System and method for generating target area information of a battlefield using information acquired from multiple classification levels

• US 8,234,689 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2009
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Incorporated (BAE Systems Plc)
• Original Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Incorporated (BAE Systems Plc)
• Inventors: Jelavic, Robert, Hansen, Eric, Gold, Jack L., Seobarrat, Surendra
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Hosuk
• Application Number:
  US12/565,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20110023132A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• Field of Search: 726 1- 4, 726/11, 726 22- 23, 726 26- 30, 713166-167, 380/255, 380/258, 709/201, 709/238, 342/357.2, 342/357.21, 342/357.22, 342/45, 701/400, 701/412
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A system and method for generating target area information. The system comprises a first processor effective to receive first information of a first classification level and a second processor effective to receive second information of a second classification level distinct from the first classification level. A cross domain processor is in communication with the first and second processors. The second processor is effective to receive a request from a requesting entity about a region of interest and interrogate a first sensor regarding the request. The second processor is further effective to receive first information from the first sensor and send the request through the cross domain processor to the first processor. The first processor is effective to interrogate a second sensor regarding the request and receive second information from the second sensor. The first processor is further effective to filter the second information based on the first and second classification levels to produce filtered information and send the filtered information through the cross domain processor to the second processor. The second processor is further effective to integrate the first information and the filtered information to produce integrated information and send the integrated information to the requesting entity.

Claims

1. A system for generating target area information, the system comprising:

a first processor effective to receive first information of a first classification level;

a second processor effective to receive second information of a second classification level distinct from the first classification level; and

a cross domain processor in communication with the first and second processors;

wherein

the second processor is effective to

receive a request from a requesting entity about a region of interest;

interrogate a first sensor regarding the request;

receive first information from the first sensor; and

send the request through the cross domain processor to the first processor;

the first processor is effective to

interrogate a second sensor regarding the request;

receive second information from the second sensor;

filter the second information based on the first and second classification levels to produce filtered information; and

send the filtered information through the cross domain processor to the second processor;

the second processor further effective to

integrate the first information and the filtered information to produce integrated information; and

send the integrated information to the requesting entity.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the first classification level includes information that is sensitive to the United States and the second classification level includes information that is sensitive to another country.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the first sensor communicates using a NFFI protocol.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the interrogate the first sensor and the interrogate the second sensor includes

sending a request to a third processor;

and

sending an interrogation from the third processor.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second processors further generate a SMS message to cellular phones in the region of interest.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising

a database in communication with at least one of the first and second processors, the database including further information about the region of interest;

and

the integrated information includes the further information.

7. The system as recited in claim 6, wherein the further information includes a no strike list.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the integrate the first information and the filtered information includes tagging the integrated information based on an age of the first information and the filtered information.

9. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the interrogate the first sensor regarding the request includes interrogating a plurality of first sensors;

the receive the first information from the first sensor includes receiving a plurality of pieces of first information;

the interrogate the second sensor regarding the request includes interrogating a plurality of second sensors;

the receive the second information from the second sensor includes receiving a plurality of second pieces of information;

the filter the second information based on the first and second classification levels to produce the filtered information includes filtering the plurality of second pieces of information to produce a plurality of filtered pieces of information; and

the integrate the first information and the filtered information to produce integrated information includes integrating the plurality of pieces of first information and the plurality of filtered pieces of information.

10. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the filter the second information includes filtering based on a tag associated with the second information.

11. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a database, the database effective to receive sensor information from at least one of the first and the second sensors; and

wherein

the second processor is further effective to integrate the first response, the filtered response and the sensor information to produce the integrated information.

12. A method for generating target area information in a system comprising a first processor effective to receive first information of a first classification level, a second processor effective to receive second information of a second classification level distinct from the first classification level, and a cross domain processor in communication with the first and second processors, the method comprising:

at the second processor

receiving a request from a requesting entity about a region of interest;

interrogating a first sensor regarding the request;

receiving first information from the first sensor; and

sending the request through the cross domain processor to the first processor;

at the first processor

interrogating a second sensor regarding the request;

receiving second information from the second sensor;

filtering the second information based on the first and second classification levels to produce filtered information; and

sending the filtered information through the cross domain processor to the second processor;

at the second processor

integrating the first information and the filtered information to produce integrated information; and

sending the integrated information to the requesting entity.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein at least one of the interrogating the first sensor and the interrogating the second sensor includes

sending a request to a third processor;

and

sending an interrogation from the third processor.

14. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein at least one of the first and second processors further performs the step of generating a SMS message to cellular phones in the region of interest.

15. The method as recited in claim 12, further comprising

a database in communication with at least one of the first and second processors, the database including further information about the region of interest and the integrated information includes the further information.

16. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the further information includes a no strike list.

17. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the integrating the first information and the filtered information includes tagging the integrated information based on an age of the first information and the filtered information.

18. A processing system having a computer comprising:

a converter contained in the computer effective to receive sensor information and convert the sensor information into converted sensor information;

an integrator contained in the computer in communication with the converter, the integrator effective to receive and integrate the converted sensor information to produce integrated information;

the converter further in communication with the integrator and effective to receive and convert the integrated information to produce formatted integrated information;

a filter contained in the computer in communication with the integrator, the filter effective to receive and filter the integrated information based on a classification level of the sensor information to produce filtered information; and

a formatter contained in the computer in communication with the filter, the formatter effective to receive and format the filtered information to produce filtered and formatted integrated information.

19. The processing system as recited in claim 18, wherein:

the converter is further effective to receive a request about a region of interest;

the processor is effective to generate an interrogation based on the request; and

the sensor information is received by the converter based on the interrogation.

20. The processing system as recited in claim 18, wherein the integrator is further effective to receive and integrate information received from a database.