Response planning and execution aiding system and method

• US 9,824,315 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2014
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Goossen, Emray, Gerlock, Derick Lucas, Goossen, Katherine
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Paulinho E
• Application Number:
  US14/307,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20150371136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,252 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

A system for planning and executing a response to an incident includes a planning and execution data source and a processing system. The processing system is in operable communication with the planning and execution database. The processing system is configured to generate pre-planned responses to be executed by associated response assets, store data representative of the pre-planned responses in the planning and execution database, selectively retrieve a pre-planned response from the planning and execution database, communicate with the response assets associated with the retrieved pre-planned response, provide real-time tracking of the retrieved pre-planned response being executed by the associated response assets, and selectively generate recommendations for modifying the retrieved pre-planned response.

Claims

1. A system for planning and executing a response to an incident, comprising:

a planning and execution data source, the planning and execution database comprising a pre-planned response database, an area maps database, an asset database, a documents and standards database, a modeling and training database, and a telemetry database; and

a processing system in operable communication with the planning and execution data source, the processing system configured to;

(i) generate pre-planned responses to be executed by associated response assets,

(ii) store data representative of the pre-planned responses in the planning and execution database;

(iii) selectively retrieve a pre-planned response from the planning and execution database,

(iv) communicate with the response assets associated with the retrieved pre-planned response,

(v) provide real-time tracking of the retrieved pre-planned response being executed by the associated response assets, and

(vi) selectively generate recommendations for modifying the retrieved pre-planned response.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the pre-planned response database comprises data representative of a plurality of pre-planned responses to be executed by the associated response assets.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the area maps database comprises data representative of various areas, buildings, and floor plans.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the asset database comprises data representative of various assets.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the documents and standards database comprises data representative of standard operating procedures.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the modeling and training database comprises data representative of prior responses.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the telemetry database comprises data representative of telemetry, commands, messages, and sensor feeds.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface in operable communication with the processing system and configured to selectively render and implement one or more I/O screens, icons, and controls.

9. A system for planning and executing a response to an incident, comprising:

a planning and execution data source; and

a processing system in operable communication with the planning and execution data source, the processing system configured to;

(i) generate pre-planned responses to be executed by associated response assets,

(ii) store data representative of the pre-planned responses in the planning and execution database;

(iii) selectively retrieve a pre-planned response from the planning and execution database,

(iv) communicate with the response assets associated with the retrieved pre-planned response,

(v) provide real-time tracking of the retrieved pre-planned response being executed by the associated response assets,

(vi) selectively generate recommendations for modifying the retrieved pre-planned response, and

(vii) implement an incident pre-planning function, an incident execution function, and a modeling and training function.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the incident pre-planning function is configured to :

generate the pre-planned responses to be executed by associated response assets; and

store the data representative of the pre-planned responses in the planning and execution database.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the incident preplanning function implements a situational pre-planner, an auto asset organizer, a status manager, and a team standard operating procedure recommender (TSR).

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the situational pre-planner is configure to retrieve a list of previously created responses from the planning and execution data source for display on a user interface.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the auto asset organizer is configured, upon selection of one of the pre-planned responses retrieved by the situational pre-planner, to assemble correct assets from all available assets.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein:

the auto asset is further configured to implement an asset linker (AL) and a virtual boundary manager (VBM);

the AL is configured to selectively tie together various assets 122 that may not be configured with the ability to self-identify or self-locate; and

the VBM is configured to allow a user, via a user interface, to graphically draw and label a virtual team boundary.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the status manager is configured to:

receive messages, status, and events from the each assets that is in operable communication with the processing system; and

maintain an on-going status chart of the assets for display on a user interface.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the TSR is configured to implement a primary rule engine to information in the planning and execution data source to generate recommendations and alerts.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the incident execution function is configured to selectively retrieve the pre-planned response from the planning and execution database, communicate with the response assets associated with the retrieved pre-planned response, provide real-time tracking of the retrieved pre-planned response being executed by the associated response assets, and selectively generate recommendations for modifying the retrieved pre-planned response.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the incident execution function is additionally configured to:

generate and display a list of desired assets; and

initiate an automated call to the desired assets.

19. The system of claim 9, wherein the modeling and training function is configured to test the pre-planned responses and to assess actual responses upon completion thereof.

20. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a user interface in operable communication with the processing system and configured to selectively render and implement one or more I/O screens, icons, and controls.