Situational Awareness System And Method And Associated User Terminal
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of user terminals configured to provide a field incident report to a computing device that provides information regarding the emergency situation based upon the field incident report, wherein the plurality of user terminals are also configured to receive and display information from the computing device including evacuation and emergency vehicle routes such that the plurality of user terminals enjoy common situational awareness.
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Abstract
A system, method and user terminal are provided to facilitate common situational awareness including, for example, awareness of evacuation and emergency vehicle routes. The system includes a plurality of user terminals in communication with a computing device, such as one or more servers. Each user terminal may include a processor and an associated display. The user terminals are configured to receive the evacuation routes and/or the routes for the emergency vehicles, as well as optionally other information regarding the underlying situation, from the computing device for display thereat. The user terminals may provide a field incident report to a computing device that provides the user terminals with information regarding the emergency situation.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a plurality of user terminals configured to provide a field incident report to a computing device that provides information regarding the emergency situation based upon the field incident report, wherein the plurality of user terminals are also configured to receive and display information from the computing device including evacuation and emergency vehicle routes such that the plurality of user terminals enjoy common situational awareness. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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a computing device for receiving information associated with an emergency situation and for determining one or more routes based upon the information associated with the emergency situation, wherein the computing device provides information to the plurality of user terminals identifying a plurality of emergency responders who have been dispatched in response to the emergency situation; and a plurality of user terminals for receiving and displaying the one or more routes from the computing device such that the plurality of user terminals enjoy common situational awareness, wherein the plurality of user terminals are configured to display the information identifying the plurality of emergency responders and, in response to selection of a respective emergency responder, to initiate communication with the respective emergency responder. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A user terminal comprising:
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a display; a processor configured to receive one or more evacuation and emergency vehicle routes based upon an emergency situation and to direct the display to present an image of the one or more routes; an input interface configured to receive a field incident report that provides information regarding the emergency situation; and a transmitter configured to transmit the field incident report to a remote computing device, wherein the processor is configured to receive information from the remote computing device based upon the field incident report. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving information associated with an emergency situation; determining one or more evacuation and emergency vehicle routes based upon the information associated with the emergency situation; and displaying the one or more routes at a user terminal such that the plurality of user terminals enjoy common situational awareness; receiving one or more field incident reports via the user terminal that provide information regarding the emergency situation; and updating the one or more routes displayed at the user terminal based upon the field incident report. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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