Emergency information management system
First Claim
1. A wide-area emergency information management system comprising:
- a content authoring module for preparation of digital content for delivery in response to a predetermined class of incident to selected recipients;
a security/authentication module for authenticating the digital content received from the content authoring module for distribution and for authenticating the selected recipients;
a policy management system coupled to the content authoring module and to the security/authentication module for managing content distribution;
a broadcast module for securely distributing said digital content only to authenticated selected recipients authorized to receive the digital content;
a logging and reporting module for maintaining records related to delivery of the digital content; and
a plurality of receiver applications capable of communicating with the broadcast module to receive the digital content, each receiver application including means for securely caching the digital content received from the broadcast module;
means for decrypting the digital content and delivering it to an authorized user of the receiver application in response to a control file directive; and
means for reporting user activity back to the logging/reporting facility to confirm delivery of the authenticated digital content to the selected recipients.
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Abstract
A wide-area emergency information management system includes a broadcasting entity (10) and delivers content to authorized receiver clients (20), such as PC'"'"'s, laptops, wireless devices, etc. The specific content (26), which can include voice, text, video or any other information content related to a planned response to a given crisis or emergency such as enemy attack or natural disaster, is prepared in advance (28), tailored to the class of recipient receiver client and/or user (44), securely downloaded (32,36) and stored locally in a secure cache (21). In response to a small control file from a centralized emergency management authority, the receiver client system accesses the cache (21), decrypts the content (26), and delivers it to the end user.
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20 Claims
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1. A wide-area emergency information management system comprising:
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a content authoring module for preparation of digital content for delivery in response to a predetermined class of incident to selected recipients;
a security/authentication module for authenticating the digital content received from the content authoring module for distribution and for authenticating the selected recipients;
a policy management system coupled to the content authoring module and to the security/authentication module for managing content distribution;
a broadcast module for securely distributing said digital content only to authenticated selected recipients authorized to receive the digital content;
a logging and reporting module for maintaining records related to delivery of the digital content; and
a plurality of receiver applications capable of communicating with the broadcast module to receive the digital content, each receiver application including means for securely caching the digital content received from the broadcast module;
means for decrypting the digital content and delivering it to an authorized user of the receiver application in response to a control file directive; and
means for reporting user activity back to the logging/reporting facility to confirm delivery of the authenticated digital content to the selected recipients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of emergency information management to ensure distribution of information to entities having a need to know in the event of an incident, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating digital content comprising any combination of video, audio, graphics, text or other digital data for controlled delivery to an authorized user;
distributing the digital content to a digital device;
storing the digital content in a secure cache in the digital device;
in response to an incident, transmitting a control file to the digital device; and
in the digital device, responsive to indicia contained in the control file, accessing the digital content in the secure cache and delivering the content to a user of the digital device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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