c, 314d, 314e, 314f, 314g, 314h, 314i, 314j, 314k, and 314l that allow you to set travel itinerary recommendation parameters corresponding to each of the calendar months of the year. Areas 314a - 314l allow at least one of the following travel itinerary permissions for that calendar month to be set: recommended, not recommended, and prohibited.

The area 316 includes areas 316a, 316b, etc., allowing you to specify the parameters of an ordered set of one or more interconnected locations. An ordered set of interconnected locations may include a linear tourist route (a route with different start and end points), a circular tourist route (a route with the same start and end point and not requiring the passage of the same section twice), a tourist route of the "in and out" type. back” (a route where you travel forward to the end point, and then back to the starting point along the same path), as well as a “lollipop” route (a route with a loop at the end, with start/end points along back and forth type). Regions 316a, 316b, etc. allow you to set parameters for each location using either their coordinates or a selection on the map. Area 316 allows reordering of related locations, either by selecting them or by manually entering the order parameters for each location in the set, in each of areas 316a, 316b, and so on.

Area 318 includes areas 318a, 318b, etc., allowing an ordered set of environment smart-notifier profiles 103 (FIG. 1) to be mapped to a tourist route 102 (FIG. 1). Regions 318a, 318b, etc. allow matching of individual environment smart notifier profiles 103 (FIG. 1) using either the environment smart notifier profile ID 103 (FIG. 1) or a selection from a list. Area 318 allows reordering of related environment smart notifier profiles 103 (FIG. 1) by either selecting or manually entering order parameters for each environment notifier profile in the set, in each of areas 318a, 319b, etc. .

The graphical user interface 310 (FIG. 1) may be used to set other parameters of the tourist route 102.

With reference to FIG. 4: An exemplary GUI 410 is shown, allowing an administrator to configure device profile settings 103 (FIG. 1) for each of the environmental smart notifiers 124 (FIG. 1).

The graphical user interface 410 includes an area 412 for displaying information about the environment smart notifier 103 (FIG. 1) and areas 414 for configuring the environment smart notifier 103 (FIG. 1) to make available environmental measurements.

The area 412 includes areas 412a for specifying a device identifier, an area 412b for specifying a device type, and an area 412c for specifying a device location.

Area 412a allows an alphanumeric string to be specified as the identifier of the environment smart notifier 103 (FIG. 1). Area 412a allows either an alphanumeric string to be specified as the device type or selection from a predefined list of options. This list may contain information about specific models of proprietary smart notifiers about environmental conditions, or about models that are widely available for purchase. Area 412 c allows you to set device location parameters using either coordinates or a selection on the map.

Area 414 includes areas 414a, 414b, 414c, 414d, 414e, 414f, 414g, 414h, 414i, 414j, 414k, 414l, 414m, 414n, 414o, and 414p to indicate the availability of temperature, humidity, UV index measurements. , CO2, Seismic, Wind Speed, Light, CCD/Camera data stream, Fire, Smoke, Active Proximity, PIR, Carbon Monoxide, PIR, PIR presence sensor, indicators of ultrasonic location and sound vibrations, respectively. Areas 414a - 414p allow you to set the parameters for the availability of the corresponding environmental measurements as logical values (on/off, true/false, etc.), numerical values indicating the sensitivity of the corresponding sensor 125 (Fig. 1), providing measurements environmental indicators, or alphanumeric values indicating the model of the sensor 125 (Fig. 1), providing measurement of environmental indicators.

To set other parameters of the tourist route 103, a graphical user interface 410 (Fig. 1) can be used.

With reference to FIG. 5: An exemplary process 510 can be used to provide tracking and assistance to a tourist at remote tourist locations. Process 510 receives sensor data and first user identification data generated by the environment smart notifier that indicates the discovery of the first user at the first location (512) . For example, the environment smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1) may transmit information regarding the environment smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1), namely its sensor readings 125 (FIG. 1) and the first user 104 (FIG. 1 ) to the application server 106 (FIG. 1) via the network 112 (FIG. 1).

