Distributed, collaborative workflow management software
First Claim
1. A Method for communicating geographically based data comprising the steps of:
- storing geographically based static data at a user terminal;
storing geographically based dynamic data at the user terminal;
displaying the static data and the dynamic data together in an overlaid geographically coordinated fashion; and
repeatedly transmitting updated dynamic data to the user terminal for storage and display together with the static data in an overlaid geographically coordinated fashion.
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Abstract
A system(11) architecture, and method for creating, storing, managing, accessing, communicating and displaying command, control and management information, to include text documents, tables, static map data and geographically reference dynamic data for the management of incidents or events by distributed, ad-hoc groups are described herein. The static map data may include, for example, cartographic data in digital format such as terrain data or street data. The dynamic data may include text, documents, tables, icons, and other symbology that graphically represent current status information (e.g., the current location of an incident, a resource, or the status of a facility). The system (11) includes one or more client subsystems (16, 17, 18, 19) running purpose-built and/or conventional software applications that communicate with a server subsystem (11) and can independently request, receive, store, and subsequently display the static map data and/or the dynamic data in document, tabular or graphical form. The display might include representing the dynamic data in graphical form either separately as tables and reports, or as an overlay on the static map data.
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23 Claims
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1. A Method for communicating geographically based data comprising the steps of:
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storing geographically based static data at a user terminal;
storing geographically based dynamic data at the user terminal;
displaying the static data and the dynamic data together in an overlaid geographically coordinated fashion; and
repeatedly transmitting updated dynamic data to the user terminal for storage and display together with the static data in an overlaid geographically coordinated fashion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for communicating geographically based data comprising the steps of:
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storing changing geographically based data at a central server;
transmitting the stored data to a plurality of user terminals remotely located from the central server and from each other;
inputting geographically based data at the user terminals;
displaying the stored data and the inputted data at the user terminals; and
transmitting the inputted data from one user terminal to the remaining user terminals for display at such remaining user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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- 14. The integration of web based enterprise management system and a GIS system to generate, store, retrieve, and display info, either textually, tabularly, or on a map.
- 15. A method of coordinating the operations of a web browser client, a web server, an enterprise management server application, and a GIS server application, so as to allow browser input and retrieval of geo-referenced information in a multitude of formats by a large number of geographically separate, persistently connected browser clients.
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