Method and system for an integrated incident information and intelligence system

• US 20060235833A1
• Filed: 04/19/2006
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airsage
• Original Assignee: Airsage
• Inventors: Metts, Allan R., Smith, Cyrus W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,515,565 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

Providing a system and method for identifying and characterizing incidents. The system and method can receive information from telecommunications networks or other information providers that may trigger generating an Incident Record. The Incident Record may further be analyzed to characterize the type of incident. This further analysis may include retrieving data from multiple data sources to support the application of rules used to characterize the incident. Additionally, analyses from multiple incidents may be combined if determined to relate to a single event.

Claims

1. A system for providing integrated information and intelligence comprising:

a data extraction module, logically coupled to one or more information sources, operable to receive information from the one or more information sources and further operable to generate an incident record, wherein the incident record comprises information received from the one or more information sources; and

a data analysis module, logically coupled to the data extraction module, operable to apply one or more event rules to characterize an incident event associated with the received information in response to processing the incident record.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more information sources comprise at least one telecommunications network.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the data analysis module further comprises a situational analyzer module operable to contact one or more telecommunications networks and to query each telecommunications network for location information for a specific telecommunications network user.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the data extraction module further comprises a privacy module operable to protect personal identifying information contained in the information received from the one or more information sources from unauthorized disclosure.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the data analysis module is further operable to interrogate data sources to obtain information useful for performing an initial characterization of the incident event.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the data sources comprise weather information and governmental agency information.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the data sources comprise information from community or school calendars and information from data sensors.

8. A method for providing integrated information and intelligence, comprising the steps of:

receiving information from one or more information sources, wherein the information comprises an incident event;

automatically generating an incident record from the received information, based on a first set of one or more event rules; and

automatically analyzing the incident record to characterize the incident event based on a second set of one or more event rules.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of automatically analyzing the incident record to characterize the incident further comprises the steps of:

performing an initial data analysis;

querying one or more wireless telecommunications networks; and

receiving, as a result of the queries, location information of one or more selected wireless telecommunications network users.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of receiving information from one or more information sources further comprises the step of processing the received information through a privacy module to protect personal identifying information from unauthorized disclosure.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of automatically analyzing the incident record to characterize the incident further comprises the steps of:

accessing the second set of one or more event rules comprising rules that define the characteristics of an incident;

retrieving stored data comprising dynamic data and static data;

identifying a geographic area of interest based in the retrieved data and accessed rules; and

performing an initial characterization of the incident.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the dynamic data comprises weather data, news data, and location-specific calendar data.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of retrieving stored data further comprises the step of augmenting the retrieved stored data with data acquired from a third-party data source.

14. A system for extracting data from an information source, the system comprising:

a data extraction module, logically coupled to one or more information sources, operable to receive information from the one or more information sources and further operable to generate an incident record, wherein the incident record comprises information received from the one or more information sources;

a privacy module, logically coupled to the data extraction module and operable to protect personal identifying information from unauthorized disclosure; and

a data analysis module, logically coupled to the data extraction module, operable to apply one or more event rules to characterize an incident event in response to processing the incident record.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the one or more information sources comprise at least one telecommunications network.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the data analysis module further comprises a situational analyzer module operable to contact one or more telecommunications networks and to query each telecommunications network for location information for a specific telecommunications network user.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the data analysis module is further operable to interrogate data sources to obtain information useful for performing an initial characterization of the incident event.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the data sources comprise weather information and governmental agency information.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the data sources comprise information from community or school calendars and information from data sensors.