EMERGENCY CALL ANALYSIS SYSTEM

• US 20120196557A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Don Reich, Kurt Warner
• Original Assignee: Don Reich, Kurt Warner
• Inventors: Reich, Don, Warner, Kurt
• Granted Patent: US 8,437,731 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

A method for predicting a survival rate among individuals, where the survival rate depends in part on a responsiveness of emergency personnel, and the responsiveness of the emergency personnel depends in part on an amount of time taken to route an emergency call to a primary emergency response center, includes determining, by a computer system, a number of emergency calls initially routed to a primary emergency response center. The computer system determines a number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center that, in turn, routes the emergency calls to the primary emergency response center. The computer system calculates a survival rate amount individuals according to a function of the determined number of the number of emergency calls initially routed to a primary emergency response center and the number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center. The calculated survival rate is displayed on a terminal.

Claims

1. A method for predicting a survival rate among individuals, where the survival rate depends in part on a responsiveness of emergency personnel, and the responsiveness of the emergency personnel depends in part on an amount of time taken to route an emergency call to a primary emergency response center, the method comprising:

determining, by a computer system, a number of emergency calls initially routed to a primary emergency response center;

determining, by the computer system, a number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center that, in turn, routes the emergency calls to the primary emergency response center;

calculating, by the computer system, a survival rate amount individuals according to a function of the determined number of the number of emergency calls initially routed to a primary emergency response center and the number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center.

displaying the calculated survival rate on a terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center correspond to cellular telephone calls.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein a cell tower through which the cellular telephone communicates is configured to route all emergency calls to the secondary emergency response center.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising generating, by a computer server, browser code executable by a browser to cause the browser to display the calculated survival rate.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the browser code is executable to display a geographic image that represents one or more geographic regions within a state, wherein each of the one or more geographic regions is selectable to enable calculating a survival rate associated with the selected one or more geographic regions.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the browser code is executable to display a percentage of emergency calls routed to a primary emergency response center, and to display a field that enables specifying a percentage of emergency calls routed to the primary emergency response center to enable recalculation of the survival rate based on the specified percentage.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the browser code is executable to display an average response time associated with the calculated survival rate, and to display a field that enables specifying a different average response time to enable recalculation of the survival rate based on the specified response time.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one code section is further executable by the machine for causing the machine to perform acts of:

generating browser code executable by a browser to cause the browser to display the calculated survival rate.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the browser code is executable to display a geographic image that represents one or more geographic regions within a state, wherein each of the one or more geographic regions is selectable to enable calculating a survival rate associated with the selected one or more geographic regions.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the browser code is executable to display a percentage of emergency calls routed to a primary emergency response center, and to display a field that enables specifying a percentage of emergency calls routed to the primary emergency response center to enable recalculation of the survival rate based on the specified percentage.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the browser code is executable to display an average response time associated with the calculated of the survival rate, and to display a field that enables specifying a different average response time to enable recalculation of the survival rate based on the specified response time.

8. A system for predicting a survival rate among individuals, where the survival rate depends in part on a responsiveness of emergency personnel, and the responsiveness of the emergency personnel depends in part on an amount of time taken to route an emergency call to a primary emergency response center, the system comprising:

a computer system configured to determine a number of emergency calls initially routed to a primary emergency response center and a number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center that, in turn, routes the emergency calls to the primary emergency response center, and calculate a survival rate amount individuals according to a function of the determined number of the number of emergency calls initially routed to a primary emergency response center and the number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center; and

a server configured to generate browser code executable by a browser to cause the browser to display the calculated survival rate on a terminal.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center correspond to cellular telephone calls.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein a cell tower through which the cellular telephone communicates is configured to route all emergency calls to the secondary emergency response center.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the browser code is executable to display a geographic image that represents one or more geographic regions within a state, wherein each of the one or more geographic regions is selectable to enable calculating a survival rate associated with the selected one or more geographic regions.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the browser code is executable to display a percentage of emergency calls routed to a primary emergency response center, and to display a field that enables specifying a percentage of emergency calls routed to the primary emergency response center to enable recalculation of the survival rate based on the specified percentage.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the browser code is executable to display an average response time associated with the calculated survival rate, and to display a field that enables specifying a different average response time to enable recalculation of the survival rate based on the specified response time.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising at least one code section for predicting a survival rate among individuals, where the survival rate depends in part on a responsiveness of emergency personnel and the responsiveness of the emergency personnel depends in part on an amount of time taken to route an emergency call to a primary emergency response center, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform acts of:

determining a number of emergency calls initially routed to a primary emergency response center;

determining a number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center that, in turn, routes the emergency calls to the primary emergency response center;

calculating a survival rate amount individuals according to a function of the determined number of the number of emergency calls initially routed to a primary emergency response center and the number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center.

displaying the calculated survival rate on a terminal.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the number of emergency calls initially routed to a secondary emergency response center correspond cellular telephone calls.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein a cell tower through which the cellular telephone communicates is configured to route all emergency calls to the secondary emergency response center.