Subscription Based Shuttle Method

• US 20070215434A1
• Filed: 11/02/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Barrett Moore
• Original Assignee: Barrett Moore
• Inventors: Moore, Barrett
• Application Number:
  US11/555,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20070215434A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 198/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

By one approach, a method provides at least a first civil security shelter and a second civil security shelter and a conveyance. The method accepts consideration-based private civil security subscriptions from subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to the conveyance and, if needed, shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter with the conveyance respondent to a predetermined condition. By another approach, a method provides a plurality of private civil security resources comprising, at least in part civil security provisions; civil security facilities; and civil security shuttle services. The method then provides authorized beneficiaries with consideration-based access to a conveyance to provide the shuttle services between various ones of the civil security facilities respondent to a predetermined condition.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a first civil security shelter and a second civil security shelter;

providing a conveyance;

accepting consideration-based private civil security subscriptions from subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to the conveyance; and

shuttling at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter with the conveyance respondent to a predetermined condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition comprises at least one of:

a predetermined duration;

a predetermined shelter capacity;

a predetermined interval;

a non-predetermined interval;

a predetermined shelter resource level;

an inability of the shelter to withstand a threat;

a predetermined time;

a predetermined day;

a weather condition;

a threat to one of the shelters;

a communication;

a signal;

a location of the shelter;

a terrain feature;

of one a nature, attribute, character, and preference of an individual;

a season;

a threat to the conveyance; and

a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined duration comprises one of:

less than 24 hours, less than 1 week, less than 1 month, and less than 1 year.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined time comprises a time between midnight and prior to sunrise.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the predetermined time comprises a time between 2 AM and 4 PM.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined time comprises a time between sunrise to midnight.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined interval comprises at least one of:

1 hour, 2 hours, 4, hours, 10 hours, 20 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, and a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the communication comprises at least one of:

an Internet transmission, an audible transmission, a wireless transmission, a visual transmission, a microwave transmission, a code, a radio transmission, a television transmission, a cellular transmission, a push-to-talk transmission, a digital transmission, a smoke signal, and a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the signal comprises at least one of a:

flare, beacon, tracer, flag, illumination source, strobe, hand signal, Morse code, sign, symbol, and a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a conveyance comprises providing at least one of:

an air-borne conveyance, a terrestrial conveyance, a water-bore conveyance, a subterranean conveyance, a space-based conveyance, a pilotless conveyance, a remotely piloted conveyance, a beast-of-burden, a guidance between the shelters, and a combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the air-borne conveyance comprises at least one of a:

fixed wing aircraft, ground effects aircraft, helicopter, hovercraft, tiltrotor, lighter-than-air craft, blimp, balloon, airship, chair lift, rope, rigging, and a combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the terrestrial conveyance comprises at least one of a:

car, sport utility vehicle, bus, truck, motorcycle, snowmobile, train, recreational vehicle, motor home, armored vehicle, tank, monorail, trailer, carriage, railcar, cart, elevator, escalator, moving walkway, bicycle, and a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the water-borne conveyance comprises at least one of a:

boat, ship, barge, raft, hydrofoil, submarine, hydroplane, amphibious craft, sea plane, ground effects aircraft, personal floatation device, and a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the subterranean conveyance comprises at least one of a:

boring machine, tunnel, cavern, cave, sink hole, subterranean fault, pipe, conduit, and a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the space-based conveyance comprises at least one of a:

single use space craft, reusable space craft, and a combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the guidance between the shelters comprises at least one of:

a set of instructions, a path, a plurality of spaced signals, a map, a verbal direction, a written direction, a visual direction, and a combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a conveyance comprises providing a conveyance having at least one reinforcement arrangement.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the reinforcement arrangement comprises at least one of:

positive air pressure within at least a passenger area, air tight seals, water tight seals, electromagnetic pulse shielding, armor, radiation shielding, biological agent protection, chemical agent protection, fireproof materials, waterproof materials, thermal insulation, and a combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a conveyance comprises providing a conveyance having self-defense capabilities.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the self-defense capabilities includes at least one of:

