Patent Awarded: On-Demand Emergency Notification System Using GPS-Equipped Devices Patent

Researchers from the Center for Urban Transportation Research and the USF Computer Science and Engineering Department were recently awarded U.S. Patent # 8,145,183 – On-Demand Emergency Notification System using GPS-equipped Devices – Mobile app to automatically determine the cell phone user’s current evacuation zone and real-time evacuation information for that zone. Issued March 27, 2012, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.