Process 510 analyzes the sensor data and the detected data (514) identifying the first user. For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may parse the received data to extract at least the following information: environment smart notifier ID 124 (FIG. 1), first user ID 104 (FIG. 1), environmental parameters the first user 104 (FIG. 1) and location parameters of the first user 104 (FIG. 1). The application server 106 (FIG. 1) may transmit the retrieved environment smart notifier ID to the geographic server 116 (FIG. 1) to locate the environment smart notifier profile 103 (FIG. 1) among the plurality of environment smart notifier profiles 103. conditions (Fig. 1) and extracting detailed information about it.

Process 510 generates a first presence alert for the first user (516). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may generate a first presence alert by using at least the following: indicating the location of the first user 104 (FIG. 1), based on the parsed data; extracting a set of previously registered alerts for the first user 104 (FIG. 1) from the database 118 (FIG. 1) and extracting the corresponding information about their locations, adding information about the location of the first user 104 (FIG. 1) to the composition of the retrieved set , as well as generating a tracked route for the first user 104 based on the changed set data (FIG. 1) and comparing the location parameters of the first user 104 (FIG. 1) with the parameters of the set of locations corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined tourist routes 102 (FIG. .1) to track the movement of the first user 104 (FIG. 1) along the tourist route 102 (FIG. 1). The first presence announcement may comprise at least the following: first presence announcement identifier, first user identifier 104 (FIG. 1); environment smart notifier ID 124 (FIG. 1); location parameters of the first user 104 (FIG. 1); a timestamp of the generated first presence alert; and an optional tour itinerary identifier 102 (FIG. 1).

Process 510 registers the generated first presence alert (518). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may register the generated first presence alert in the database 118 (FIG. 1). The database may be implemented in at least one of the following forms: relational database, NoSQL database, cloud database, columnar database, wide column database, object-oriented database, key-value database ”, hierarchical database, document database, graph database, time series database, data file and blockchain based database.

Process 510 sends the generated first presence announcement to the monitoring terminal (520). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may send a first presence announcement to the monitoring terminal 111 (FIG. 1) via the network 126 (FIG. 1) using email, SMS, instant messaging, simple network protocol. management (SNMP), MQTT network protocol, Extensible Presence and Messaging Protocol (XMPP), proprietary protocol, etc. 2) can transmit the first presence alert to the monitoring terminal 111 (FIG. 2) via the network 112 (FIG. 2) via the environmental smart notifier 124a (FIG. 2) and via the network 114a (FIG. 2) using SMS messaging, instant messaging, email, push notifications, simple network management protocol (SNMP), MQTT network protocol, extensible presence and messaging protocol (XMPP), proprietary protocol, etc.

