Emergency Incident Data Structure Creation and Analysis

• US 20170024088A1
• Filed: 07/23/2016
• Published: 01/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Praetorian Digital, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Praetorian Digital, Inc.
• Inventors: La Pean, Michael Alan, La Pean, Alison Lee, Chaichan, Siripat
• Application Number:
  US15/218,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20170024088A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A computer-based method of collecting, organizing, and distributing data related to an emergency event includes presenting a GUI on a mobile electronic device that includes a selectable element to provide information about a disaster event, and a selectable element to provide information about a violence event. In response to a selection, another GUI is presented that includes at least one pre-defined field for user input that is customized to the selected element. Information about the emergency incident is collected and sent to a server where it is stored in a database with other information about the event. The server retrieves information from the database and sends it to a second electronic device. A first portion of the information is displayed in a first format on the second electronic device, and a second portion of the information is displayed in a second format.

Claims

1. A computer-based method of collecting, organizing, and distributing data related to an emergency situation, the method comprising:

presenting a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a first mobile electronic device, the first GUI including at least a first selectable element to provide information about a disaster event and a second selectable element to provide information about a violence event;

detecting a selection of the first selectable element or the second selectable element of the GUI to determine a selected element;

presenting a second GUI on the first mobile electronic device, the second GUI including at least one pre-defined field for user input that is customized to the selected element;

collecting information about an event entered into the second GUI;

sending the collected information to a server over a network connection from the first mobile electronic device;

receiving the collected information from the first mobile electronic device at the server;

storing, by the server, the collected information from the first mobile electronic device in a database with other information about the event received by the server from other mobile electronic devices to create merged information;

retrieving, by the server, at least a portion of the merged information from the database to create retrieved information;

sending the retrieved information from the server to a second electronic device;

receiving the retrieved information at the second electronic device;

displaying at least a first portion of the retrieved information in a first format on the second electronic device; and

displaying at least a second portion of the retrieved information in a second format on the second electronic device;

wherein the first portion of the retrieved information and the second portion of the retrieved information have at least one piece of information in common.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the at least the portion of the merged information to retrieve based on pre-defined rules provided to the server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected information includes location information, the first format comprises a tabular presentation of the first portion of the retrieved information, and the second format comprises a cartographic presentation of the second portion of the retrieved information, based at least in part on the location information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a fourth GUI having a selectable confirmation element on a display of the second electronic device;

detecting, by the second electronic device, a selection of the confirmation element;

sending a confirmation message from the second electronic device to the first mobile electronic device;

receiving the confirmation message at the first mobile electronic device; and

presenting an indication, by the first mobile electronic device, that the confirmation message was received.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

broadcasting a status message regarding the event from the second electronic device;

receiving the status message at the first mobile electronic device and at least one of the other mobile electronic devices; and

presenting the status message at the first mobile electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a command from the server to one or more controlled devices in response to receiving the collected information, the command based on pre-defined rules provided to the server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more controlled devices comprise a door lock on a door of a room where the first mobile electronic device is located.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a credential from the second electronic device to the server;

validating the credential at the server;

determining a set of permissions associated with the credential; and

restricting access to at least some of merged information based on the set of permissions.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

presenting a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a display coupled to the processor, the first GUI including at least a first selectable element to provide information about a disaster event and a second selectable element to provide information about a violence event;

detecting a selection of the first selectable element or the second selectable element of the GUI to determine a selected element;

presenting a second GUI on the display, the second GUI including at least one pre-defined field for user input that is customized to the selected element;

collecting information about an event entered into the second GUI; and

sending the collected information over a network coupled to the processor.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

presenting a third GUI on the display in response to the detection of the selection of the first selectable element, the third GUI including a plurality of selectable elements that respectively represent types of disasters;

detecting a selection of one of the plurality of selectable elements of the third GUI to determine a selected type of disaster; and

determining the at least one pre-defined field of the second GUI based on the selected type of disaster.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first GUI includes a third selectable element to dial a pre-defined emergency number, the operations further comprising:

initiating a voice communication session to the pre-defined emergency number using a wireless communication interface coupled to the processor in response to a selection of the third selectable element of the first GUI.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

presenting a location field in the second GUI;

collecting location information entered into the location field; and

including the location information in the collected information.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

receiving one or more beacon signals through an antenna coupled to the processor;

determining first location information based on the received beacon signals;

receiving a GPS signal through an antenna coupled to the processor;

determining second location information based on the received GPS signal; and

including the first location information or second location information in the collected information.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving information about an event through a network coupled to the processor, wherein the event is a disaster event or a violence event and the received information includes location information;

displaying at least a first portion of the information in a tabular format on a display coupled to the processor; and

displaying at least a second portion of the information in a cartographic format on the display, based at least in part on the location information.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, the operations further comprising sending a request for the information about the event through the network to a server prior to the receiving.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the second portion of the received information includes a first set of data comprising a first location identified by user-entered data, a second set of data comprising a second location identified by a beacon identifier, and a third set of data comprising a location identified by GPS coordinates generated from GPS signals, the operations further comprising:

translating the user entered data to a first position in the cartographic format;

displaying a representation of at least a portion of the first set of data at the first position in the cartographic format on the display;

translating the beacon identifier to a second position in the cartographic format;

displaying a representation of at least a portion of the second set of data at the second position in the cartographic format on the display;

translating the GPS coordinates to a third position in the cartographic format; and

displaying a representation of at least a portion of the third set of data at the third position in the cartographic format on the display.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, the display comprising a virtual reality or an augmented reality display device, and the cartographic format comprising at least one object placed at a virtual location, based on the location information, of the virtual reality or augmented reality display device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

receiving an input through a human input device coupled to the processor; and

sending a command to one or more controlled devices based on the input.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the one or more controlled devices comprise a siren, a flashing light, a door lock, a gas shut-off valve, a fire suppression system, or an emergency lighting system.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein at least one of the one or more controlled devices is located in proximity to a source of at least some of the information.