User-centric event reporting
First Claim
1. A method for providing information regarding an observed event, comprising:
- (a) receiving from a mobile data processing device, computer readable data comprising information corresponding to an event observed by a user of the mobile data processing device, wherein said computer readable data includes an event type and an event location based on a location of the mobile data processing device, and wherein said computer readable data includes sensory data recorded proximately to the event; and
(b) displaying on a display device a notification based on the received computer readable data.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for reporting hazard and event information from a mobile unit, and using that information to warn a user of an event or future hazard with reference to the mobile unit'"'"'s location and/or intended direction of travel. Users may wirelessly report events or hazards to a central server in an event center by sending data to the event center via a wireless communications network. Secondary information may be included, based on the selected event type, along with images, audio, and video of the event. The event center stores event information, including event locations based on the locations of the transmitting mobile units, and makes this information available to allow other users to respond to the hazard or event.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for providing information regarding an observed event, comprising:
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(a) receiving from a mobile data processing device, computer readable data comprising information corresponding to an event observed by a user of the mobile data processing device, wherein said computer readable data includes an event type and an event location based on a location of the mobile data processing device, and wherein said computer readable data includes sensory data recorded proximately to the event; and (b) displaying on a display device a notification based on the received computer readable data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An event notification system, comprising:
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a database for storing information corresponding to an event; memory storing computer executable instructions for performing a method of presenting a notification to a user of the system, said method comprising; receiving from a mobile data processing device, data comprising information corresponding to an event observed by a user of the mobile data processing device, wherein said data includes an event type, an event location based on a location of the mobile data processing device, and sensory data recorded proximately to the event; and outputting a notification based on said data for display on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An event notification system, comprising:
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a database for storing information corresponding to an event; memory storing computer executable instructions for performing a method of presenting a notification to a user of the system, said method comprising; receiving data from a mobile device, the data comprising information corresponding to the event observed by the user of the mobile device, wherein the data comprises an event type of the event, an event location based on a location of the mobile device, and sensory data recorded proximately to the event, the sensory data being at least one of an image of the event, an audio recording of the event, and a video recording of the event; generating a notification based on the data; displaying a map on a display device, the map corresponding to the event location; and displaying the notification on the map, wherein displaying the notification displays the sensory data on the map. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method comprising:
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receiving data from a mobile device, the data comprising information corresponding to an event observed by a user of the mobile device, wherein the data includes an event type of the event, an event location based on a location of the mobile device, and sensory data recorded proximately to the event; generating a notification based on the data; displaying a map based on the event location at a display device; displaying the notification within the map, wherein the display of the notification displays the event type and an indicator to indicate that the sensory data is available for display.
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