SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION OF LAWS

• US 20080301088A1
• Filed: 05/30/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Crime ID, LLC
• Original Assignee: Crime ID, LLC
• Inventors: Petrelli, Jarrod, Landry, John M.
• Application Number:
  US11/755,056
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301088A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2425 Iterative querying; Query formulation based on the results of a preceding query
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A system and method for determining a law that has been violated by a suspect is provided. The system and method can have a user interface to receive user inputs and to present queries and a plurality of answers to each of the queries, with the user inputs being selections of the plurality of answers; and a processor to determine a next one of the queries to be presented based on a selection of one of the plurality of answers to a previous query and to determine the law that has been violated based on each of the selections of the plurality of answers. The processor can be in communication with the user interface. The queries can be based on elements of the law. The user interface can present the law that has been violated.

Claims

1. A system for determining a law that has been violated by a suspect, the system comprising:

a user interface to receive user inputs and to present queries and a plurality of answers to each of the queries, wherein the user inputs are selections of the plurality of answers; and

a processor to determine a next one of the queries to be presented based on a selection of one of the plurality of answers to a previous query and to determine the law that has been violated based on each of the selections of the plurality of answers,

wherein the processor is in communication with the user interface, wherein the queries are based on elements of the law, and wherein the user interface presents the law that has been violated.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the queries is based on a fact pattern associated with the suspect.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the queries uses one or more terms that are associated with the elements of the law, and wherein the one or more terms are not recited in the law.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface and the processor are incorporated into a mobile communication device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the mobile communication device is in wireless communication with a centralized server for transmitting at least one of the user inputs and the law that has been violated to the centralized server.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises at least one of a graphical user interface and a speech recognition interface.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor generates at least a portion of an arrest document based at least in part on the determination of the law that has been violated.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the user inputs comprise data associated with the suspect, and wherein the processor generates the at least a portion of the arrest document based on the determination of the law that has been violated and the data associated with the suspect.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor determines the next one of the queries to be presented and determines the law that has been violated using a web-based application.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface and the processor are incorporated into a communication device, and wherein the processor determines the next one of the queries to be presented and determines the law that has been violated using a computer program that is not installed in the communication device.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is incorporated into a mobile communication device that is in communication with a centralized server for transmitting at least one of the user inputs and the law that has been violated to the centralized server, and wherein the centralized server generates an arrest document based at least in part on at least one of the user inputs and the law that has been violated.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface presents the law that has been violated verbatim.

13. A communication device comprising:

a controller to receive user inputs and to present queries and a plurality of answers to each of the queries, wherein the user inputs are selections of the plurality of answers, wherein the controller determines a next one of the queries to be presented based on a selection of one of the plurality of answers to a previous query, wherein the controller determines a law that has been violated by a suspect based on each of the selections of the plurality of answers, wherein the queries are based on elements of the law, and wherein the controller presents the law that has been violated.

14. The communication device of claim 13, wherein at least one of the queries uses one or more terms that are associated with the elements of the law, and wherein the one or more terms are not recited in the law.

15. The communication device of claim 13, wherein at least one of the queries is based on a fact pattern associated with the suspect and the law that has been violated.

16. The communication device of claim 13, wherein the controller is incorporated into a mobile communication device with a user interface, and wherein the mobile communication device is in wireless communication with a centralized server for transmitting at least one of the user inputs and the law that has been violated to the centralized server.

17. The communication device of claim 13, wherein the controller determines the next one of the queries to be presented and determines the law that has been violated using a web-based application.

18. The communication device of claim 13, wherein the controller determines the next one of the queries to be presented and determines the law that has been violated using a computer program that is not installed in the communication device.

19. A computer readable program embodied in an article of manufacture comprising computer readable program instructions for determining a law that has been violated by a suspect, said program comprising:

program instructions for causing the computer to present queries and a plurality of answers to each of the queries, wherein the queries are based on elements of the law;

program instructions for causing the computer to receive user inputs comprising selections of the plurality of answers;

program instructions for causing the computer to determine a next one of the queries to be presented based on a selection of one of the plurality of answers to a previous query; and

program instructions for causing the computer to determine the law that has been violated based on each of the selections of the plurality of answers.

20. The program of claim 19, further comprising program instructions for causing the computer to present the law that has been violated.

21. A method for determining a criminal law or traffic ordinance that has been violated, the method comprising:

presenting on a user interface a plurality of categories of criminal laws or traffic ordinances, wherein the plurality of categories use one or more terms that are associated with the elements of the criminal law or traffic ordinance;

presenting on the user interface a plurality of sub-categories of criminal laws or traffic ordinances, wherein the plurality of sub-categories are determined based on a selection of one of the plurality of categories, wherein the plurality of sub-categories use one or more terms that are associated with the elements of the criminal law or traffic ordinance; and

presenting on the user interface the criminal law or traffic ordinance that has been violated based upon the selection of the plurality of categories and sub-categories.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the plurality of categories and the plurality of sub-categories are listed in alphabetical order.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the one or more terms of the plurality of categories and the plurality of sub-categories are not recited in the title of the criminal law or traffic ordinance.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the user interface is incorporated into a mobile communication device.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the user interface and a processor are incorporated into a communication device, and wherein the processor determines the plurality of categories and the plurality of subcategories to be presented and determines the criminal law and traffic ordinance that has been violated using a computer program that is not installed in the communication device.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the user interface presents the criminal law or traffic ordinance that has been violated verbatim.