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Apparatus and method for managing crisis situations

  • US 5,185,697 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1989
  • Issued: 02/09/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A crisis management system comprising:

  • means for receiving crisis information concerning a particular crisis;

    crisis information storing means, for storing;

    1) a list of most usual crisis situation types,2) for each of said crisis situation types, a list of topic files each of which represents a type of information associated with said each crisis situation type, and3) for each topic file, a list of other topic files related to said each topic file, and in which related information should be stored;

    processing means, responsive to said information from said receiving means, for;

    1) determining a beginning of said particular crisis, and beginning a crisis clock at said beginning of said particular crisis,2) obtaining a particular crisis situation type associated with said particular crisis;

    3) accessing said crisis information storing means using said particular crisis situation type and obtaining a list of topic files associated therewith;

    4) attaching automatically a time from said crisis clock to each item of said crisis information;

    5) determining a selected topic file to which said each crisis information most closely belongs;

    6) accessing said crisis information storing means to obtain said list of said other topic files associated with said selected topic file;

    7) storing said each crisis information and its associated time in all of said selected topic file, and said other topic files from said list; and

    8) organizing said information in the selected file chronologically with respect to said attached time; and

    means for exhibiting said information in each said selected file in a predetermined format.

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