SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING A MISSING PERSON

• US 20100312825A1
• Filed: 06/05/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tad A. Camp
• Original Assignee: Tad A. Camp
• Inventors: Camp, Tad A.
• Application Number:
  US12/479,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312825A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40

Abstract

An application for a database system having typical and specialized data related to a person/object that is maintained in case of an emergency such as the person getting lost or abducted. The invention includes secure access to the data by a custodian/customer and/or law enforcement agencies when and if something happens to the person/object.

Claims

1. A system for aiding in finding a missing person, the system comprising:

a server computer, the server computer having a data storage area;

a database of information stored in the data storage area, the information is related to a person, the information is organized in an account, and the information comprises typical information and specialized information; and

a client computer operatively coupled to the server computer, the client computer having access to the information through a secured connection to the server computer;

wherein the typical information comprises at least a name of the person, a data of birth of the person and a race of the person, and

wherein the specialized information comprises at least five data selected from the group comprising images of family and friends of the person, X-ray images of the person, images of scars of the person, images of birthmarks of the person, images of tattoos of the person, images of piercings of the person, images of fingerprints of the person and images of dental records of the person.

2. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 1, wherein the specialized information further includes information related to custody records of the person'"'"'s family information related to threats made to the person, text describing internet harassments of the person, recently ended relationships of the person, lists of doctors of the person, lists of medications prescribed to the person, lists of medical conditions of the person, names of school bus drivers of busses taken by the person, computer profiles of the person, baby sitter information of a babysitter of the person, baby sitting jobs the person has had, personality traits of the person, hobbies of the person, other relatives of the person, other friends of the person, parents of friends of the person, school information regarding the person, teacher information of teachers of the person, tutor information of tutors of the person, mentor information of mentors of the person, information about domestic employees working in the home of the person, after school hangouts of the person, neighbor associations of the person, job and volunteer information relating to the person, summer camp information of the person and sport participation information of the person.

3. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 1, wherein the specialized information further comprises church/youth groups to which the person belongs, organizations to which the person belongs, lessons that the person takes, strangers that have been in contact with the person and known sex offenders in the locality of the person.

4. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 1, further comprising account maintenance software running on the server computer that accepts the information from the user computer and stores the information in the database of information.

5. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 4, wherein the server computer has access to criminal records.

6. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 5, whereas as the account maintenance software accepts the information from the user computer, the account maintenance software looks up the information in the criminal records.

7. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 6, wherein the criminal records include images and whereas the account maintenance software sends the images to the client computer and the images are displayed at the client computer.

8. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 7, whereas an indication regarding the images that are displayed at the client computer is sent from the client computer to the server computer and, if the indication is affirmative, a warning is issued from the account maintenance software.

9. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 1, whereas a card is sent to a user of the account, the card including account access information regarding the account.

10. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 9, whereas a card is sent to a user of the account, the card is used to create the secure connection.

11. A method of providing a service that aids in finding the missing person comprising:

providing a server computer having a data storage area and a database of information stored in the data storage area, the information is related to a person, the information is organized into accounts, and the information contains typical information related to the person and specialized information related to the person;

accepting a fee from a customer; and

in return for the fee, accepting the information from the customer and storing the information in an account for the customer;

wherein the typical information comprises at least a name of the person, a data of birth of the person and a race of the person, and

wherein the specialized information comprises at least five data selected from the group comprising images of family and friends of the person, X-ray images of the person, images of scars of the person, images of birthmarks of the person, images of tattoos of the person, images of piercings of the person, images of fingerprints of the person and images of dental records of the person.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising accepting an additional fee from the customer, in return for the additional fee, further maintaining and providing access to the information.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the specialized information further includes information related to custody records of the person'"'"'s family information related to threats made to the person, text describing internet harassments of the person, recently ended relationships of the person, lists of doctors of the person, lists of medications prescribed to the person, lists of medical conditions of the person, names of school bus drivers of busses taken by the person, computer profiles of the person, baby sitter information of a babysitter of the person, baby sitting jobs the person has had, personality traits of the person, hobbies of the person, other relatives of the person, other friends of the person, parents of friends of the person, school information regarding the person, teacher information of teachers of the person, tutor information of tutors of the person, mentor information of mentors of the person, information about domestic employees working in the home of the person, after school hangouts of the person, neighbor associations of the person, job and volunteer information relating to the person, summer camp information of the person and sport participation information of the person.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the specialized information further comprises church/youth groups to which the person belongs, organizations to which the person belongs, lessons that the person takes, strangers that have been in contact with the person and known sex offenders in the locality of the person.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the server has access to criminal records and whereas the step of accepting the information from the customer includes a step of looking up the information in the criminal records.

16. The method of claim 15, whereas the step of looking up the information further comprises the step of, if the step of looking up the information is successful in locating a criminal, displaying at least one image of the criminal from the criminal records to the customer.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the criminal is a sex offender.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising issuing an identification card to the customer after the step of accepting the fee, the identification card containing access information to be used by the customer when accessing the account.

19. A system for aiding in finding a missing person, the system comprising:

a server computer, the server computer having a data storage area;

a database of information stored in the data storage area, the information is related to a person, the information is organized in an account, and the information comprises typical information and specialized information;

a client computer operatively coupled to the server computer, the client computer having access to the information through a secured connection to the server computer;

account maintenance software running on the server computer, the account maintenance software accepting the information from the client computer and storing the information in the database of information and the account maintenance software providing the information from the database of information to authorized users of the account;

wherein the typical information comprises at least a name of the person, a data of birth of the person and a race of the person, and

wherein the specialized information comprises X-ray images of the person, images of scars of the person, images of birthmarks of the person, images of fingerprints of the person and images of dental records of the person.

20. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 19, wherein the specialized information further includes information related to custody records of the person'"'"'s family information related to threats made to the person, text describing internet harassments of the person, recently ended relationships of the person, lists of doctors of the person, lists of medications prescribed to the person, lists of medical conditions of the person, names of school bus drivers of busses taken by the person, computer profiles of the person, baby sitter information of a babysitter of the person, baby sitting jobs the person has had, personality traits of the person, hobbies of the person, other relatives of the person, other friends of the person, parents of friends of the person, school information regarding the person, teacher information of teachers of the person, tutor information of tutors of the person, mentor information of mentors of the person, information about domestic employees working in the home of the person, after school hangouts of the person, neighbor associations of the person, job and volunteer information relating to the person, summer camp information of the person, sport participation information of the person, images of family and friends of the person, images of tattoos of the person and images of piercings of the person.

21. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 19, wherein the server computer has access to criminal records and whereas the account maintenance software looks up the information in the criminal records, determining if any person named in the information has a matching criminal record in the criminal records.

22. The system for aiding in finding the missing person of claim 19, whereas a card is sent to a customer owning the account, the card includes account access information regarding the account.