Distributed workflow system and database with access controls for city resiliency

• US 10,572,496 B1
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Issued: 02/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Frank, Adam, Barbaccia, Greg, Beard, Mitch, Ton, Toan, Laidlaw, Katie, Stambolis, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Saeed, Usmaan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nafziger, David M
• Application Number:
  US14/791,204
• Time in Patent Office: 1,699 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9035 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]

Abstract

Systems and techniques for sharing data related to city resiliency are described herein. The user interfaces described herein, such as electronic readers, clustering visualizations, and/or map visualizations, may provide human users with tools for effective workflow processes to share and analyze data related to city resiliency. Strategies to detect potential city resiliency issues and/or resilience data may be automatically shared, investigated, executed, applied, and/or used by entities. Strategies and/or resilience data may be modified to redact sensitive information and/or configured through granular access controls for sharing. Electronic communications may be automatically ingested and shared through the city resiliency sharing system.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices programmed, via executable code instructions, to;

receive resilience data from each of a plurality of entities associated with respective municipalities, each entity comprising at least one computing system;

wherein the resilience data from the plurality of entities includes electronic documents regarding actual or potential natural disasters associated with respective municipalities, including;

first resilience data comprising a first electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a first municipality, and

second resilience data comprising a second electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a second municipality;

update a unified object ontology storing objects related to resilience of the plurality of entities with the received resilience data, wherein the unified object ontology specifies a de-duplicated plurality of objects and associations among the plurality of objects;

receive a search keyword from a third entity associated with a third municipality, the search keyword received via an interactive user interface displayed on a computer display of the third entity, the interactive user interface including a reader user interface having;

a search area configured to receive search criteria including the search keyword;

a results area configured to display summary information regarding any electronic documents of the resilience data matching the search criteria; and

a data preview area configured to display at least a portion of an electronic document selected in the results area;

search the resilience data, including the first resilience data and the second resilience data, for resilience data including the search keyword;

in response to determining that the first electronic document includes the search keyword, initiate update of the reader user interface to display first summary information regarding the first electronic document in the results area;

determine a plurality of attribute values of the first electronic document, including attribute values for one or more;

author attributes;

recipient attributes;

named attributes; and

/or

geolocation attributes;

identify, within the unified object ontology, related objects that each have an association with a first object representing the first electronic document, based at least on matching attributes of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document;

in response to identifying the related objects, filter the related objects based on a vulnerability criterion to determine a filtered set of objects within the unified object ontology, the vulnerability criterion indicating a potential vulnerability of an object to a natural disaster or emergency, wherein the vulnerability criterion is based at least on one or more of;

age of a structure, age of a person, size of a business, location of a business within a specific area, or license information associated with a business;

initiate update of the interactive user interface to display a clustering user interface displaying;

a document icon representing the first electronic document;

one or more icons each representing related objects in the filtered set of objects;

one or more association lines between pairs of respective icons and the document icon, wherein the one or more association lines indicate associations among the filtered set of related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, as specified by the unified object ontology; and

textual or graphical indicia associated with each association line indicating respective associations between related objects of the filtered set of objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, the textual or graphical indicia indicating the corresponding related object of the filtered set of objects is at least one of;

an author, recipient, or named in the first electronic document.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further programmed, via executable code instructions, to:

receive an electronic communication, wherein the electronic communication comprises a recipient, the recipient corresponding to a predefined electronic communication address; and

share the resilience data with one or more entities of the plurality of entities configured to receive the resilience data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the electronic communication comprises at least one of:

an email, a text message, or a chat message.

4. The system of claim 1, and wherein the one or more computing devices is further programmed, via executable code instructions, to:

receive user selection input comprising at least two of the electronic documents;

determine additional data objects associated with the at least two electronic documents based at least in part on common data property values; and

cause presentation of representations of the at least two electronic documents and the additional data objects in the clustering user interface.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further programmed, via executable code instructions, to:

access fourth resilience data from a fourth entity, the fourth resilience data comprising a plurality of data objects, wherein the fourth resilience data is associated with an access control list comprising indications of respective one or more entities permissioned to receive respective data objects of the plurality of data objects;

determine a subset of the plurality of data objects permissioned to be shared by the third entity as indicated by the access control list; and

share the subset of the plurality of data objects with one or more entities in the plurality of entities as indicated by the access control list.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further programmed, via executable code instructions, to:

receive a strategy from the first municipality, wherein the strategy is generated by the first entity, and wherein the strategy is associated with the first resilience data; and

execute the strategy at the second municipality, wherein the strategy accesses one or more data objects associated with the second municipality to identify a potential or actual resiliency issue at the second municipality, the one or more data objects comprising data associated with the second municipality, wherein execution of the strategy at the second municipality identifies characteristics of the potential or actual resiliency issue.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further programmed, via executable code instructions, to:

cause presentation of an interactive map, the interactive map comprising geolocation data associated with one or more locations referenced in the first electronic document.

8. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices programmed, via executable code instructions, to;

receive resilience data from each of a plurality of entities associated with respective municipalities, each entity comprising at least one computing system;

wherein the resilience data from the plurality of entities includes electronic documents regarding actual or potential natural disasters associated with respective municipalities, including;

first resilience data comprising a first electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a first municipality, and

second resilience data comprising a second electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a second municipality;

update a unified object ontology storing objects related to resilience of the plurality of entities with the received resilience data, wherein the unified object ontology specifies a de-duplicated plurality of objects and associations among the plurality of objects;

receive a search keyword from a third entity associated with a third municipality, the search keyword received via an interactive user interface displayed on a computer display of the third entity, the interactive user interface including a reader user interface having;

a search area configured to receive search criteria including the search keyword;

a results area configured to display summary information regarding any electronic documents of the resilience data matching the search criteria; and

a data preview area configured to display at least a portion of an electronic document selected in the results area;

search the resilience data, including the first resilience data and the second resilience data, for resilience data including the search keyword;

determine that the first electronic document includes the search keyword;

in response to determining that the first electronic document includes the search keyword, initiate update of the reader user interface to display first summary information regarding the first electronic document in the results area;

derive geolocation attribute values based at least in part on the first electronic document;

identify, within the unified object ontology, related objects that each have an association with a first object representing the first electronic document, based at least on matching attributes of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document;

initiate update of the interactive user interface to display a clustering user interface displaying;

a document icon representing the first electronic document;

one or more object icons each representing one of the related objects;

one or more association lines between pairs of respective object icons and the document icon, wherein the one or more association lines indicate associations among the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, as specified by the unified object ontology; and

textual or graphical indicia associated with each association line indicating respective associations between one of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document the textual or graphical indicia indicating a type of association between the corresponding related object and the first object;

initiate update of the interactive user interface to display an interactive map user interface displaying;

a geographic map; and

graphical indicia associated with one or more of the geolocation attribute values associated with the first electronic document.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving resilience data from each of a plurality of entities associated with respective municipalities, each entity comprising at least one computing system;

wherein the resilience data from the plurality of entities includes electronic documents regarding actual or potential natural disasters associated with respective municipalities, including;

first resilience data comprising a first electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a first municipality, and

second resilience data comprising a second electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a second municipality;

updating a unified object ontology storing objects related to resilience of the plurality of entities with the received resilience data, wherein the unified object ontology specifies a de-duplicated plurality of objects and associations among the plurality of objects;

receiving a search keyword from a third entity associated with a third municipality, the search keyword received via an interactive user interface displayed on a computer display of the third entity, the interactive user interface including a reader user interface having;

a search area configured to receive search criteria including the search keyword;

a results area configured to display summary information regarding any electronic documents of the resilience data matching the search criteria; and

a data preview area configured to display at least a portion of an electronic document selected in the results area;

searching the resilience data, including the first resilience data and the second resilience data, for resilience data including the search keyword;

in response to determining that the first electronic document includes the search keyword, initiating update of the reader user interface to display first summary information regarding the first electronic document in the results area;

determining a plurality of attribute values of the first electronic document, including attribute values for one or more;

author attributes;

recipient attributes;

named attributes; and

/or

geolocation attributes;

identifying, within the unified object ontology, related objects that each have an association with a first object representing the first electronic document, based at least on matching attributes of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document;

in response to identifying the related objects, filtering the related objects based on a vulnerability criterion to determine a filtered set of objects within the unified object ontology, the vulnerability criterion indicating a potential vulnerability of an object to a natural disaster or emergency, wherein the vulnerability criterion is based at least on one or more of;

age of a structure, age of a person, size of a business, location of a business within a specific area, or license information associated with a business;

initiating update of the interactive user interface to display a clustering user interface displaying;

a document icon representing the first electronic document;

one or more icons each representing related objects in the filtered set of objects;

one or more association lines between pairs of respective icons and the document icon, wherein the one or more association lines indicate associations among the filtered set of related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, as specified by the unified object ontology; and

textual or graphical indicia associated with each association line indicating respective associations between related objects of the filtered set of objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, the textual or graphical indicia indicating the corresponding related object of the filtered set of objects is at least one of;

an author, recipient, or named in the first electronic document.

10. Non-transitory computer readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:

receive resilience data from each of a plurality of entities associated with respective municipalities, each entity comprising at least one computing system;

wherein the resilience data from the plurality of entities includes electronic documents regarding actual or potential natural disasters associated with respective municipalities, including;

first resilience data comprising a first electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a first municipality, and

second resilience data comprising a second electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a second municipality;

update a unified object ontology storing objects related to resilience of the plurality of entities with the received resilience data, wherein the unified object ontology specifies a de-duplicated plurality of objects and associations among the plurality of objects;

receive a search keyword from a third entity associated with a third municipality, the search keyword received via an interactive user interface displayed on a computer display of the third entity, the interactive user interface including a reader user interface having;

a search area configured to receive search criteria including the search keyword;

a results area configured to display summary information regarding any electronic documents of the resilience data matching the search criteria; and

a data preview area configured to display at least a portion of an electronic document selected in the results area;

search the resilience data, including the first resilience data and the second resilience data, for resilience data including the search keyword;

in response to determining that the first electronic document includes the search keyword, initiate update of the reader user interface to display first summary information regarding the first electronic document in the results area;

