Emergency responder credentialing system and method

• US 8,068,008 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2008
• Issued: 11/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Advanced Response Concepts Corp. (WidePoint Corporation), WidePoint Corporation
• Original Assignee: WidePoint Corporation
• Inventors: Connell, Thomas W. II, Connell, Thomas W. Sr., St. Amand, Jason P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood; Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): BEE, ANDREW W.
• Application Number:
  US12/146,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20080317218A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,252 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.2, 340/5.74, 340/5.8, 340/5.81, 726/6, 726/10, 726/18, 705/7.14
• US Class Current: 340/5.81
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

A system for collecting, verifying, and managing identity data, skill data, qualification data, certification data, and licensure data of emergency responders. The system trusted verification of identity, skills, qualifications, certifications, and licensure, and disseminates information specific or related to identity, skills, qualifications, certifications, and licensure at the scene of an emergency. The system includes information collection devices, data storage media, information retrieval devices, and information management devices. The information collected, managed, and disseminated may include identity information, medical information, skills information, qualification information, certification information, licensure information. Data in the system is stored in multiple formats, allowing for the retrieval of trusted information in an environment that is part of a network or devoid of network connectivity.

Claims

1. A system for managing credentialing data for a plurality of agencies, each of the plurality of agencies providing an emergency response service, the system comprising:

a data store configured to store credentialing data;

a credentialing terminal configured to generate a skill comparison request in response to input from a user associated with an agency within a first jurisdiction, the skill comparison request comprising identification data for a particular emergency responder associated with a second jurisdiction; and

a credentialing computing device comprising;

a credentialing application comprising modules executable by the credentialing computing device, the modules comprising;

an identification verification module configured to;

retrieve credentialing data from the data store; and

compare the identification data to the retrieved credentialing data to verify the identity of the particular emergency responder;

a skill detail comparison module configured to;

retrieve first credentialing data from the data store corresponding to the particular emergency responder, the particular emergency responder associated with a particular skill category;

retrieve second credentialing data from the data store for other emergency responders in the first jurisdiction associated with the particular skill category; and

compare the first credentialing data to the second credentialing data to identify discrepancies; and

a UI module configured to generate the discrepancies for display at the credentialing computing device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first and second credentialing data each comprises identity data, licensing data, skill detail data, and training certification data.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the discrepancies correspond to differences between the skill detail data for the particular emergency responder and the skill detail data for the other emergency responders.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the credentialing terminal is configure to retrieve the identification data from a storage media of a credential presented by the particular emergency responder.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the skill comparison request is generated at the credentialing terminal.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the skill comparison request is generated at the administrative computing device.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the data store comprises profile data, the profile data comprising:

a plurality of emergency services provided by the plurality of agencies, each of the plurality of emergency services classified in a first hierarchy; and

a plurality of skill sets provided emergency responders in each of the plurality of agencies, each of the plurality of skill sets classified in a second hierarchy.

8. A method for managing credentialing data for a plurality of agencies, each of the plurality of agencies providing an emergency response service, the method comprising:

storing credentialing data via a data store;

generating a skill comparison request at a credentialing terminal in response to input from a user associated with an agency within a first jurisdiction, the skill comparison request comprising identification data for a particular emergency responder associated with a second jurisdiction;

retrieving credentialing data at a credentialing computing device from the data store;

comparing the identification data to the retrieved credentialing data to verify the identity of the particular emergency responder;

retrieving first credentialing data at the credentialing computing device from the data store for the particular emergency responder, the particular emergency responder associated with a particular skill category;

retrieving second credentialing data at the credentialing computing device from the data store for other emergency responders in the first jurisdiction associated with the particular skill category;

comparing the first credentialing data to the second credentialing data to identify discrepancies; and

generating the discrepancies for display.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the first and second credentialing data each comprises identity data, licensing data, and skill detail data and training data.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the discrepancies correspond to differences between the skill detail data for the particular emergency responder and the skill detail data for the other emergency responders.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the identification data is retrieved from a storage media of a credential presented to a user of the credentialing terminal by the particular emergency responder.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising generating the skill comparison request at the credentialing terminal.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising generating the skill comparison request at the administrative computing device.

14. The method of claim 8 wherein the data store further comprises profile data, and wherein the profile data comprises:

a plurality of emergency services provided by the plurality of agencies, each of the plurality of emergency services classified in a first hierarchy; and

a plurality of skill sets provided emergency responders in each of the plurality of agencies, each of the plurality of skill sets classified in a second hierarchy.