User-centric event reporting
First Claim
1. A method for providing information regarding an observed event, comprising:
- (a) receiving from a mobile data processing device, computer readable data comprising information corresponding to an event observed by a user of the mobile data processing device, wherein said computer readable data includes an event type and an event location based on a location of the mobile data processing device, and wherein said data includes sensory data recorded proximately to the event; and
(b) displaying on a display device a notification based on the received computer readable data.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for reporting hazard and event information from a mobile unit, and using that information to warn a user of an event or future hazard with reference to the mobile unit'"'"'s location and/or intended direction of travel. Users may wirelessly report events or hazards to a central server in an event center by sending data to the event center via a wireless communications network. Secondary information may be included, based on the selected event type, along with images, audio, and video of the event. The event center stores event information, including event locations based on the locations of the transmitting mobile units, and makes this information available to allow other users to respond to the hazard or event.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for providing information regarding an observed event, comprising:
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(a) receiving from a mobile data processing device, computer readable data comprising information corresponding to an event observed by a user of the mobile data processing device, wherein said computer readable data includes an event type and an event location based on a location of the mobile data processing device, and wherein said data includes sensory data recorded proximately to the event; and
(b) displaying on a display device a notification based on the received computer readable data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An event notification system, comprising:
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a database for storing information corresponding to an event;
memory storing computer executable instructions for performing a method of presenting a notification to a user of the system, said method comprising;
receiving from a mobile data processing device, information corresponding to an event, wherein said information corresponding to the event includes an event type, an event location based on a location of the mobile data processing device, and sensory data recorded proximately to the event. outputting a notification for display on a display device, wherein said notification is displayed superimposed on a map at a point proximate to the point on the map corresponding to the location of the event. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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