non-lethal weapons, lethal weapons, ammunition, high-speed capabilities, personal armor, ramming capabilities, automatic targeting capabilities, radar, acoustic device, and a combination thereof.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a conveyance comprises providing a conveyance having at least one resource.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one resource comprises at least one of:

authorized beneficiary locator apparatus, low-light vision equipment, fire-fighting equipment, climbing equipment, first aid equipment, paramedic first aid equipment, human restraining equipment, electronic navigation equipment, flotation equipment, at least one parachute, a human barrier, free-standing deployable emergency lights, whistles, lock-picking equipment, communications equipment, radar, a deployable lighter-than-air conveyance configured and arranged to lift at least one authorized beneficiary, extraction equipment, digging equipment, cutting equipment, explosives, fuel, spare parts, forward looking infrared radar, and a combination thereof.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one resource comprises at least one of a life-sustaining resource, a non-necessity of human life, and a combination thereof.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the life-sustaining resource comprises at least one of:

breathable air, hydration, nourishment, shelter, protective clothing, security, medical treatment, environmentally borne threat abatement, weapons, a consumable necessity of human life, a non-consumable necessity of human life, and a combination thereof.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the non-necessity of human life comprises at least one of:

a luxury consumable item;

a luxury non-consumable item;

non-human nourishment;

non-essential clothing;

barter medium;

an entertainment apparatus;

an educational tool;

a comfort food item; and

a combination thereof.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one resource comprises a consumable resource including at least one of:

food supplies, potable water;

finite air supplies, batteries, hygiene supplies, sanitation supplies, and a combination thereof.

27. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one resource comprises a non-consumable resource including at least one of:

clothing items, personal protection items, bed linens, beds, food preparation items, repair and maintenance equipment, evacuation tools, navigation equipment, rescue tools and supplies, shelter items, and a combination thereof.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a first civil security shelter and a second civil security shelter comprises providing:

a short-term civil security shelter arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least one authorized beneficiary for a first period of time;

an intermediate-term civil security shelter arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least one authorized beneficiary for a second period of time longer than the first period of time; and

a long-term civil security shelter arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least one authorized beneficiary for a third period of time longer than both the first and second periods of time.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the conveyance shuttles the at least one authorized beneficiary from the short-term shelter to the intermediate-term shelter as a function, at least in part, of expiration of the first period of time.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising providing a plurality of short-term shelters and a plurality of conveyances, and wherein one of the plurality of conveyances shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from each of the plurality of short-term shelters to the intermediate-term shelter.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein the conveyance shuttles the at least one authorized beneficiary from the intermediate-term shelter to the long-term shelter as a function, at least in part, of expiration of the second period of time.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising providing a plurality of intermediate-term shelters and a plurality of conveyances, and wherein one of the plurality of conveyances shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from each of the plurality of intermediate-term shelters to the long-term shelter.

33. The method of claim 28, wherein the short-term shelter is arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least one authorized beneficiary, the intermediate-term shelter is arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least two authorized beneficiaries, and the long-term shelter is arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least three authorized beneficiaries.

34. The method of claim 28, wherein the short-term shelter is within a metropolitan area.

35. The method of claim 34, further comprising a plurality of short-term shelters within the metropolitan area.

36. The method of claim 34, wherein the intermediate-term shelter is spaced a predetermined distance from the short-term shelter.

37. The method of claim 1, wherein the first civil security shelter is arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a first category and the second civil security shelter is arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a second category having a greater intensity than the first category.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the conveyance shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter as a function, at least in part, of the civilly-catastrophic event exceeding an ability of the first shelter to withstand the intensity thereof.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein the first shelter is arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least one authorized beneficiary and the second shelter is arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least two authorized beneficiaries.

40. The method of claim 37, further comprising providing a plurality of first shelters and a plurality of conveyances, and wherein one of the conveyances shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from each of the plurality of first shelters to the second shelter.

41. The method of claim 37, further comprising at least one third civil security shelter arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a third category having an intensity greater than the second category.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the conveyance shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from the second shelter to the third shelter as a function, at least in part, of the civilly-catastrophic event exceeding an ability of the second shelter to withstand the intensity thereof.

43. The method of claim 42, further comprising providing a plurality of second shelters and a plurality of conveyances, and wherein one of the conveyances shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from each of the plurality of second shelters to the third shelter.

