Incident reporting system and method
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1. A computer-based method of collecting and processing incidents observed by witnesses comprising the steps of:
- receiving into a computer system an incident report directly from a witness who observed an incident committed by an offender;
prompting the witness to provide certain types of information about the incident;
prompting the witness to identify other witnesses, wherein a central computer attempts to contact the other witnesses via a communications network to request further information about an incident;
selecting an authority to whom the incident report should be sent, wherein the authority is selected based at least in part on information provided by the witness and wherein the authority is automatically selected by the computer system based on information entered into the incident report by the witness; and
sending the incident report to the authority so that the authority can respond to the incident report.
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Abstract
A computer-based method of collecting and processing incident reports received from witnesses who observe incidents such as criminal acts and legal violations. The method automates the collection and processing of the incident reports and automatically sends the incident reports to the appropriate authority so that the observed incidents can be acted on in an appropriate manner.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-based method of collecting and processing incidents observed by witnesses comprising the steps of:
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receiving into a computer system an incident report directly from a witness who observed an incident committed by an offender; prompting the witness to provide certain types of information about the incident; prompting the witness to identify other witnesses, wherein a central computer attempts to contact the other witnesses via a communications network to request further information about an incident; selecting an authority to whom the incident report should be sent, wherein the authority is selected based at least in part on information provided by the witness and wherein the authority is automatically selected by the computer system based on information entered into the incident report by the witness; and sending the incident report to the authority so that the authority can respond to the incident report. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-based method of collecting and processing incidents observed by witnesses comprising the steps of:
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receiving into a computer system an incident report directly from a witness who observed an incident committed by an offender; prompting the witness to enter certain types of information about the incident into the computer system, the information including identification information identifying the offender; prompting the witness to identify other witnesses, wherein a central computer attempts to contact the other witnesses via a communications network to request further information about an incident; selecting an authority to whom the incident report should be sent, wherein the authority is selected based at least in part on information entered by the witness and wherein the authority is selected by the computer system based on information entered into the incident report by the witness; and sending the incident report to the authority so that the authority can respond to the incident report. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer-based method of collecting and processing incidents observed by witnesses comprising the steps of:
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receiving into a computer system an incident report directly from a witness who observed an incident committed by an offender, wherein the witness does not know to whom the incident report should be sent; prompting the witness to enter certain types of information about the incident into the computer system, the information including identification information identifying the offender; prompting the witness to identify other witnesses, wherein a central computer attempts to contact the other witnesses via a communications network to request further information about an incident; selecting an authority to whom the incident report should be sent, wherein the authority is selected by the computer system based at least in part on information entered by the witness; sending the incident report to the authority so that the authority can respond to the incident report; providing a warning system that alerts users to certain dangerous conditions based on incident reports; receiving an action report from the authority explaining what action was taken in response to the incident report; and storing the action report in a searchable database.
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