determine a plurality of attribute values of the first electronic document, including attribute values for one or more;

author attributes;

recipient attributes;

named attributes; and

/or

geolocation attributes;

identify, within the unified object ontology, related objects that each have an association with a first object representing the first electronic document, based at least on matching attributes of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document;

in response to identifying the related objects, filter the related objects based on a vulnerability criterion to determine a filtered set of objects within the unified object ontology, the vulnerability criterion indicating a potential vulnerability of an object to a natural disaster or emergency, wherein the vulnerability criterion is based at least on one or more of;

age of a structure, age of a person, size of a business, location of a business within a specific area, or license information associated with a business;

initiate update of the interactive user interface to display a clustering user interface displaying;

a document icon representing the first electronic document;

one or more icons each representing related objects in the filtered set of objects;

one or more association lines between pairs of respective icons and the document icon, wherein the one or more association lines indicate associations among the filtered set of related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, as specified by the unified object ontology; and

textual or graphical indicia associated with each association line indicating respective associations between related objects of the filtered set of objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, the textual or graphical indicia indicating the corresponding related object of the filtered set of objects is at least one of;

an author, recipient, or named in the first electronic document.

11. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving resilience data from each of a plurality of entities associated with respective municipalities, each entity comprising at least one computing system;

wherein the resilience data from the plurality of entities includes electronic documents regarding actual or potential natural disasters associated with respective municipalities, including;

first resilience data comprising a first electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a first municipality, and

second resilience data comprising a second electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a second municipality;

updating a unified object ontology storing objects related to resilience of the plurality of entities with the received resilience data, wherein the unified object ontology specifies a de-duplicated plurality of objects and associations among the plurality of objects;

receiving a search keyword from a third entity associated with a third municipality, the search keyword received via an interactive user interface displayed on a computer display of the third entity, the interactive user interface including a reader user interface having;

a search area configured to receive search criteria including the search keyword;

a results area configured to display summary information regarding any electronic documents of the resilience data matching the search criteria; and

a data preview area configured to display at least a portion of an electronic document selected in the results area;

searching the resilience data, including the first resilience data and the second resilience data, for resilience data including the search keyword;

determining that the first electronic document includes the search keyword;

in response to determining that the first electronic document includes the search keyword, initiating update of the reader user interface to display first summary information regarding the first electronic document in the results area;

deriving geolocation attribute values based at least in part on the first electronic document;

identifying, within the unified object ontology, related objects that each have an association with a first object representing the first electronic document, based at least on matching attributes of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document;

initiating update of the interactive user interface to display a clustering user interface displaying;

a document icon representing the first electronic document;

one or more object icons each representing one of the related objects;

one or more association lines between pairs of respective object icons and the document icon, wherein the one or more association lines indicate associations among the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, as specified by the unified object ontology; and

textual or graphical indicia associated with each association line indicating respective associations between one of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, the textual or graphical indicia indicating a type of association between the corresponding related object and the first object;

initiating update of the interactive user interface to display an interactive map user interface displaying;

a geographic map; and

graphical indicia associated with one or more of the geolocation attribute values associated with the first electronic document.

12. Non-transitory computer readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:

receive resilience data from each of a plurality of entities associated with respective municipalities, each entity comprising at least one computing system;

wherein the resilience data from the plurality of entities includes electronic documents regarding actual or potential natural disasters associated with respective municipalities, including;

first resilience data comprising a first electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a first municipality, and

second resilience data comprising a second electronic document including information regarding an actual or potential natural disaster associated with a second municipality;

update a unified object ontology storing objects related to resilience of the plurality of entities with the received resilience data, wherein the unified object ontology specifies a de-duplicated plurality of objects and associations among the plurality of objects;

receive a search keyword from a third entity associated with a third municipality, the search keyword received via an interactive user interface displayed on a computer display of the third entity, the interactive user interface including a reader user interface having;

a search area configured to receive search criteria including the search keyword;

a results area configured to display summary information regarding any electronic documents of the resilience data matching the search criteria; and

a data preview area configured to display at least a portion of an electronic document selected in the results area;

search the resilience data, including the first resilience data and the second resilience data, for resilience data including the search keyword;

determine that the first electronic document includes the search keyword;

in response to determining that the first electronic document includes the search keyword, initiate update of the reader user interface to display first summary information regarding the first electronic document in the results area;

derive geolocation attribute values based at least in part on the first electronic document;

identify, within the unified object ontology, related objects that each have an association with a first object representing the first electronic document, based at least on matching attributes of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document;

initiate update of the interactive user interface to display a clustering user interface displaying;

a document icon representing the first electronic document;

one or more object icons each representing one of the related objects;

one or more association lines between pairs of respective object icons and the document icon, wherein the one or more association lines indicate associations among the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, as specified by the unified object ontology; and

textual or graphical indicia associated with each association line indicating respective associations between one of the related objects and the first object representing the first electronic document, the textual or graphical indicia indicating a type of association between the corresponding related object and the first object;

initiate update of the interactive user interface to display an interactive map user interface displaying;

a geographic map; and

graphical indicia associated with one or more of the geolocation attribute values associated with the first electronic document.