System, device and method of providing location based, emergency and service call and inventory information
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1. A dispatch system, comprising:
- a first terminal coupled to a database adapted to receive a first address and event data and to correlate the first address to a first set of location based data, wherein the first terminal is located remote from the first address;
a second terminal having a map display unit the second terminal adapted to receive a second set of location based data from a location system based on the location of the second terminal, the second terminal adapted to transmit such second set of location based data over a communication channel to the first terminal;
the first terminal adapted to maintain the second set of location based data in a memory,dependent on the second set of location based data and the event data meeting certain criteria, the first terminal adapted to transmit the first set of location based data and event data to the second terminal; and
the second terminal further adapted to automatically input such location based data into the display unit adapted to display a map including the first address that correlates to said first set of location based data.
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Abstract
A system for providing location based, event and inventory information having a first terminal coupled to a database correlating address information to location based coordinate information, said first terminal adapted to transmit said location based coordinate information and a second terminal adapted to receive the location based coordinate information, automatically input such location based coordinate information into a map display and display a map including the address that correlates to said location based coordinate information.
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1. A dispatch system, comprising:
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a first terminal coupled to a database adapted to receive a first address and event data and to correlate the first address to a first set of location based data, wherein the first terminal is located remote from the first address; a second terminal having a map display unit the second terminal adapted to receive a second set of location based data from a location system based on the location of the second terminal, the second terminal adapted to transmit such second set of location based data over a communication channel to the first terminal; the first terminal adapted to maintain the second set of location based data in a memory, dependent on the second set of location based data and the event data meeting certain criteria, the first terminal adapted to transmit the first set of location based data and event data to the second terminal; and the second terminal further adapted to automatically input such location based data into the display unit adapted to display a map including the first address that correlates to said first set of location based data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A terminal, comprising:
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a receive unit; a global positioning satellite (GPS) unit coupled at least to the receive unit; a transmit unit coupled at least to the GPS unit; a radio frequency identification (RFID) unit coupled at least to the transmit unit; the GPS unit adapted to generate terminal GPS coordinate data which is correlated to the location of the terminal; the receiver unit adapted to receive and demodulate modulated remote GPS coordinate data representing an location or address remote from the terminal, said remote GPS coordinate data being obtained from a wireless system over a communication channel; the GPS unit being adapted to display a map based on the remote GPS coordinate data showing the location of the address correlated to the remote GPS coordinate data and a route from an address based on the terminal GPS coordinate data to an address based on the remote GPS coordinate data; the RFID reader adapted to obtain inventory data representing inventory information proximate the terminal; the transmit unit adapted to transmit the proximate GPS coordinate data and inventory data over a communication channel for use by a dispatch system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17)
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14. A method of providing location data and event information to a responder, comprising the steps of:
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entering an address into a first terminal and obtaining a first set of global positioning satellite (GPS) system coordinate data for said address; entering event data in to the first terminal; obtaining a second set of GPS coordinate data correlated to a second terminal coupled to a GPS receiver/map display; depending on the distance between the first set of GPS coordinate data and second set of GPS coordinate data, and the nature of the event data, transmitting said first set of GPS coordinate data and event data over a communication channel of a wireless system to the second terminal; automatically inputting said first set of GPS coordinate data into the GPS receiver/map display of the second terminal; displaying the address correlated to the first set of GPS coordinate data on the map display unit of the GPS receiver/map display of the second terminal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of responding to an event, comprising the steps of:
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responsive to notification of an event, a first terminal determining the physical location of the event and storing received pertinent information regarding the event; determining from a list of one or more remote responders a best responder that is capable of handling the event, wherein location of the remote responders and a list of each of the remote responders'"'"' available tools and supplies are automatically available to the first terminal so as to accurately determine the best responder; automatically selecting the best responder, with regard to the event, according to the best responder'"'"'s current location and the best responder'"'"'s available tools and supplies; and automatically sending the coordinates and details associated with the event to a second terminal associated with the best responder, wherein the coordinates of the event and the pertinent information regarding the event are displayed on a display coupled with the second terminal.
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