All-hazards information distribution method and system, and method of maintaining privacy of distributed all-hazards information
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An information distribution method, comprising:
- gathering all-hazards information into an information exchange from a first information source;
gathering all-hazards information into the information exchange from a second information source;
distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a first independently-controlled alert network;
distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a second independently-controlled alert network.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An information distribution method includes: gathering all-hazards information into an information exchange from a first information source; gathering all-hazards information into the information exchange from a second information source; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a first independently-controlled alert network; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a second independently-controlled alert network.
49 Citations
108 Claims
-
1. An information distribution method, comprising:
-
gathering all-hazards information into an information exchange from a first information source; gathering all-hazards information into the information exchange from a second information source; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a first independently-controlled alert network; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a second independently-controlled alert network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. A national information distribution method, comprising:
-
gathering all-hazards information into a national information exchange from a plurality of information sources; distributing the all-hazards information from the national information exchange into a first regional information exchange corresponding to a first region; distributing the all-hazards information from the national information exchange into a second regional information exchange corresponding to a second region; distributing the all-hazards information from the first regional information exchange to a plurality of independently-controlled alert networks corresponding to the first region; and distributing the all-hazards information from the second regional information exchange to a plurality of independently-controlled alert networks corresponding the second region. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
-
-
36. An information distribution system, comprising:
-
a first independently-controlled all-hazards alert network; a second independently-controlled all-hazards alert network; an information exchange connected to the first and second independently-controlled all-hazards alert networks. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
-
-
42. A national information distribution system, comprising:
-
a plurality of first independently-controlled all-hazards alert networks corresponding to a first region; a plurality of second independently-controlled all-hazards alert networks corresponding to a second region; a first regional information exchange connected to the first independently-controlled all-hazards alert networks; a second regional information exchange connected to the second independently-controlled all-hazards alert networks; a national information exchange connected to the first and second regional information exchanges. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
-
-
48. A method of maintaining privacy of distributed information, comprising:
-
receiving a determination that an information source is publishable; receiving a determination that another information source is authorized-only; receiving a determination that another information source is approved-only; offering a potential subscriber a subscription to the publishable information source; receiving a request for subscription to the publishable information source from the offered potential subscriber; accepting the request for subscription to the publishable information source; receiving authorization evidence from a potential subscriber to the authorized-only information source; offering the authorized potential subscriber a subscription to the authorized-only information source; receiving a request for subscription to the authorized-only information source from the offered potential subscriber; accepting the request for subscription to the authorized-only information source; offering a potential subscriber a subscription to the approved-only information source; receiving a request for subscription to the approved-only information source from the offered potential subscriber; transmitting to a provider of the approved-only information source the request for subscription to the approved-only information source; receiving an approval of the request from the provider; accepting the approved request for subscription to the approved-only information source; receiving all-hazards information into an information exchange from the publishable information source; receiving all-hazards information into the information exchange from the authorized-only information source; receiving all-hazards information into the information exchange from the approved-only information source; distributing the publishable all-hazards information to the accepted subscriber to the publishable information source; distributing the authorized-only all-hazards information to the accepted subscriber to the authorized-only information source; and distributing the approved-only all-hazards information to the accepted subscriber to the approved-only information source. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
-
-
54. A method of maintaining privacy of distributed information, comprising:
-
receiving a determination that an information source is publishable; receiving a determination that another information source is non-publishable; offering a potential subscriber a subscription to the publishable information source; receiving a request for subscription to the publishable information source from the offered potential subscriber; accepting the request for subscription to the publishable information source; receiving authorization evidence from a potential subscriber to the non-publishable information source; offering the authorized potential subscriber a subscription to the non-publishable information source; receiving a request for subscription to the non-publishable information source from the offered potential subscriber; accepting the request for subscription to the non-publishable information source; receiving all-hazards information into an information exchange from the publishable information source; receiving all-hazards information into the information exchange from the non-publishable information source; distributing the publishable all-hazards information to the accepted subscriber to the publishable information source; and distributing the non-publishable all-hazards information to the accepted subscriber to the non-publishable information source. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58)
-
-
59. A method of maintaining privacy of distributed information, comprising:
-
receiving a determination that an information source is publishable; receiving a determination that another information source is non-publishable; offering a potential subscriber a subscription to the publishable information source; receiving a request for subscription to the publishable information source from the offered potential subscriber; accepting the request for subscription to the publishable information source; offering a potential subscriber a subscription to the non-publishable information source; receiving a request for subscription to the non-publishable information source from the offered potential subscriber; transmitting to a provider of the non-publishable information source the request for subscription to the non-publishable information source; receiving an approval of the request from the provider; accepting the approved request for subscription to the non-publishable information source; receiving all-hazards information into an information exchange from the publishable information source; receiving all-hazards information into the information exchange from the non-publishable information source; distributing the publishable all-hazards information to the accepted subscriber to the publishable information source; and distributing the non-publishable all-hazards information to the accepted subscriber to the non-publishable information source. - View Dependent Claims (60)
-
-
61. An information distribution method, comprising:
-
receiving a plurality of different formats of all-hazards information from a plurality of information sources; processing the different formats of all-hazards information into normalized information; distributing all-hazards messages corresponding to the normalized all-hazards information to the plurality of entities, wherein a plurality of the all-hazards messages are distributed in different formats with substantially the same content. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
-
-
89. An information exchange, comprising:
-
one or more information receiving handlers capable of receiving a plurality of information formats; one or more processors capable of converting different all-hazards information formats into normalized all-hazards information, wherein the one or more processors are connected to the one or more information receiving handlers; one or more information distributing handlers connected to the one or more processors capable of distributing all-hazards information in a plurality of information formats. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
-
Specification