Method for reporting and relating firearm discharge data to a crime reporting database

• US 9,159,111 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2014
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Delia, Wayne M., Kelley, Edward E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sittner, Matthew T
• Application Number:
  US14/152,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129473A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/063 comprising a transponder
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/01 Counting means indicating the number of shots fired
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

Abstract

A method for utilizing firearm discharge data in a crime reporting and tracking database, includes: recording one or more discharges of a firearm; transmitting information from the discharging firearm to a crime reporting and tracking database; utilizing the transmitted information to establish relationships between the discharged firearm, committed crimes, and missing persons within the crime reporting and tracking database; and wherein the recording and transmitting is carried out by devices within the firearm.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a crime, missing person and firearm search service, the method comprising:

receiving via a first electronic computing device an access request to a crime, missing person and firearm search service in a database stored on an electronic server system;

analyzing via a second electronic computing device the access request to determine if the requested search service is for a crime or a missing person;

wherein if the access request is for a crime, the access request comprises a requestor name, a requester identification (ID), and specifies a date range, a time range, a location of a crime, a relative proximity to the location of the crime to check for firearm discharges, and the types and caliber of firearm to search for;

wherein if the access request involves a missing person, the access request comprises a requestor name, the missing persons name, the locations where the missing person resided, the locations, dates, and time ranges the missing person were last seen, a relative proximity to the location of the missing person to check for firearm discharges, and the types and caliber of firearm to search for;

identifying firearms discharged at a discharge location during the specified date and time range and within the specified location proximity in response to information electrically transmitted to the electronic server system via a respective firearm, the firearms discharged being identified independently from the reported crime or missing person, and outputting identified firearm discharges that occur within the specified date range, time range, and location proximity to a reported crime or missing person to the first electronic computing device in response to the access request;

displaying via an electronic graphic user interface the discharge location with respect to the location of the reported crime; and

determining a possible relationship between at least one of the identified firearm discharges and the reported crimes based on a proximity between at least one discharge location and at least one location of a crime; and

identifying the missing person based on the identified discharge location, and controlling the electronic graphic user interface to display information corresponding to the identified missing person.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the access request is inputted with the graphical user interface (GUI).

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the GUI is configured to construct geographic overlays of the firearm discharges with the crimes and missing persons within the database.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the database comprises type of crime committed, location of the crime, date and time ranges of the crime, and victim and suspect profile information;

wherein the victim and suspect information comprises personnel information, known residences and whereabouts of suspects at the approximate time of the reported crime; and

wherein in the case of a missing person, the locations where the missing person was last seen, and the dates and time ranges when the person was thought to be missing are also included in the database.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein usage of the database is subscription fee based;

and

wherein the subscription fees are based on the amount of usage of the database.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein usage of the database is subscription fee based;

and

wherein the subscription fees are based on a flat fee per unit of time.