Patents by Inventor Sarah B. Smith

Sarah B. Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Emergency preparation and response systems and related methods
    Patent number: 10904696
    Abstract: An emergency preparation and response method includes providing one or more databases communicatively coupled with a first computing device. One or more admin user interfaces are displayed on the first computing device with input fields for storing emergency types and one or more emergency descriptions in the database(s) and associating each emergency type with one of the emergency descriptions. End user interfaces are displayed on second computing devices communicatively coupled with the database(s), having input fields configured to store user profiles in the database(s), each user profile including a geographic location. On a subset of the second computing devices associated with end users whose geographic locations fall within a geographic zone affected by an actual emergency, the end user interfaces display one of the emergency types matching the actual emergency and one of the emergency descriptions matching the actual emergency. Systems for implementing the methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Vi-Ability, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick F. Williams, Sarah B. Smith
  • Emergency Preparation and Response Systems and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20190230467
    Abstract: An emergency preparation and response method includes providing one or more databases communicatively coupled with a first computing device. One or more admin user interfaces are displayed on the first computing device with input fields for storing emergency types and one or more emergency descriptions in the database(s) and associating each emergency type with one of the emergency descriptions. End user interfaces are displayed on second computing devices communicatively coupled with the database(s), having input fields configured to store user profiles in the database(s), each user profile including a geographic location. On a subset of the second computing devices associated with end users whose geographic locations fall within a geographic zone affected by an actual emergency, the end user interfaces display one of the emergency types matching the actual emergency and one of the emergency descriptions matching the actual emergency. Systems for implementing the methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Vi-Ability, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick F. Williams, Sarah B. Smith