Location-based Emergency Response System and Method
First Claim
1. A method for identification of a responder for responding to an emergency, the method comprising:
- receiving at a server user data including an emergency type, user identity, and location of the emergency;
retrieving from a database a user profile based on the user identity;
searching a responder profile database that includes real-time location information to identify a responder to dispatch to the emergency based upon a criteria set including the determined specialization necessary, the availability of the responder as indicated in the responder profile, and the proximity of the responder to the location of the emergency;
electronically contacting one or more responders that meet the criteria set;
receiving at the server an acceptance from one or more of the responders; and
dispatching to the location of the emergency one or more of the accepting responders.
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Abstract
A system and method for identification of a responder for responding to an emergency is disclosed. A server receives user data generally in the form of an electronic transmission wherein the user data includes at least an emergency type, user identity, and location of the emergency. A user profile is then retrieved from a user database based on the user identity. One or more responders are identified to dispatch to the emergency by searching a responder profile database that includes real-time location information based upon a criteria set including, the availability of the responder as indicated in the responder profile, and the proximity of the responder to the location of the emergency. The server electronically contacts one or more responders that meet the criteria set. An acceptance is received at the server from one or more of the responders. The server then dispatches one or more of the accepting responders to the location of the emergency. In certain embodiments, the server determines if a specialized responder is required based at least upon the user profile. In other embodiments, the transmission of the user data includes an emergency code and the server determines if a specialized responder is required based upon the emergency code.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for identification of a responder for responding to an emergency, the method comprising:
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receiving at a server user data including an emergency type, user identity, and location of the emergency; retrieving from a database a user profile based on the user identity; searching a responder profile database that includes real-time location information to identify a responder to dispatch to the emergency based upon a criteria set including the determined specialization necessary, the availability of the responder as indicated in the responder profile, and the proximity of the responder to the location of the emergency; electronically contacting one or more responders that meet the criteria set; receiving at the server an acceptance from one or more of the responders; and dispatching to the location of the emergency one or more of the accepting responders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having computer executable code thereon for identification of a responder from a responder database for responding to an emergency, the computer code comprising:
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computer code for receiving an electronic transmission including an emergency type, user identity, and location of the emergency; computer code for retrieving from a user profile database a user profile based on the user identity; computer code for searching a responder profile database that includes real-time location information to identify a responder to dispatch to the emergency based upon a criteria set including, the availability of the responder, and the proximity of the responder to the location of the emergency; computer code for contacting one or more responders that meet the criteria set; computer code for receiving at the server an acceptance from one or more of the responders; and computer code for dispatching to the location of the emergency one or more of the accepting responders. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for determining an appropriate responder to dispatch to an emergency location, the system comprising:
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a user profile database containing user profiles identifying each user; a responder profile database containing responder profiles at least identifying each responder, the specialty of the responder, and a current location of the responder; a decision engine including at least one processor for receiving an emergency request signal from a user wherein the emergency request signal includes indicia of user identity, user location, and emergency type and wherein the decision engine selects one or more responders to dispatch to the user location based upon the emergency type and the responder'"'"'s proximity to the user. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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