Process 510 determines whether an emergency alert should be generated (522). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may use the emergency detection server 122 (FIG. 1) to determine if an emergency alert needs to be generated by passing to it the data parsed in step 514 of the process 510. The emergency detection server 122 (FIG. 1) can compare parts of the analyzed data with a set of criteria indicating the presence of an emergency or a request for emergency assistance. Said criteria matching process may be performed in at least one of the following ways: by searching for the presence of specific words or phrases in the voice recording or audio stream spoken by the first user 104 (FIG. 1) and registered by the environment smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1) using one of its sensors 125 (FIG. 1) indicating the presence of a request for assistance (eg, using natural language processing tools); searching for the presence of the first user's hand gesture 105 (FIG. 1) in the video recording or video stream captured by the environmental smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1) using one of its sensors 125 (FIG. 1), indicating the presence of a request for providing assistance (for example, using gesture recognition algorithms such as 3D algorithms based on the use of computer simulations, skeletal position recognition algorithms, appearance models, etc.); analyzing the facial expressions of the first user 104 (FIG. 1) in a video recording or video stream captured by an intelligent environmental notifier 124 (FIG. 1) using one of its sensors 125 (FIG. 1) indicating an emergency (for example , by using an emotion recognition algorithm); searching for the presence of specific words or phrases in a text message transmitted by the first user 104 (FIG. 1) to the smart environmental notifier 124 (FIG. 1) through the application 108 (FIG. 1) running on the client terminal 110 (FIG. 1) connected to the environmental smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1) via the private network 114 (FIG. 1), an emergency (eg, by using a predefined lookup table); searching for the presence of words or phrases in a text message transmitted by the first user 104 (FIG. 1) to the smart environmental notifier 124 (FIG. 1) through the application 108 (FIG. 1) running on the client terminal 110 (FIG. 1), connected to an intelligent environmental notifier 124 (FIG. 1) via a private network 114 (FIG. 1), indicating the presence of a request for assistance (for example, through text mining, using logical text analysis techniques, natural language processing tools) ; combining sensor data 125 (FIG. 1) received from an environmental smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1) containing the received data about the first location of the first user 104 (FIG. 1) (for example, by detecting the presence of a fire near the location user, based on data from the smart notifier about the external conditions 124 (Fig. 1), namely, data from the sensors 125 of fire, smoke or carbon dioxide (Fig. 1) or a combination of their readings); detection of special programmable commands embedded in the data stream received from the environmental smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1) (for example, by sending the environmental smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1) a specific control command generated in response to a command received from the first user 104 (FIG. 1) via the application 108 (FIG. 1) to the environment smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1) via the private network 114 (FIG. 1)); extracting the set of previously registered presence alerts for the first user 104 (FIG. 1) from the database 118 (FIG. 1), adding the first presence alert to the loaded presence alert set, calculating, using the modified set data, the tracked route parameters of the first user 104 (FIG. 1) by predicting, using tracked route data, the probability that the first user 104 (FIG. 1) will be unable to complete at least one of the plurality of pre-designated routes 102 (FIG. 1) in time to to avoid at least one dangerous environmental condition threatening the user and detected based on the analysis of information received from the smart environmental notifier 124 (Fig. 1), from other smart environmental notifiers 124 (Fig. 1), near the first user 104 (FIG. 1), or from external sources via the network 126 (FIG. 1).

Based on the determined data, process 510 generates a first emergency alert for the first user (524). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may contain a first emergency alert of at least the following type: first emergency alert ID, first presence alert ID that generated the first emergency alert, first user ID 104 1); environment smart notifier ID 124 (FIG. 1); location parameters of the first user 104 (FIG. 1); the type of emergency the presence of which is indicated by the first emergency alert; timestamp of the generated first emergency alert; and an optional tourist route identifier 102 (FIG. 1). The type of emergency indicated by the first emergency alert may be at least one of the following: the user is threatened by hazardous environmental conditions (at least one of the following: forest fire, dry bush fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, landslide, seismic sea wave, abnormal heat, zero light conditions, abnormal cold, the presence of predators and the presence of hunters), the user deviated from the established route, the user did not arrive at the next checkpoint in time, the user requests assistance, or the user needs emergency assistance.

Process 510 transmits the generated first emergency alert to the monitoring terminal (526). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may send the first emergency alert to the monitoring terminal 111 (FIG. 1) via the network 126 (FIG. 1) using email, SMS, instant messaging, simple network control protocol. (SNMP), MQTT network protocol, extensible presence and messaging protocol (XMPP), proprietary protocol, etc. 2) can transmit the first emergency alert to the monitoring terminal 111 (FIG. 2) via the network 112 (FIG. 2) via the environmental smart notifier 124a (FIG. 2) and via the network 114a (FIG. 2) using SMS messages , instant messaging, email, push notification, simple network management protocol (SNMP), MQTT network protocol, extensible presence and messaging protocol (XMPP), proprietary protocol, etc.

The process 510 receives information entered through the monitoring terminal by the second user confirming that the second user received the first emergency alert (528). For example, the monitoring terminal 111 (FIG. 1) may use input devices such as a microphone, mouse, keyboard, trackpad, and so on. to receive information entered by the second user 105 (FIG. 1), such as voice confirmation, specific mouse gesture, mouse click, keyboard input, specific hand gesture, etc., acknowledging receipt of the first emergency alert.

Process 510 analyzes the second user's acknowledgment of the first emergency alert (530). For example, confirmation of the second user 105 (FIG. 1) can be used to determine whether the second user 105 (FIG. 1) wants to communicate with the first user 104 (FIG. 1), send the first emergency message to another second user 105 (FIG. 1) to process or completely reject the first emergency alert.