44. The method of claim 37, wherein the first shelter is within a metropolitan area.

45. The method of claim 44, further comprising a plurality of first shelters within the metropolitan area.

46. The method of claim 44, wherein the second shelter is spaced a predetermined distance from the first shelter.

47. The method of claim 46, further comprising at least one third civil security shelter arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a third category having an intensity greater than both the first category and the second category and wherein the third civil security shelter is spaced a predetermined distance from the second shelter.

48. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a first civil security shelter comprises providing at least one first civil security shelter having an attendant.

49. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a second civil security shelter comprises providing at least one second civil security shelter having an attendant.

50. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a first civil security shelter comprises providing at least one first civil security shelter proximal to an authorized beneficiary.

51. The method of claim 1, wherein shuttling at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter comprises shuttling an authorized beneficiary along a predetermined route between the first shelter and the second shelter.

52. The method of claim 51, wherein the predetermined route comprises at least one of:

a subterranean route, an airborne route, a terrestrial route, a water route, a space-based route, and a combination thereof.

53. The method of claim 52, wherein the first shelter and the second shelter are joined by a subterranean connection.

54. The method of claim 53, wherein the subterranean connection comprises one of:

tunnel, cave, sink hole, ground fault, subterranean fault, pipe, conduit, and a combination thereof.

55. The method of claim 51, wherein the predetermined route comprises at least one resource pre-positioned therealong.

56. The method of claim 55, wherein the at least one resource positioned therealong comprises at least one of:

a conveyance fuel supply, a power source, a spare part, a life-sustaining necessity, a non-necessity of human life, and a combination thereof.

57. The method of claim 56, wherein the power source includes at least one of:

a wind-based power generator, a photonically-based power generator, a fluid-based power generator, a thermo-electric power generator, a stored-energy power generator, and a combination thereof.

58. The method of claim 56, wherein the life-sustaining necessity comprises at least one:

breathable air, hydration, nourishment, shelter, clothing, security, medical treatment, environmentally borne threat abatement, weapons, a consumable necessity of human life, a non-consumable necessity of human life, and a combination thereof.

59. The method of claim 55, wherein the non-necessity of human life comprises at least one of:

a luxury consumable item;

a luxury non-consumable item;

non-human nourishment;

non-essential clothing;

barter medium;

an entertainment apparatus;

an educational tool;

a comfort food item; and

a combination thereof.

60. The method of claim 55, wherein the at least one resource positioned therealong comprises a consumable resource including at least one of:

food supplies, potable water;

finite air supplies, batteries, hygiene supplies, sanitation supplies, and a combination thereof.

61. The method of claim 55, wherein the at least one resource positioned therealong comprises a non-consumable resource including at least one of:

clothing items, personal protection items, bed linens, beds, food preparation items, repair and maintenance equipment, evacuation tools, navigation equipment, rescue tools and supplies, shelter items, and a combination thereof.

62. The method of claim 55, wherein the at least one resource positioned therealong is concealed.

63. The method of claim 1, wherein shuttling at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter comprises an authorized beneficiary following a set of instructions to guide the at least one authorized beneficiary along a predetermined route between the first shelter and the second shelter.

64. The method of claim 63, wherein the instructions comprise at least one of:

written instructions, visual instructions, verbal instructions, and a combination thereof.

65. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a first indication of the first shelter'"'"'s occupancy by at least one authorized beneficiary.

66. The method of claim 65, further comprising providing a second indication of the second shelter'"'"'s occupancy by at least one authorized beneficiary.

67. The method of claim 66, wherein one of the first indication and the second indication is at least one of:

an Internet transmission, an audible transmission, a wireless transmission, a visual transmission, a microwave transmission, code, a radio transmission, a television transmission, a cellular transmission, a digital transmission, a flare, a smoke signal, a beacon, a tracer, a flag, an illumination source, a strobe, a sign, a symbol, and a combination thereof.

68. The method of claim 65, wherein providing a first indication of the first shelter'"'"'s occupancy comprises automatically providing the first indication of the first shelter'"'"'s occupancy upon access by an authorized beneficiary.

