SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING, MANAGING AND RECOVERING FROM EMERGENCIES

• US 20130304792A1
• Filed: 05/10/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Outcome Logic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Outcome Logic, Inc.
• Inventors: Marlow, Stephen Damian, Stivi, Alon
• Application Number:
  US13/892,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20130304792A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/062 related to network traffic

Abstract

A machine-implemented method for enhancing disaster preparedness transforms user-entered data to generate a report which includes a disaster score and suggestions for improving disaster preparedness. The user enters data which is uploaded via the internet to a computer, and then transformed by the computer using a database architecture comprising an application layer configured for interfacing with a user and for allowing the user to input disaster preparedness data; a business logic layer configured for transforming the disaster preparedness data into a preparedness assessment; and a data access layer configured for allowing access to the user-entered and system data.

Claims

1. A system for managing emergency incidents, comprising:

a user interface having a data entry capability wherein a user enters data in response to a survey; and

an internet-based processor configured for receiving data entered by the user and for transforming the data to generate an emergency preparedness report.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for uploading to the processor a plurality of administrator-created disaster scenario surveys.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the disaster scenario surveys are created based on historical factors.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to refine the plurality of disaster scenario surveys based on the user entered data.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for uploading the plurality of surveys includes an interne platform.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the transformation of data is performed by a pre-programmed algorithm executed by the processor.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the emergency preparedness report comprises information in addition to the user-entered data.

8. A data-based architecture for a system for managing emergency incidents, comprising:

an application layer configured for interfacing with a user and for allowing for the user to input disaster preparedness data;

a business logic layer configured for transforming the disaster preparedness data into a preparedness assessment; and

a data access layer configured for allowing access to user-entered and system data.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the application layer includes a user interface configured to allow the user to input the disaster preparedness data.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the application layer includes data representing a plurality of disaster surveys.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the business logic layer includes a plurality of algorithms configured for transforming the disaster preparedness data into a disaster preparedness report.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the disaster preparedness report includes recommendations for the user.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the disaster preparedness reports includes a preparedness score.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the data access layer is configured to facilitate the transformation of data by the business logic layer.

15. A method for managing emergency incidents, comprising:

creating a plurality of surveys, wherein each survey addresses a particular emergency;

uploading the plurality of surveys to a computer via the internet;

completing the survey by a user entering data;

transforming the data to generate a preparedness report; and

downloading the preparedness report to the user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the plurality of surveys is created from historical data.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the plurality of surveys is created from e user-entered data.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the user-entered data is uploaded to a system administrator website.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the uploaded user-entered data is transformed into the preparedness report by an algorithm executed by the computer.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the preparedness report includes a plurality of recommendations.