Process 510 establishes a communication channel between the first user and the second user (532). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may establish communication between the first user 104 (FIG. 1) and the second user 105 (FIG. 1) by creating a communication channel between the client terminal 110 (FIG. 1) and the monitoring terminal 111 (FIG. 1) through the private network 114 (FIG. 1), the environmental smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1), the first network 112 (FIG. 1), and the second network 126 (FIG. 1). In another example, the application server 106 (FIG. 2) may establish communication between the first user 104 (FIG. 2) and the second user 105 (FIG. 2) by creating a communication channel between the client terminal 110 (FIG. 2) and the monitoring terminal 111 (FIG. 2) through the first private network 114 (FIG. 2), the environment smart notifier 124 (FIG. 2), the network 112 (FIG. 2), the second environment smart notifier 124a (FIG. 2), and the second private network 114a (FIG. 2). In both examples, the means of communication between the first user 104 (FIG. 1 and FIG. 2) and the second user 105 (FIG. 1 and FIG. 2) may be a two-way voice channel, a two-way video channel, a two-way text messaging channel, etc. d.

With reference to FIG. 6: The exemplary process 610 can be used to map travel itineraries to an ordered set of related locations and an ordered set of corresponding environment smart notifiers to generate presence and emergency alerts based on the parameters of the first users 104 (FIG. 1). The process 610 allows administrators to select the travel itinerary 102 (612) and set parameters for the corresponding locations of the travel itinerary 102 and the environmental smart notifier profiles 103 103 (614).

For example, a user interface may be provided to allow an administrator to map the locations and profiles of the environment smart notifier 103 (FIG. 1) to the travel itinerary 102 (FIG. 1). The user interface can be configured to allow the administrator to define the corresponding locations as an ordered set of related locations that together can contain a linear tourist route (a route with different start and end points), a circular tourist route (a route with the same start and end point, and not requiring you to go through the same section twice), a round-trip tourist route (a route where you travel forward to the end point and then back to the starting point along the same path), and a route in the form " lollipop" (a route with a loop at the end, with start / end points of the "round trip" type). The user interface can be configured to allow the administrator to set the parameters of the respective environment smart notifier profiles 103 (FIG. 1) as an ordered set.

With reference to FIG. 7: An exemplary process 710 can be used to map the environmental smart notifier profiles to a geographic location as well as a set of available environmental measurements to enable presence and emergency alerts to be generated based on the parameters of the first users 104 (FIG. 1). The process 710 allows administrators to implement the environment smart notifier profile 103 (712) and to set the corresponding location and available measurements (714) of the environment smart notifier 103.

For example, a user interface may be provided to allow an administrator to map geographic location data and available environmental measurements to environmental smart notifier profile 103 (FIG. 1). The user interface can be customized to allow the administrator to set the parameters of the corresponding geographic location as a set of coordinates. The user interface can be configured to allow an administrator to configure the available local environment parameters as a set of booleans for each of at least the following local environmental parameters: Temperature, Humidity, Presence, Active Proximity, Passive IR Motion, Ultrasound, fire, smoke, UV index, carbon monoxide level, carbon dioxide level, seismic activity, wind speed, CCD camera/camera data stream, sound and light level.

With reference to FIG. 8, exemplary process 810 can be used to create external security zones ("zones") and send security-related alerts to intelligent external environments in the created zones.

Process 810 detects a security event in an intelligent external environment (812). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) could detect a fire or flood. In other examples, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may be notified of (rather than detect) a security event in one of the smart external environments 130 (FIG. 1). An example would be to receive a notification that a user 104 (FIG. 1) has indicated a need for urgent assistance, either directly through the application 108 (FIG. 1) or indirectly through the environment smart notifier 124 (FIG. 1).

Process 810 creates an external security zone, composed of intelligent external environments, that will be in an advantageous position due to receiving notification of a security event, or help in its resolution (814).