69. The method of claim 68, wherein the first shelter comprises a sensing device configured and arranged to sense the presence of an authorized beneficiary within the first shelter and a signal device in communication with the sensing device to automatically signal the sensed presence of an authorized beneficiary.

70. The method of claim 65, wherein providing a first indication of the first shelter'"'"'s occupancy comprises an authorized beneficiary manually providing the first indication.

71. The method of claim 66, wherein providing a second indication of the second shelter'"'"'s occupancy comprises automatically providing the second indication of the second shelter'"'"'s occupancy upon access by an authorized beneficiary.

72. The method of claim 71, wherein the second shelter comprises a sensing device configured and arranged to sense the presence of an authorized beneficiary within the second shelter and a signal device in communication with the sensing device to automatically signal the sensed presence of an authorized beneficiary.

73. The method of claim 66, wherein providing a second indication of the second shelter'"'"'s occupancy comprises an authorized beneficiary manually providing the second indication.

74. The method of claim 1, further comprising confirming an identity of an authorized beneficiary.

75. The method of claim 74, wherein the identity is confirmed prior to providing access to the first shelter.

76. The method of claim 74, wherein the identity is confirmed prior to providing access to the second shelter.

77. The method of claim 74, wherein the identity is confirmed prior to providing access to the conveyance.

78. The method of claim 74, wherein the identity of the authorized beneficiary is confirmed by at least one of:

biometrics;

an identification card;

a still image;

a visual confirmation;

an admission card;

a password;

a pass code;

a voice print;

words; and

a combination thereof.

79. The method of claim 78, further comprising providing at least one of the pass code, the password, and the words to an authorized beneficiary through a transmission comprising at least one of:

an Internet transmission, a wireless transmission, a radio transmission, a television transmission, an audible transmission, a visual transmission, a microwave transmission, a cellular transmission, a push-to-talk transmission, a digital transmission, and a combination thereof.

80. The method of claim 79, wherein the transmission is encrypted.

81. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscriptions comprise at least one of:

time-limited rights of access;

event-limited rights of access;

inheritable rights of access;

rights of access predicated upon a series of periodic payments;

rights of access predicated upon a one-time payment;

ownership-based rights of access;

non-transferable rights of access;

transferable rights of access;

membership-based rights of access;

fractionally-based rights of access;

non-ownership-based rights of access;

option-based rights of access, and a combination thereof.

82. The method of claim 1, wherein the civilly-catastrophic event comprises an event that substantially disrupts society'"'"'s infrastructure and ability to provide at least one life-sustaining resource.

83. The method of claim 82, wherein the civilly-catastrophic event is one that persists in substantial form for more than a predetermined period of time.

84. The method of claim 82 wherein the civilly-catastrophic event comprises at least one of:

a natural disaster;

a non-natural disaster.

85. The method of claim 84, wherein the natural disaster comprises at least one of:

a severe weather event;

a severe geophysical event;

a severe astronomical event;

a severe disease-based event;

a severe agricultural event;

a severe natural shortage of a life-sustaining resource; and

a combination thereof.

86. The method of claim 84, wherein the non-natural disaster comprises at least one of:

warfare;

an act of terrorism;

an accident that results in public dispersal of a severe environmentally borne danger;

an event that results in widespread exposure to a mutagenic danger; and

a combination thereof.

87. A method comprising:

providing a plurality of private civil security resources comprising, at least in part;

civil security provisions;

civil security facilities; and

civil security shuttle services; and

providing authorized beneficiaries with consideration-based access to a conveyance to provide the shuttle services between various ones of the civil security facilities respondent to a predetermined condition.

88. The method of claim 87, wherein the predetermined condition comprises at least one of:

a predetermined duration;

a predetermined facility capacity;

a set interval;

a random interval;

a predetermined facility resource level;

an inability of a facility to withstand a threat;

a predetermined time;

a predetermined day;

a weather condition;

a threat to a facility;

a communication;

a signal;

a location of a facility;

a terrain feature;

one of a nature, attribute, character, or preference of an individual within a facility;

a season;

a threat to the conveyance; and

a combination thereof.

