Event-Based Responder Dispatch

• US 20170193802A1
• Filed: 03/18/2017
• Published: 07/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Taser International Incorporated
• Inventors: Bohlander, Michael J., Fortna, Raymond T., Huang, Anthony G., Jolma, Jeffrey P., Weiss, Julianne C., Deluca, Aerianna K.
• Granted Patent: US 10,002,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/026 Measuring blood flow A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/814 comprising emergency warnings arrangements specially adapted for emergency or urgency in broadcast systems H04H20/59; arrangements for providing alarms, notifications, alerts to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 : Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 : using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 : using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 : User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 : Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/35 : for the management of goods or merchandise
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 : Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 : Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication

Abstract

Dispatch-aiding communications between computing devices of a responder and a dispatch unit include a computing device of the responder determining that an event occurred, automatically sending an indication of the event to a computing device of the dispatch unit, receiving a request for information from the computing device of the dispatch unit, obtaining the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit, and sending the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit to the computing device of the dispatch unit. The computing device of the dispatch unit sends the request for information to the computing device of the responder in response to receiving the indication of the event.

Claims

1. A method of automated communication between a first computing device of a dispatch unit and a second computing device of a responder, the method performed by the first computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a first message, the first message includes indicia of an event detected by the second computing device;

responsive to receiving the first message, transmitting a request for information, the information to be provided by at least one of the second computing device and a responder device, the responder device in communication with the second computing device; and

receiving one of a second message and the information, the second message includes indicia that the information is not available.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting the information on a display.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the information includes live video; and

receiving the information includes receiving a stream of live video;

4. The method of claim 3 wherein:

the responder device comprises a video camera;

responsive to the request, the second computing device enables the video camera;

the video camera provides the stream of live video.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein comprising receiving metadata associated with the information, wherein the meta data includes one or more of a dispatch record number, an identifier of a responder agency, a location, and a category of the requested information.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the request includes an instruction to enable or disable at least one responder device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the request further includes information for the second computing device to determine whether the first computing device is authorized to provide the instruction.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the responder device includes at least one of a camera, a microphone, a weapon, a light bar, and a safety device.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the event includes one or more of a heart rate of the responder exceeding a threshold, a safety device being disabled, a gunshot sound being detected, the responder being determined to be nonresponsive, the responder pressing a panic button, the responder entering information into the computing device of the responder, or the computing device of the responder arriving at a particular location or incident.

10. A first computing device for a dispatch unit, the first computing device for communicating with a second computing device for a responder, the first computing device comprising:

a processor;

a memory having instructions stored thereon, the instructions in response to execution by the processor cause the computing device to;

receive a first message, the first message includes indicia of an event detected by the second computing device;

responsive to receiving the first message, transmit a request for information, the information to be provided by at least one of the second computing device and a responder device, the responder device in communication with the second computing device; and

receive one of a second message and the information, the second message includes indicia that the information is not available.

11. The first computing device of claim 10 wherein the processor executes instructions to further receive metadata associated with the information.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the metadata includes one or more of a dispatch record number, an identifier of a responder agency, a location, and a category of the requested information.

13. The first computing device of claim 10 wherein the request includes an instruction to enable or disable at least one responder device.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the request further includes information for the second computing device to determine whether the first computing device is authorized to provide the instruction.

15. The first computing device of claim 10 wherein the responder device includes at least one of a camera, a microphone, a weapon, a light bar, and a safety device.

16. The first computing device of claim 10 wherein the event includes one or more of a heart rate of the responder exceeding a threshold, a safety device being disabled, a gunshot sound being detected, the responder being determined to be nonresponsive, the responder pressing a panic button, the responder entering information into the computing device of the responder, or the computing device of the responder arriving at a particular location or incident.

17. A method of automated communication between a first computing device and a plurality of second computing devices, the first computing device associated with a dispatch unit, each second computing device of the plurality associated with a respective responder, the method performed by the first computing device, the method comprising:

receiving one or more messages from one or more second computing devices, each message includes indicia of a status of the responder associated with the second computing device that sent the message;

responsive to receiving each message, presenting on a display;

a location of the second computing device; and

the status of the responder.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein presenting on the display comprises presenting the location of the second computing device on the display with respect to a map that is also presented on the display.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising presenting on the display information received from one or more of the second computing devices, the information received responsive to transmitting a request for the information.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

transmitting a request for information to one or more second computing devices; and

receiving the information responsive to the request;

wherein

presenting further comprises presenting the information on the display.