System and method for emergency response

• US 20040008125A1
• Filed: 02/11/2003
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jain Agriculture Services, LLC
• Original Assignee: Puresense Environmental Incorporated (JAIN Irrigation Systems Limited)
• Inventors: Peri, Christopher A., Buxton, Craig P., Aratow, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,343,302 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 31/00 Predictive alarm systems characterised by extrapolation or other computation using updated historic data

Abstract

This application describes an information and resource management system for collecting data from diverse sources and organizing multiple types of data and information to facilitate dynamic multi-dimensional displays that will enhance cognition and situational awareness for diverse user communities. This system may facilitate collaborative cross-agency research and response to public health and safety issues. The system will generate more rapid awareness of potentially critical situations and promote greater awareness of the cost and benefits of alternative courses of action across diverse agencies and organizations serving common populations and communities. The invention includes customized geographically enabled data collection tools and techniques, dedicated databases and parsing schemes that feed into customized data visualization and simulation engines that drive the display of context sensitive interactive environments on a wide variety of computing platforms. The invention provides a novel approach to inter-disciplinary information integration processing, visualization, sharing and decision-making in the domain of public health and safety, disaster management and mitigation.

Claims

1. A method for emergency response, comprising the steps of:

acquiring data regarding a potential emergency situation;

detecting the existence, scale and scope of an emergency situation based on the acquired data;

providing advisories as to how best to respond to a detected emergency situation; and

communicating data regarding the detected emergency situation for collaborative situation assessment and response planning.