Method and apparatus for the creation of an event-associated electronic device directory
First Claim
1. A method of creating an electronic device directory for investigating an event, comprising:
- detecting, at an application server, the occurrence of a first event;
comparing, in the application server, a first device registration capture associated with the first event with at least one device registration capture associated with a previous event to identify common electronic device registrations; and
generating an electronic device directory including at least selected ones of the common electronic device registrations.
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Abstract
A manner of creating an electronic device directory containing the identity of electronic devices that registered in an area associated with a plurality of events, which events are similar in certain respects. The directory is useful, for example, investigating criminal cases. When such an event occurs, an application server is notified and generates one or more device registration capture requests to determine which electronic devices are registered in the area and at approximately the same time at which the event occurs. The device registration capture associated with this event is compared with other device registration captures associated with other, similar events to create the electronic device directory. The electronic device directory entries are preferable filtered to select the devices most likely to be associated with the actual events in question.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of creating an electronic device directory for investigating an event, comprising:
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detecting, at an application server, the occurrence of a first event; comparing, in the application server, a first device registration capture associated with the first event with at least one device registration capture associated with a previous event to identify common electronic device registrations; and generating an electronic device directory including at least selected ones of the common electronic device registrations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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3. The method according to claim 3, wherein the memory storage device is located in the application server.
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11. An apparatus for creating an electronic device directory, comprising:
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a device registration capture request generator for generating a request for transmission to a communication network to store the identity of electronic devices registered with the network; an electronic device directory generator for generating a directory of electronic devices found to have been registered in the area of each of a plurality of events and at or near the time when the event occurred; a controller; and a memory storage device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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