Cloud Based Command and Control System

• US 20140358252A1
• Filed: 04/07/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Textron Systems Corporation (Textron Inc)
• Original Assignee: AAI Corporation (Textron Inc)
• Inventors: Ellsworth, Chris, Chauffe, Chad, Nguyen, Johann, Neis, Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 9,858,798 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/17
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/00 Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

A command and control system is provided which links users and platforms in real time and with touch screen ease, delivering a highly intuitive, integrated user experience with minimal infrastructure. Capitalizing on a cloud based architecture, from the cloud, to the touch table, to a hand held device, the command and control system creates seamless connections between sensors, leaders and users for up-to-the-minute information clarity.

Claims

1. A cloud based command and control system comprising:

a central command hub configured to communicate over wired and wireless connections;

a sensor in wireless bi-directional communication with said central command hub, and

a computing device in bi-directional communication with said central command hub, said computing device having a graphical user interface configured to display data received from said sensor, wherein a user may control said sensor by manipulating said graphical user interface.

2. The command and control system of claim 1, further comprising:

a geosynchronous satellite in wireless bi-directional communication with said central command hub, and

wherein said sensor is an aerial vehicle in bi-directional communication with said satellite.

3. The command and control system of claim 2, further comprising:

a ground based sensor, said ground based sensor being in bi-directional communication with said central command hub, and

wherein as user may control said ground sensor by manipulating said graphical user interface.

4. The command and control system of claim 2, wherein said aerial vehicle is an unmanned aerial vehicle.

5. The command and control system of claim 1, wherein said computing device is one selected from the group consisting of desktop computer, tablet computer and mobile phone.

6. The command and control system of claim 1, wherein said computing device is configured to record and playback data associated with said sensor.

7. The command and control system of claim 1, wherein a user may selectively associate certain data with said sensor using said graphical user interface.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

submitting query requests to said archiving service, and

broadcasting query results to a user filter for filtering and transforming the data for presentation to a user.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of allowing a user to add contextual data to said raw data.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of communicating said contextual data to all users of the command and control system.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of viewing the stored data associated with a sensor in chronological and reverse chronological order.

8. A method for data integration and processing in a command and control system comprising the steps of:

receiving raw data from a sensor;

converting said raw data into a common data format;

generating a set of processing rules by analyzing the data in the common data format and communicating said processing rules to a processing rules data bus;

broadcasting said converted data to an unprocessed data processor, said unprocessed data processor being configured to manipulate the data according to said set of rules contained on said processing rules data bus;

transforming the data using a data processing plugin and broadcasting said transformed data to a post processing data message bus, and

transmitting said data from said post processing data message bus to an archiving service for storage of said data in a database.