The process 810 within the creation of the external security zone (814) determines an appropriate radius for the zone based on the detected security event (816). For example, in the event of a forest fire, the zone radius can be quite large as the fire can spread quickly and users (FIG. 1) in the area must be notified to evacuate immediately before the fire reaches their current locations. However, in the case of a lost or delayed hiker 104 (FIG. 2), the zone radius may be very small, such as 5 kilometers or less, since other hikers 105 (FIG. 2) further away are unlikely to encounter the lost hiker 104 (FIG. .2) or will be able to get to the tourist 104 (FIG. 2) in time to provide assistance, and therefore they do not need to be notified.

The process 810 within the framework of creating a zone (814) external security considers information about users in the area (818). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 2) can identify potential users 105 (FIG. 2) who can help resolve a safety event (e.g., can reach an injured person in time to provide medical care or assist in an evacuation). said person). In another example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may identify smart external environments 130 (FIG. 1) with a high concentration of early adopters (104), such as a campground.

Process 810, as part of zone creation (814), assigns smart external environments 130 (FIG. 2) to zone (820). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 2) identifies smart external environments 130 (FIG. 2) that are in range and have users 104 (FIG. 2) that can benefit from receiving a security event notification or users 105 (Fig. 2), which could help in solving it.

Process 810 sends an alert to smart external environments 130 (FIG. 1) that have been assigned to a zone (822). For example, the application server 106 (FIG. 1) may send alerts to the environment smart notifiers 124 (FIG. 1) associated with the smart environments 130 (FIG. 1) that were assigned to the zone in step 814 of the process 820 over the network. 112 (FIG. 1) via SMS, instant messaging, email, PUSH notifications, SNMP, MQTT, XMPP, proprietary protocol, etc. The environment smart notifiers 124 (FIG. 1) can further provide this information to users 104 (FIG. 1) connected via their client terminals 110 (FIG. 1).

On FIG. 9 shows a schematic representation of a general purpose computing system 200 that may be used to implement system 100 (FIG. 1) or a component of system 100 (FIG. 1), such as geographic server 116 (FIG. 1), emergency detection server 122 (FIG. 1) or application server 106 (FIG. 1). Computing device 200 is designed to represent various forms of digital computers such as laptop computers, desktop computers, workstations, personal digital assistants, servers, blade servers, mainframes, and other suitable computers. The components shown here, their connections and relationships, and their functions are provided by way of illustration and are not intended to limit the implementation of the inventions described and/or claimed in this document.

Computing device 200 includes a processor 202, memory 204, storage 206, a high speed interface 208 coupled to memory 204 and high speed expansion ports 210, and a low speed interface 212 coupled to low speed bus 214 and storage 206. All components 202, 204, 206 , 208, 210 and 212 are interconnected via different busbars, and can be installed on a common motherboard or otherwise, depending on the circumstances. The processor 202 may process instructions for execution in the computing device 200, including instructions stored in the memory 204 or on the storage device 206, to display graphical information for a graphical user interface on an external input/output device, such as a display 216, connected to the high speed interface 208. If necessary, other implementations may use multiple processors and/or multiple buses, as well as multiple drives and memory types. Multiple computing devices 200 may also be connected, with each device providing portions of the necessary operations (eg, as a server group, a blade server group, or a multiprocessor system).

Information in computing device 200 is stored in memory 204. In a water implementation, memory 204 is a volatile memory module or modules. In another implementation, memory 204 is a non-volatile memory module or modules. The memory 204 may also be another form of computer-readable media, such as a magnetic or optical disk.

The storage device 206 may be a storage device for the computing device 200. In one implementation, the storage device 206 may be or contain a computer-readable medium such as a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, or a tape device, flash memory, or other a similar semiconductor storage device, or an array of devices, including devices in a storage area network or other configurations. The computer program product may be tangibly embodied in a storage medium. The computer program product may also contain instructions that, when executed, implement one or more methods, such as those described above. A storage medium is a computer or machine-readable medium such as a memory 204, a storage device 206, a memory 202 on a processor, or a distributed signal.

