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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Charles E. Beller, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Jayashree Vaidyanathan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for accessing data on at least one proximate computing device in an emergency situation are disclosed. A method includes: determining that the emergency situation is occurring; in response to determining that the emergency situation is occurring: determining a location where the emergency situation is occurring and a location of the computing device; and determining the location where the emergency situation is occurring is within a first predetermined distance of the location of the computing device; and in response to determining that the location where the emergency situation is occurring is within the first predetermined distance of the location of the computing device: determining the at least one proximate computing device located within a second predetermined distance of the location of the computing device; and receiving access to at least part of the data on the at least one proximate computing device.