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Emergency management system

  • US 20030212494A1
  • Filed: 04/08/2003
  • Published: 11/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for dynamically assessing field conditions over a specified geographic area, said system comprising:

  • means for receiving field assessment information from one or more of a plurality of mobile field devices in response to a task-specific and location-specific assignment specified on the one or more mobile field devices, wherein said field assessment information is associated with space-time coordinates, and wherein said field assessment information and associated space-time coordinates are received over a communication link established over either a land-based communication system or a satellite-based communication system depending on the present availability of the land-based or satellite-based communication systems; and

    means, responsive to receiving the field assessment information and associated space-time coordinates from the one or more mobile field devices, for assigning and transmitting to said plurality of mobile field devices a next task-specific and location-specific assignment in accordance with the received field assessment information and associated space-time coordinates utilizing the communication link over which the field assessment information and associated space-time coordinates were received.

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