Bloodhound SOS, the emergency technology company founded by Alexa Corbett, has filed a sweeping U.S. provisional patent securing intellectual property rights to its full CINDER (Crisis Intervention & Defense Relay) ecosystem — a first-of-its-kind platform designed to keep people connected, protected, and informed when traditional infrastructure fails.
The patent filing protects a wide range of integrated inventions, including:
· BARK NET — a decentralized, offline mesh communication system enabling secure device-to-device messaging without cell towers or internet access.
· Ember Armor — a rapid-deployment rooftop fire shield for wildfire defense.
· PyroTorrent System — an autonomous wildfire suppression system triggered by early detection.
· Air Buoy — a kinetic aerial node providing high-altitude signal relays and emergency visibility.
· SmolderScout — a distributed fire risk mapping network using ground-level temperature sensing.
“CINDER was built to solve the problem emergency services and communities face when the network goes down — and to do it faster, smarter, and more reliably than anything currently in the field,” said Corbett. “By securing this patent filing, we’re protecting the architecture that makes that possible.”
The broad filing ensures that the underlying architecture, logic systems, and deployment methods across the CINDER ecosystem are legally protected, preventing competitors from replicating or reverse-engineering its core functions. Bloodhound SOS is now advancing toward pilot deployments of new Ai map features in wildfire-prone and disaster-vulnerable communities while preparing for strategic partnerships and investment rounds.
