System and Method for Management of Resources in Emergency and Operational Situations

• US 20070083409A1
• Filed: 12/11/2006
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Everbridge Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hyperalert, Inc.
• Inventors: Epperson, Kraettli, Dilbeck, Jeremy
• Granted Patent: US 7,623,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Provided is a method for designing, managing and executing response plans. Specific plan and resources are defined and a defined plan is executed either automatically or manually according to pre-determined or “real-time” parameter definitions. An executed plan notifies, by various user-defined means, actively or pre-defined parties in a near simultaneous fashion of security communications, notifications, directives and/or information. One embodiment of the system includes a component that requires a notified party to acknowledge a particular notification event by responding with a personal identification number (PIN) or calling a specified telephone number and entering the PIN. The system enables parties to be organized into groups based upon member profiles. Individual parties can be assigned to sub-groups, enabling specifically designed communications to go to the parties of any particular sub-group. Alternative means of contact can be prioritized and utilized either simultaneously or sequentially until contact with a particular party is achieved.

Claims

1. A method of defining, managing and executing operational response plans, comprising:

defining one or more response plans, each response plan definition associated with at least one resource of two or more response resources; and

executing one plan of the one or more response plans, the executing comprising;

deploying a first resource of the at least one resource associated with the one executed plan;

displaying an execution command center corresponding to the one executed plan; and

displaying status information corresponding to the first resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first resource is a notification of a particular event.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

specifying a second resource corresponding to the first resource;

calculating locations, based upon global positioning system (GPS) data, corresponding to the first and second resources; and

deploying, the second resource rather than the first resource based upon the calculated locations.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) signal; and

initiating the executing based upon the SCADA signal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a reporting form corresponding to the execution of the one plan; and

collecting user entered information from the reporting form.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the reporting form is a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) form.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

specifying a second resource corresponding to the first resource;

categorizing the first and second resources into specified profiles; and

deploying the second resource rather than the first resource based upon the resource profiles.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the specified profiles correspond to job descriptions.

9. A system of defining, managing and executing operational response plans, comprising:

a processor;

a plurality of response resources;

one or more response plans, each response plan associated with at least one resource of the plurality of resources; and

logic, for execution on the processor, for executing one plan of the one or more response plans, the execution logic comprising;

logic for deploying a first resource of the at least one resource associated with the one executed plan;

logic for displaying an execution command center corresponding to the one executed plan; and

logic for displaying status information corresponding to the first resource.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first resource comprises a notification of a particular event.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a second resource or the plurality of resources corresponding to the first resource;

logic for calculating locations of the first and second resources based upon global positioning system (GPS) data; and

logic for deploying the second resource rather thin the first resource based upon the calculated locations.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

logic for receiving a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) signal; and

logic for initiating the execution based upon the SCADA signal.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a reporting form corresponding to the execution of the one plan; and

logic for collecting user entered information from the reporting form.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the reporting form is a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) form.

15. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a second resource or the plurality of resources corresponding to the first resource;

a first profile corresponding to the first resource;

a second profile corresponding to the second resource; and

logic for deploying the second resource rather than the first resource based upon the first and second resource profiles.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first and second profiles correspond to job descriptions.

17. A computer programming product for defining, managing and executing operational response plans comprising:

a memory;

logic, stored on the memory, for defining one or more response plans, each response plan definition associated with at least one resource of two or more response resources; and

logic, stored on the memory, for executing one plan of the one or more response plans, the execution logic comprising;

deploying a first resource of the at least one resource associated with the one executed plan;

displaying an execution command center corresponding to the one executed plan; and

displaying status information corresponding to the first resource.

18. The computer programming product of claim 17, wherein the first resource is a notification of a particular event.

19. The computer programming product of claim 17, further comprising:

logic, stored on the memory, for specifying a second resource corresponding to the first resource;

logic, stored on the memory, for calculating locations, based upon global positioning system (GPS) data, corresponding to the first and second resources; and

logic, stored on the memory, for deploying the second resource rather than the first resource based upon the calculated locations.

20. The computer programming product of claim 17, further comprising:

logic, stored on the memory, for receiving a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) signal; and

logic, stored on the memory, for initiating the executing based upon the SCADA signal.

21. The computer programming product of claim 17, further comprising:

logic, stored on the memory, for displaying a reporting form corresponding to the execution of the one plan; and

logic, stored on the memory, for collecting user entered information from the reporting form.

22. The computer programming product of claim 17, further comprising:

logic, stored on the memory, for specifying a second resource corresponding to the first resource;

logic, stored on the memory, for categorizing the first and second resources into specified profiles; and

logic, stored on the memory, for deploying the second resource rather than the first resource based upon the resource profiles.