Community Awareness Management Systems and Methods

• US 20080027975A1
• Filed: 08/02/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CeleritasWorks, LLC (RGS Senior Management Group, LC)
• Original Assignee: CeleritasWorks, LLC (RGS Senior Management Group, LC)
• Inventors: Evans, Scott, Marshall, Robert, Lester, Brett, Miley, Larry
• Application Number:
  US11/833,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20080027975A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/205 Education administration or guidance

Abstract

A system and method links one or more disparate community awareness management (CAM) datasets for a community awareness program (CAP) with one or more spatial layers to create linked CAM datasets. One or more data attributes common to a CAM dataset and a spatial layer are identified, and the link is defined between the CAM dataset and the spatial layer. The spatial layer and the linked CAM dataset then may be queried using a single input query. Features from the spatial layer and features from the linked CAM dataset that match the query are generated for display. In one embodiment, a system and method manage CAP assets, transactions, interest areas for the CAP, and buffer areas for the CAP. An audience utility enables entering and maintaining audience data for the CAP. A journal utility enables making journal entries for one or more audience members, CAP assets, transactions, and/or other CAM data. A link document utility enables linking one or more documents to CAM data.

Claims

1. A system for managing community awareness data for a pipeline community awareness program (CAP) and operable with at least one processor comprising:

a data management system configured to manage storage and retrieval of geospatial data for an area managed for the pipeline CAP and community awareness management (CAM) data comprising at least pipeline asset data for at least one pipeline asset, audience data for a plurality of audience members, journal data for at least one journal entry, and document data for at least one document;

a user interface configured to generate for display at least one display element for at least a geospatial data portion and at least a CAM data portion, the user interface comprising;

an input component configured to accept an input for a query;

a map component configured to generate for display the at least the geospatial data portion as a map image with at least one point feature, the at least the geospatial data portion corresponding to at least one result of the query, the at least one point feature identifying a location of at least one member of a group consisting of the at least one pipeline asset and at least one of the audience members;

a feature component configured to generate for display the at least the CAM data portion as at least some feature data, selected journal data, and selected document data, the at least some feature data corresponding to the at least one result and comprising at least some audience data and at least some pipeline asset data;

an audience component configured to enable entry of other audience data for a plurality of other audience members, the other audience data comprising at least location data;

an edit component configured to enable editing the audience data and the other audience data;

a journal component configured to enable creating the at least one journal entry associated with at least one other member of the group consisting of the at least one pipeline asset and the at least one audience member, wherein the at least one journal entry comprises at least one second member of a second group consisting of a user identifier, an action taken, a date of the action taken, and a comment; and

a document linking component configured to enable linking the at least one document to at least one third member of a third group consisting of first pipeline asset data, first audience data, and first other audience data;

an audience management system configured to manage the audience data, the other audience data, and the other audience data entry;

a journal management system configured to manage the journal data and creating the at least one journal entry;

a document management system configured to manage linking the at least one document to the at least one third member of the third group consisting of the first pipeline asset data, the first audience data, and the first other audience data;

a program management system configured to accept the input from the user interface, to initiate the query of the CAM data and the geospatial data based on the input, to receive the at least the geospatial data portion and the at least the CAM data portion in response to the query, to initiate a second query to the data management system for the selected journal data and the selected document data corresponding to the query, to receive the selected journal data and the selected document data from the data management system in response to the second query, and to generate the at least the geospatial data portion and the at least the CAM data portion to the user interface; and

a spatial system configured to geocode at least one location data for at least one of the other audience members, to associate the geocoded location data for the at least one other audience member to the geospatial data, to receive the query from the program management system, to generate the query for the geospatial data and the CAM data to the data management system, to receive from the data management system the at least one result to the query comprising the at least the geospatial data portion and the at least the CAM data portion, and to return to the program management system the at least the geospatial data portion as the map image and the at least the CAM data portion.

2. A system for managing community awareness data for a pipeline community awareness program (CAP) and operable with at least one processor comprising:

community awareness management (CAM) data comprising pipeline asset data for at least one pipeline asset and audience data for at least one contact for the pipeline CAP;

geospatial data for an area for the pipeline CAP;

a spatial management system configured to generate map data in response to at least one query of the CAM data and the geospatial data, the map data identifying at least a pipeline CAP area portion, the at least one contact, and at least one member of a group consisting of at least one pipeline asset portion, at least one interest area portion for the at least one pipeline asset, and at least one buffer area portion for the at least one pipeline asset;

a program management system configured to receive an input, to initiate the at least one query of the CAM data and the geospatial data based on the input, and to determine at least one result of the query, the at least one result comprising the map data and at least one second member of a second group consisting of at least some pipeline asset data for the at least one pipeline asset and at least some audience data for the at least one contact; and

a user interface configured to generate the at least one result for display.