The high speed controller 208 controls the bandwidth intensive operations of the computing device 200 while the low speed controller 212 controls the bandwidth intensive operations. This distribution of functions is only illustrative. In one implementation, high speed controller 208 interfaces with memory 204, display 216 (eg, via a GPU or accelerator), and high speed expansion ports 210 that can accept various expansion cards (not shown). In this implementation, the low speed controller 212 is paired with the storage device 206 and the low speed expansion port 214. The low speed expansion port, which may include various communication ports (e.g., USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, Wireless Ethernet), can be paired with one or more input/output devices such as a keyboard, pointing device, scanner, or network device such as as a switch or router, for example through a network adapter.

Computing device 200 may be implemented in several different forms, as shown in the drawings. For example, it may be implemented as a standard server 220 or multiple times within a group of such servers. It may also be implemented as part of rack server system 224 . In addition, this device may be implemented in a personal computer, such as a laptop computer 222. Each of such devices (for example, a standard server, a rack server system, a personal computer, a laptop computer) may contain one or more computing devices 200, and the entire system may consist of a plurality of computing devices 200 interacting with each other.

Various implementations of the systems and methods described herein may be implemented in digital electronic circuits, integrated circuits, specially designed ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), computer hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations thereof. These various implementations may include implementation in one or more computer programs that are executable and/or interpretable on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor, which may be special purpose or general purpose, associated with, with at least one input device for receiving data and commands from the data storage system, and with at least one output device for transmitting data and commands to the data storage system.

These computer programs (also known as programs, software, software applications, or code) include machine instructions for a programmable processor and may be implemented in a procedural and/or object-oriented high-level programming language and/or assembly/machine language. As used herein, "computer-readable media", "computer media" refers to any computer software product, hardware, and/or device (e.g., magnetic disks, optical disks, memory, programmable logic devices (PLDs)) used to transmit machine instructions and/or or data to a programmable processor, including a computer-readable medium that receives machine instructions in the form of a computer-readable signal. The term "machine readable signal" refers to any signal that is used to transmit machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor.

To provide user interaction, the systems and methods described herein may be implemented on a computer having a display device (for example, a CRT (cathode ray tube) or liquid crystal display) for displaying information to the user, as well as a keyboard and pointing device (for example, a mouse). , trackball, touch screen, or iDrive-like component) through which a user can enter data into a computer. Other types of devices can also be used to interact with the user; for example, the feedback provided to the user may be any form of sensory feedback (eg, visual feedback, audio feedback, or tactile feedback); and user input may be received in any form, including acoustic, voice, or tactile input.

The systems and methods described herein may be implemented on a computing system that includes a back-end component (eg, as a data server), or that includes a middleware component (eg, an application server), or that includes a front-end component (e.g., a client computer having a graphical user interface or web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the systems and technologies described herein), or any combination of such back-end components, middleware, or external interface. System components can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data transmission (for example, a communication network). Examples of communication networks include a local area network ("LAN"), a wide area network ("WAN"), and the Internet.

The computing system may include clients and servers. The client and server are typically remote from each other and typically communicate through a communications network. The interactions between the client and the server are provided by computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship with each other.

It should be appreciated that the previous description of the disclosed examples is provided so that a person skilled in the art can make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these examples will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applicable to other examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, various forms of the flows shown above can be used with reordering, adding or removing steps. In addition, while several practical applications and methods have been described, it should be understood that many other practical applications are contemplated.

User interfaces other than those described above may be used. Various types of sensors 125 may be used (FIG. 1). Network 112 (FIG. 1) may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network ("WAN"), LoRAWAN, SigFox, OpenUNB, any other type of network, or any combination of network types. Network 126 (FIG. 1) may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network ("WAN"), any other type of network, or any combination of network types. Private networks 114 (FIG. 2) and 114a (FIG. 2) may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network ("WAN"), Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, WiFi, Wi-Fi HaLow, NFC, Zigbee, Z-wave, any other network type, or any combination of network types. Application server 106 (FIG. 1), geographic server 116 (FIG. 1), emergency detection server 122 (FIG. 1), and database 118 (FIG. 1) can be integrated into one device.

