Providing access to quality indicators for natural resources
First Claim
1. A system configured to present to users natural resource quality indicators of respective natural resources, the system comprising:
- at least one natural resource server configured to;
upon receiving a natural resource quality indicator, store the natural resource quality indicator, andupon receiving from a user a report request to report a natural resource quality of a natural resource;
receive from the user a geocode indicating a user location of the user;
generate a natural resource map representing a geographic region within a proximity range of the user and indicating;
the user location of the user, andfor respective at least one natural resource within the proximity range of the user;
a natural resource location of the natural resource; and
an icon representing at least one natural resource quality indicator of the natural resource; and
send the natural resource map to the user.
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Abstract
One or more natural resources (e.g., bodies of water, volumes of air or earth, mineral deposits, or wildlife populations) may be tracked by one or more natural resource quality sensors, each of which may detect and report various natural resource quality indicators (e.g., indicators of purity, biological or chemical contaminants, physical properties, and indicators of various components of a processing facility managing the natural resource, such as a water supply system). These indicators may be reported to one or more natural resource servers, which may store the indicators and, upon request of one or more users, generate a natural resource quality report indicating the quality of various natural resources. Reports may also be generated spontaneously and delivered as an alert based upon alert criteria (e.g., upon detecting a water height in a river correlated with flooding, a natural resource server may notify users residing near the river).
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1. A system configured to present to users natural resource quality indicators of respective natural resources, the system comprising:
at least one natural resource server configured to; upon receiving a natural resource quality indicator, store the natural resource quality indicator, and upon receiving from a user a report request to report a natural resource quality of a natural resource; receive from the user a geocode indicating a user location of the user; generate a natural resource map representing a geographic region within a proximity range of the user and indicating; the user location of the user, and for respective at least one natural resource within the proximity range of the user;
a natural resource location of the natural resource; and
an icon representing at least one natural resource quality indicator of the natural resource; andsend the natural resource map to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of presenting to users natural resource quality indicators of respective natural resources using a computer having a processor, the method comprising:
executing on the processor instructions configured to; upon receiving a natural resource quality indicator from a natural resource quality sensor, store the natural resource quality indicator, and upon receiving from a user a report request to report a natural resource quality of a natural resource; receive from the user a geocode representing a user location of the user; generate a natural resource map representing a geographic region within a proximity range of the user and indicating; the user location of the user, and for respective at least one natural resource within the proximity range of the user;
a natural resource location of the natural resource; and
an icon representing at least one natural resource quality indicator of the natural resource, andsend the natural resource map to the user.
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24. A method of fulfilling requests of users for access to natural resources on a device having a processor and having access to a natural resource database, the method comprising:
executing on the processor instructions configured to; upon receiving a natural resource quality indicator of a natural resource from a natural resource quality sensor, store the natural resource quality indicator of the natural resource in the natural resource database; and upon receiving from a user a request to access a natural resource, the request specifying a geocode representing a location of the user and a natural resource type of the natural resource requested by the user; from the natural resource database, identify at least one selected natural resource of the natural resource type specified in the request and within a proximity range of the user location of the user represented by the geocode; generate a natural resource map of a geographic region including the user location of the user, the natural resource map indicating; the user location of the user; and for respective selected natural resources, an icon representing;
a natural resource location of the natural resource within the geographic region; and
at least one natural resource quality indicator of the natural resource according to the natural resource database; andpresent the natural resource map to the user.
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