System and method for non-law enforcement entities to conduct checks using law enforcement restricted databases

• US 20070239473A1
• Filed: 04/11/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gold Type Business Machines Incorporated, GTBM, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gold Type Business Machines Incorporated
• Inventors: Picolli, Richard
• Granted Patent: US 7,874,005 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/325
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system by which non-law enforcement operator(s) can conduct checks (requests, queries or searches) against CJIS (Criminal Justice Information System), NCIC (National Criminal Information Center) and other law enforcement only secure databases and comply with the rules and regulations for disseminating such data. In doing so, the invention provides for a system and process by which the checks (request, queries or searches) of individuals and/or articles are made against the CJIS/NCIC and/or other “law enforcement only” restricted databases, such that the indicia relating to persons and/or articles is compared with said databases. The resulting information regarding matches (and, in certain embodiments, non-matching results) flows to law enforcement officials so that they may use any results deemed relevant for response thereto. Said responses may vary, but in one embodiment, may provide for at least the notification of non-law enforcement operator who originated the above-described checks.

Claims

1. A process on a computer system for securing critical infrastructure and important facilities, said process comprising:

receiving, at a computer system resident within a law-enforcement controlled domain, identification indicia that has been input from at least one third party originator;

comparing said identification indicia with criminal records of at least one database of a law-enforcement network that is connected to said computer system resident within said law enforcement-controlled domain, in order to generate a response to said input, said response indicating any existence of a match between said identification indicia and said criminal records; and

outputting said response to at least a location within a law enforcement-controlled domain.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein said step of receiving said identification indicia is effectuated by the provision of substantially uniformly formatted input from at least one third party originator and further includes receiving identification indicia relating to at least a third party identification and a subject identification.

3. The process of claim 2, wherein said step of outputting said response to at least a location within a law enforcement-controlled domain further comprises the following steps:

outputting said response to a designated law enforcement operator for further review and taking of responsive action as needed;

outputting said response to said third party originator as an all clear indication where there is no said match between said identification indicia and said criminal records; and

preventing outputting of said response to said third party originator as an all clear indication where there is at least one said match between said identification indicia and said criminal records.

4. The process of claim 3, wherein said step of outputting said response to a designated law enforcement operator for further review and taking of responsive action as needed is preserved for record keeping within said law enforcement domain and further includes, where a match exists between said identification indicia and said criminal records, an alert to prompt said taking of responsive action based on the particular type of match generated.

5. A computer program product, for use with a computer system, for securing critical infrastructure and important facilities, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium module containing thereon instructions operative to control the operation of a computer system within a law-enforcement controlled domain, to perform the steps of;

receiving, at said computer system, indicia that has been input from at least one third party originator;

comparing said identification indicia with criminal records of at least one database of a law-enforcement network that is connected to said computer system within said law enforcement-controlled domain, in order to generate a response to said input, said response indicating any existence of a match between said identification indicia and said criminal records; and

outputting said response to at least a location within a law enforcement-controlled domain.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein said step of receiving said identification indicia is effectuated by the provision of substantially uniformly formatted input from at least one third party originator and further includes receiving identification indicia relating to at least a third party originator identification and a subject identification.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein said step outputting said response to at least a location within a law enforcement-controlled domain further comprises the following steps:

outputting said response to a designated law enforcement operator for further review and taking of responsive action as needed;

outputting said response to said third party originator as an all clear indication where there is no said match between said identification indicia and said criminal records; and

preventing outputting of said response to said third party as an all clear indication where there is at least one said match between said identification indicia and said criminal records.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein said step of outputting said response to a designated law enforcement operator for further review and taking of responsive action as needed is preserved for record keeping within said law enforcement domain and further includes, where a match exists between said identification indicia and said criminal records, an alert to prompt said taking of responsive action based on the particular type of match generated.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising a separate computer readable medium module provided substantially at a location of said third party originator containing thereon instructions operative to control the operation of a computer system substantially, to perform the steps of:

receiving at least said identification indicia relating to at least a third party originator identification and a subject identification;

formatting said identification indicia relating to at least a third party originator identification and a subject identification in a substantially uniform manner; and

outputting, from said location of said third party originator at least said identification indicia relating to at least a third party originator identification and a subject identification, as input, to said law enforcement-controlled domain.

10. A computer based system for securing critical infrastructure and important facilities, said system comprising:

a means for receiving, at a computer system resident within a law-enforcement controlled domain, identification indicia that has been input from at least one third party originator;

a means for comparing said identification indicia with criminal records of at least one database of a law-enforcement network that is connected to said computer system resident within said law enforcement-controlled domain, in order to generate a response to said input, said response indicating any existence of a match between said identification indicia and said criminal records; and

a means for outputting said response to at least a location within a law enforcement-controlled domain.

11. The computer based system of claim 10, wherein said means receiving said identification indicia includes a means for effectuating the provision of substantially uniformly formatted input from at least one third party originator and further includes a means for receiving identification indicia relating to at least a third party identification and a subject identification.

12. The computer based system of claim 11, wherein said means for outputting said response to at least a location within a law enforcement-controlled domain further comprises:

a means for outputting said response to a designated law enforcement operator for further review and taking of responsive action as needed;

a means for outputting said response to said third party originator as an all clear indication where there is no said match between said identification indicia and said criminal records; and

a means for preventing outputting of said response to said third party originator as an all clear indication where there is at least one said match between said identification indicia and said criminal records.

13. The computer based system of claim 12, wherein said means for outputting said response to a designated law enforcement operator for further review and taking of responsive action as needed further includes a means for record keeping within said law enforcement domain, and further includes a means for use where a match exists between said identification indicia and said criminal records the issuing of an alert to prompt said taking of responsive action based on the particular type of match generated.

14. A computer based system for securing critical infrastructure and important facilities, said system comprising:

a system controller within a law-enforcement controlled domain;

a memory connected to said controller within a law-enforcement controlled domain, said memory storing instructions operative with said controller to perform the steps of;

receiving, at said computer based system, indicia that has been input from at least one third party originator;

comparing said identification indicia with criminal records of at least one database of a law-enforcement network that is connected to said computer based system, in order to generate a response to said input, said response indicating any existence of a match between said identification indicia and said criminal records; and

outputting said response to at least a location within a law enforcement-controlled domain.

15. The computer based system for securing critical infrastructure and important facilities of claim 14, wherein said step of receiving said identification indicia is effectuated by the provision of substantially uniformly formatted input from at least one third party originator and further includes receiving identification indicia relating to at least a third party originator identification and a subject identification.

16. The computer based system for securing critical infrastructure and important facilities of claim 15, wherein said step of outputting said response to at least a location within a law enforcement-controlled domain further comprises the following steps:

outputting said response to a designated law enforcement operator for further review and taking of responsive action as needed;

outputting said response to said third party originator as an all clear indication where there is no said match between said identification indicia and said criminal records; and

preventing outputting of said response to said third party as an all clear indication where there is at least one said match between said identification indicia and said criminal records.

17. The computer based system for securing critical infrastructure and important facilities of claim 16, wherein said step of outputting said response to a designated law enforcement operator for further review and taking of responsive action as needed is preserved for record keeping within said law enforcement domain and further includes, where a match exists between said identification indicia and said criminal records, an alert to prompt said taking of responsive action based on the particular type of match generated.