In addition, the logical flows shown in the drawings do not require the specific order shown or sequential order to achieve the desired results. Other steps may be included in the flows described, or some steps may be omitted, and other components may be added to the systems described, or some components may be removed. Accordingly, these other implementations are within the scope of the claims below.

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The method of working with the first user in the environmental monitoring system to track the position of hikers and provide them with assistance, performed by a computer system connected by communication with an intelligent external environment, and a monitoring terminal, where the intelligent external environment contains an intelligent notifier of external conditions and a smart device located at a first location, where the environment smart notifier operates to provide at least one security goal for the first location, where the smart device is being used by the first user, and where the smart device does not have access to any network transmission of data other than those provided by the environment smart notifier, while the monitoring terminal is located in a second location different from the first location, and the term l monitoring is used by the second user, the method includes the following steps: receiving to the computing system sensor data and first user identification data generated by the environment smart notifier that is indicative of detecting the first user at the first location; analyze the received data; generating a first presence alert based on the analysis; registering the generated first presence alert; transmitting, using the computing system, the generated first presence announcement to the monitoring terminal; based on the analysis, it is determined by the computing system whether an emergency alert has been generated; and if it is determined that an emergency alert has been generated, transmitting a first emergency alert using the computing system to the monitoring terminal; receiving information input by the second user through the monitoring terminal into the computing system, which is a sign that the second user has received the first emergency alert; analyzing the acknowledgment of the second user receiving the first emergency alert; based on the analysis, a data transmission channel between the first user and the second user is created by means of the computing system. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first user identification data contains at least one of the following: user name, email address, MAC address, Bluetooth device address (BD_ADDR), NFC UID, MSISDN, phone number, a biometric identifier and a locally generated identifier. 3. The method of claim. 1, wherein one safety goal for the first location comprises at least one of the following: forest fire warning, dry bush fire warning, abnormal cold warning, abnormal heat warning, warning Flood Warning, Earthquake Warning, Mudflow Warning, Tsunami Warning, Predator Warning, Hunter Warning and High Wind Warning. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the smart device comprises one of the following: a smartphone, a personal digital assistant, a fitness tracker, a GPS device, a travel GPS navigator, and a laptop computer. 5. The method of claim. 1, characterized in that the intelligent notifier of the external conditions contains a measuring component. 6. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the first location is the first piece of land in the open air; and the second location is the control room in the building. 7. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the first location is the first piece of land in the open air; and the second location is a second outdoor piece of land that is different from the first piece of land. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the monitoring terminal comprises a second smart device communicatively coupled to a second smart environment notifier in the second smart environment. 9. The method of claim. 1, characterized in that the analysis includes determining the specific behavior of the visitor in relation to the first location. 10. The method of claim. 1, characterized in that the analysis includes determining the identity of the user. 11. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the environmental smart notifier comprises an environmental condition sensor located in the natural environment, and the environmental condition sensor comprises: at least one measurement component operable to measure parameters of the local environment; and at least one network component operable to allow the smart device to connect to the environmental sensor; and at least one network component operable to provide connection of the environmental sensor to the computing system. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the one network component, operating to enable the smart device to connect to the environmental sensor, allows the smart device to connect to the environmental sensor using at least one of the following: Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, WiFi, WiFi HaLow, NFC, Zigbee and Z-wave. 13. The method of claim. 11, characterized in that one network component, operating to provide connection of the environmental sensor to the computing system, allows the environmental sensor to connect to the computing system using at least one of the following: GSM, CDMA, LoRaWAN, SigFox, NB loT, OpenUNB, DASH7 Alliance Protocol, IEEE P802.11ah, LTE-Cat M, nWave and MIoTy. 14. The method of claim. 11, characterized in that one measuring component, operating to measure the parameters of the local environment, measures at least one of the following parameters of the local environment: temperature, humidity, presence, active approach, passive movement in the infrared range , Ultrasound, Fire, Smoke, UV Index, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Seismicity, Wind Speed, CCD Camera/Camera Data, Sound and Light Level. 15. The method of claim 1 further comprises adding the first presence alert to the set of previously generated presence alerts for the first user and, based on the modified set, computing a tracked travel route for the first user by the computing system. 