System and method for coordinating movement of personnel
First Claim
1. A method for coordinating movement of emergency personnel comprising:
- providing an aerial view of a physical site to an emergency personnel member, the aerial view accessible to a plurality of emergency personnel members each having an assigned role;
enabling overlaying of one or more layers on the view, each layer emphasizing a predetermined category of site features relevant to a role of the member provided with the view; and
providing a tool enabling the member to select a site feature emphasized in an overlaid layer to view additional data about the selected site feature.
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Abstract
Embodiments of this invention provide a system and method for coordinating movement of personnel. The system includes a portable device, a client device, and a server system. The portable device connects to the client device to present information relating to a physical site of the coordinated movement to a personnel member. When the client device has a network connection, the client device connects to the server system which updates the information stored in the portable device. The information stored in the portable device and the server system are presented to the personnel member via a user interface which includes tools allowing the member to overlay layers on an aerial view of the site, view additional data about features of a site, and collaborate with other personnel.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for coordinating movement of emergency personnel comprising:
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providing an aerial view of a physical site to an emergency personnel member, the aerial view accessible to a plurality of emergency personnel members each having an assigned role;
enabling overlaying of one or more layers on the view, each layer emphasizing a predetermined category of site features relevant to a role of the member provided with the view; and
providing a tool enabling the member to select a site feature emphasized in an overlaid layer to view additional data about the selected site feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for coordinating movement of personnel comprising:
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transmitting an aerial view of a physical site to a plurality of displays, the plurality of displays viewed by a plurality of respective personnel members, each having an assigned role;
enabling overlaying on the aerial view of one or more layers emphasizing features of the site relevant to the currently coordinated movement, including a first layer indicating locations of people at the physical site;
enabling a first member having a first role to add to one of the layers an icon indicating a location of a person or an object at the site;
enabling the first member to link information to the icon; and
in response to a signal indicating a second member selected the icon, the second member having a second role authorized to view the linked information, transmitting the linked information to a display viewed by the second member. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A user interface for coordinating movement of human personnel comprising:
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a plurality of views of a physical site of a coordinated movement, each view viewable by personnel members based on roles of respective members;
a plurality of icons each associated with a predefined scenario; and
a selector enabling at least one of the personnel members to select at least one of the icons to trigger transmission of directions to at least one other personnel member to direct the at least one other personnel member to perform a predetermined action at the physical site based on the scenario associated with the icon. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A portable device for providing information relevant to a coordinated personnel movement at a physical site comprising:
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a hardware identifier;
an output interface to communicate with a client device;
local memory storing a version of the information based on a role of a personnel member assigned to the portable device, the information including an aerial view of the physical site;
local memory access to provide access to the version independent of network connections; and
network connection access to communicate, securely using the hardware identifier, with a server to update the version of the information stored in the local memory when the client device has a network connection. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system for coordinating movement of personnel comprising:
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a network interface to communicate to a plurality of portable devices via one or more client devices, each portable device connectable to each of the one or more client devices and operated by a personnel member at a physical site of a coordinated movement;
storage to store information relating to the physical site, including a plurality of views of the site, wherein at least one view is overlayable on another view to emphasize a feature of the site relevant to the coordinated movement;
a server, connected to the network interface and to the storage, to provide role-based access to the information and update versions of the information stored on respective portable devices when a client device to which a respective portable device is connected has network access to the server. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus comprising:
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a portable system for providing a view of a physical site to a user; and
a plurality of selection icons to enable the user to select an overlay over the view, the overlay providing emergency-relevant data regarding the physical site. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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