ENFORCEMENT SERVICES TECHNIQUES

• US 20170132735A1
• Filed: 06/12/2015
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Delv Pty. Ltd., Search7 Pty. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Delv Pty. Ltd., Search7 Pty. Ltd.
• Inventors: SMAIR, Rami, SMAIR, Samer
• Application Number:
  US15/318,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20170132735A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40

Abstract

The present invention relates to an enforcement services method. The method includes displaying, on a mobile transceiver, information options corresponding to respective information. The method further involves enabling selection of the displayed information options so that corresponding information can be transmitted or received by the transceiver to assist an enforcement officer with duties. Advantageously, the mobile transceiver can assist a travelling enforcement officer with their duties including, for example, vehicle checks, custody check-ins, person checks and restraining orders.

Claims

1. An enforcement services method including the steps of:

displaying, on a mobile transceiver, information options corresponding to respective information;

enabling selection of the displayed information options so that corresponding information can be transmitted or received by the transceiver to assist an enforcement officer with duties.

2. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information options relate to a vehicle check for performing a check on a vehicle.

3. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 2, involving receiving information relating to a vehicle subsequent to selecting a vehicle check information option.

4. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information options relate to a custody check-in for checking a culprit into custody.

5. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 4, involving prompting for, receiving and sending information relating to the check-in.

6. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information options relate to a person check for retrieving information relating to a suspect.

7. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 6, involving receiving information relating to the suspect subsequent to selecting a person check information option.

8. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information options relate to restraining orders.

9. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 8, involving monitoring the location of devices of two parties subject to a restraining order.

10. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 9, involving generating an alarm when the devices breach the restraining order.

11. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information options relate to recognition.

12. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 11, involving recognizing an object from a captured image subsequent to selecting a recognition information option.

13. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information options include an image creation option for creating an image.

14. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 13, involving creating an image relating to an object subsequent to selecting the image creation option.

15. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, further involving actuating a risk notification relating to the officer.

16. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 15, involving notifying a respondent of the risk notification after a predetermined period.

17. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 16, involving the respondent communicating with the officer via the device or receiving images from a camera of the device.

18. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 16, involving the officer extending the predetermined period or immediately sending the risk notification.

19. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 15, involving setting a risk level associated with the risk notification.

20. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, involving tracking the location of the device.

21. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 20, involving displaying the tracked location on a map.

22. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, involving detecting hijacking of the device, and indicating the location of the hijacking.

23. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the detecting involves analyzing parameters of the device or parameters of the officer.

24. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, involving imposing communication restrictions on officers.

25. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the restrictions are based upon geographic location or parameters of the officer.

26. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, involving displaying the information options responsive to identity validation of the officer.

27. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, involving logging the activities of the device.

28. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 27, wherein the logging involves logging a tracked location of the device and generating a report from the logged activities, the report displaying a map indicating incidents.

29. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information includes displayed images from one or more cameras.

30. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the images are based upon the geographic location of the device.

31. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, further involving the device sending a task request for another enforcement officer.

32. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, involving a citizen logging an incident.

33. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 32, involving determining that the officer can address the incident and notifying the officer of the incident via the device.

34. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 33, wherein the determining is based on geographic location.

35. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 1, further involving the step of searching to locate information.

36. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 35, wherein the searching is performed in accordance with a selected option to locate the respective information.

37. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 35, wherein the searching is initiated responsive to a manually selected option or immediate viewing or initiated at a predetermined time and stored for later viewing.

38. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 35, involving tagging located information for relevance for filtering.

39. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 35, wherein the searching involves searching unstructured sources.

40. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 35, wherein the searching involves selecting an entity type.

41. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 35, involving compiling and storing an entity record including information located when searching relating to an entity.

42. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 41, further involving automatically searching for entity information relating to an entity and adding any new information to the record.

43. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 42, further involving tagging the entity to receive automatic updates in the record relating to the entity.

44. An enforcement services method as claimed in claim 41, involving filtering located information, and displaying the filtered information.

45. An enforcement services system including an enforcement person'"'"'s mobile transceiver configured to:

display information options corresponding to respective information;

enable selection of the displayed information options so that corresponding information can be transmitted or received by the transceiver to assist an enforcement officer with duties.

46. A mobile transceiver configured to:

display information options corresponding to respective information;

enable selection of the displayed information options so that corresponding information can be transmitted or received by the transceiver to assist an enforcement officer with duties.