16. The method of claim 15 further comprises automatically predicting, based on the traced route, by the computer system, the probability that the first user will be unable to complete at least one of the plurality of pre-designated routes in time to avoid at least one of the impending threats, associated with hazardous environmental conditions. 17. The method according to p. 16, characterized in that the impending threat associated with hazardous environmental conditions includes at least one of the following: forest fire, fire in dry bushes, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, mudflow , tsunami, abnormal heat, zero light conditions, abnormal cold, the presence of predators and the presence of hunters. 18. An environmental monitoring system for tracking the position of hikers and providing assistance to them, comprising: an intelligent external environment containing: an environment smart notifier located at a first location, characterized in that the environment smart notifier operates to: provide at least one security goal for the first location; and detect the first user at the first location; and create sensor data and user identification data that is indicative of detecting the first user at the first location; a smart device located at the first location, characterized in that the smart device is used by the first user, and characterized in that the smart device does not have access to the data network except as provided by the smart notifier of the environment; a monitoring terminal located at a second location different from the first location and characterized in that the monitoring terminal is used by a second user and operates to: receive the first presence notification; and receive the first emergency alert; and provide information input by the second user, confirming the receipt of the first emergency alert; to provide communication with the first user via the data transmission channel established with the intelligent device by means of an intelligent notifier of external conditions; a computing system that works to: receive generated data from the environment smart notifier; analyze at least a portion of the received data to determine that the first user is located at the first location; and based on the determination that the first user is detected at the first location, generate a first presence alert for the first user; and registering the generated first presence alert; and transmitting the generated first presence announcement to the monitoring terminal; and analyze at least a portion of the received data to determine that an emergency alert should be generated; and based on the determination that an emergency alert is to be generated, generate a first emergency alert for the first user; and transmit the generated first emergency alert to the monitoring terminal; and receive information input by the second user from the monitoring terminal; and parsing at least a portion of the received information entered by the second user to determine that the second user acknowledges receipt of the first emergency alert; and based on the determination that the second user acknowledges receipt of the first emergency alert, create a communication channel through the environment smart notifier between the first user using the smart device and the second user using the monitoring terminal. 19. The system according to claim 18, characterized in that the first location is the first piece of land in the open air; and the second location is the control room in the building. 20. The system according to claim 18, characterized in that the first location is the first piece of land in the open air; and the second location is a second outdoor piece of land that is different from the first piece of land. 21. The system according to claim. 18, characterized in that the intelligent notifier of the external conditions contains an environmental conditions sensor located in natural conditions, and the environmental conditions sensor contains: at least one measurement component operable to measure parameters of the local environment; and at least one network component operable to allow the smart device to connect to the environmental sensor; and at least one network component operable to provide connection of the environmental sensor to the computing system. 22. A non-volatile computer-readable medium for monitoring environmental parameters to track the position of hikers and provide them with assistance, containing machine-readable instructions recorded on it, executable by a processor for: receiving, at the computing system, sensor data and first user identification data generated by the environment smart notifier, which data is indicative of detecting the first user at the first location; analysis of the received data; based on the analysis of the formation using the computing system of the first notification of the presence of the first user; registering the generated first presence alert; transmitting, using the computing system, the generated first presence announcement to the monitoring terminal; based on the analysis of determining by the computing system whether an emergency alert has been generated; and when it is determined that the emergency alert has been generated, generating a first emergency alert for the first user and transmitting, using the computing system, the generated first emergency alert to the monitoring terminal; receiving in the computer system the input of information by the second user through the monitoring terminal, which is a sign that the second user has received the first emergency alert; analyzing the acknowledgment of the second user receiving the first emergency alert; based on the analysis, creating a data transmission channel between the first user and the second user using the computer system; where: an intelligent notifier of the external conditions is connected with the possibility of communication with the computing system; and the environment smart notifier is communicatively connected to at least one smart device used by the first user; and the smart device is not communicatively coupled to any other system other than the smart environmental notifier; and the monitoring terminal is located at a second location different from the first location, and the monitoring terminal is used by the second user.

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