89. The method of claim 87, wherein providing civil security facilities comprises providing:

a short-term civil security shelter arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least one authorized beneficiary for a first period of time;

an intermediate-term civil security shelter arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least one authorized beneficiary for a second period of time longer than the first period of time, and

a long-term civil security shelter arranged and configured to provide shelter for at least one authorized beneficiary for a third period of time longer than both the first and second periods of time.

90. The method of claim 89, wherein the conveyance shuttles the at least one authorized beneficiary from the short-term shelter to the intermediate-term shelter as a function, at least in part, of expiration of the first period of time.

91. The method of claim 90, wherein the conveyance shuttles the at least one authorized beneficiary from the intermediate-term shelter to the long-term shelter as a function, at least in part, of expiration of the second period of time.

92. The method of claim 91, wherein the short-term shelter is within a metropolitan area.

93. The method of claim 92, wherein the intermediate-term shelter is spaced a predetermined distance from the short-term shelter.

94. The method of claim 87, wherein providing civil security facilities comprises providing:

a first civil security shelter arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a first category; and

a second civil security shelter arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a second category having a greater intensity than the first category.

95. The method of claim 94, wherein the conveyance shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter as a function, at least in part, of the civilly-catastrophic event exceeding an ability of the first shelter to withstand the intensity thereof.

96. The method of claim 95, wherein the first shelter is within a metropolitan area.

97. The method of claim 96, wherein the second shelter is spaced a predetermined distance from the first shelter.

98. The method of claim 97, further comprising a third civil security shelter arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a third category having a greater intensity than both the first and the second category.

99. The method of claim 98, wherein the conveyance shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from the second shelter to the third shelter as a function, at least in part, of the civilly-catastrophic event exceeding an ability of the second shelter to withstand the intensity thereof.

100. The method of claim 99, wherein the third shelter is spaced a predetermined distance from the second shelter.

101. A method comprising:

providing a first civil security shelter and a second civil security shelter;

accepting consideration-based private civil security subscriptions from subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to the conveyance; and

shuttling at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter respondent to a predetermined condition.

102. The method of claim 101, further comprising providing a conveyance to shuttle the at least one authorized beneficiary from the first civil-security shelter to the second civil-security shelter.

103. The method of claim 102, wherein providing a conveyance comprises providing at least one of:

an air-borne conveyance, a terrestrial conveyance, a water-bore conveyance, a subterranean conveyance, a space-based conveyance, a pilotless conveyance, a remotely piloted conveyance, a beast-of-burden, a guidance between the shelters, and a combination thereof.

104. The method of claim 101, further comprising providing a conveyance means to shuttle the at least one authorized beneficiary from the first civil-security shelter to the second civil-security shelter.

105. The method of claim 101, wherein the predetermined condition comprises at least one of:

a predetermined duration;

a predetermined facility capacity;

a set interval;

a random interval;

a predetermined facility resource level;

an inability of a facility to withstand a threat;

a predetermined time;

a predetermined day;

a weather condition;

a threat to a facility;

a communication;

a signal;

a location of a facility;

a terrain feature;

one of a nature, attribute, character, or preference of an individual within a facility;

a season;

a threat to the conveyance; and

a combination thereof.

106. The method of claim 101, wherein shuttling the at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter comprises shuttling an authorized beneficiary along a predetermined route between the first shelter and the second shelter.

107. The method of claim 101, further comprising providing a third civil security shelter and shuttling at least one authorized beneficiary from the second civil security shelter to the third civil security shelter respondent to a predetermined condition.

108. The method of claim 102, wherein providing a first civil security shelter and a second civil security shelter comprises providing:

a first civil security shelter arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a first category; and

a second civil security shelter arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a second category having a greater intensity than the first category.

109. The method of claim 108, wherein the conveyance shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from the first shelter to the second shelter as a function, at least in part, of the civilly-catastrophic event exceeding an ability of the first shelter to withstand the intensity thereof.

110. The method of claim 109, further comprising a third civil security shelter arranged and configured to withstand a civilly-catastrophic event of a third category having a greater intensity than both the first and the second category.

111. The method of claim 110, further comprising a plurality of conveyances and wherein one of the plurality of conveyances shuttles at least one authorized beneficiary from the second shelter to the third shelter as a function, at least in part, of the civilly-catastrophic event exceeding an ability of the second shelter to withstand the intensity thereof.