METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPORTING AND RELATING FIREARM DISCHARGE DATA TO A CRIME REPORTING DATABASE

• US 20090037374A1
• Filed: 07/30/2007
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kelley, Edward E., Delia, Wayne M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,818,829 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/063 comprising a transponder
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/01 Counting means indicating the number of shots fired
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

Abstract

A method for utilizing firearm discharge data in a crime reporting and tracking database, includes: recording one or more discharges of a firearm; transmitting information from the discharging firearm to a crime reporting and tracking database; utilizing the transmitted information to establish relationships between the discharged firearm, committed crimes, and missing persons within the crime reporting and tracking database; and wherein the recording and transmitting is carried out by devices within the firearm.

Claims

1. A method for utilizing firearm discharge data in a crime reporting and tracking database, the method comprising:

recording one or more discharges of a firearm;

transmitting information from the discharging firearm to a crime reporting and tracking database;

utilizing the transmitted information to establish relationships between the discharged firearm, committed crimes, and missing persons within the crime reporting and tracking database; and

wherein the recording and transmitting is carried out by devices within the firearm.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more discharges of the firearm initiates wireless transmission of the information related to the firearm to the crime reporting and tracking database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted information comprises identification of the firearm (firearm ID), date, time, location and number of the discharges.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the discharging firearm location is determined with global positioning system (GPS) satellites.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the discharging firearm location is determined with cellular infrastructure equipment.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the discharging firearm location is determined with Internet gateways and their associated Internet protocol (IP) addresses in a wireless local area network (WLAN).

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the discharging firearm location is utilized to construct geographic overlays of the firearm discharges with the committed crimes and missing persons within the crime reporting and tracking database.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein tampering with the recording and transmitting devices disables the firearm.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the crime reporting and tracking database comprises type of crime committed, location of the criminal incident, date and time ranges of the criminal incident, and victim and suspect profile information;

wherein the victim and suspect information comprises personnel information, known residences and whereabouts of suspects at the approximate time of the crime; and

wherein in the case of a missing person, the locations where the missing person was last seen, and the dates and time ranges when the person was thought to be missing are also included in the database.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein usage of the crime reporting and tracking database is subscription fee based;

and

wherein the subscription fees are based on the amount of usage of the crime reporting and tracking database.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein usage of the crime reporting and tracking database is subscription fee based;

and

wherein the subscription fees are based on a flat fee per unit of time.

12. A method for implementing a crime, missing person and firearm search service, the method comprising:

receiving an access request to a crime, missing person and firearm search service in a database;

analyzing the access request to determine if the requested search service is for a crime or a missing person;

wherein if the access request is for a crime, the access request comprises a requestor name, a requester identification (ID), and specifies a date range, a time range, a location of a crime, a relative proximity to the location of the crime to check for firearm discharges, and the types and caliber of firearm to search for;

wherein if the access request involves a missing person, the access request comprises a requestor name, the missing persons name, the locations where the missing person resided, the locations, dates, and time ranges the missing person were last seen, a relative proximity to the location of the missing person to check for firearm discharges, and the types and caliber of firearm to search for;

identifying firearms discharged during the specified date and time range and within the specified location proximity; and

outputting firearm discharges that occur within the specified date range, time range, and location proximity to a crime or missing person

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the access request is inputted with a graphical user interface (GUI).

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the GUI is configured to construct geographic overlays of the firearm discharges with the crimes and missing persons within the database.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the database comprises type of crime committed, location of the crime, date and time ranges of the crime, and victim and suspect profile information;

wherein the victim and suspect information comprises personnel information, known residences and whereabouts of suspects at the approximate time of the crime; and

wherein in the case of a missing person, the locations where the missing person was last seen, and the dates and time ranges when the person was thought to be missing are also included in the database.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein usage of the database is subscription fee based;

and

wherein the subscription fees are based on the amount of usage of the database.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein usage of the database is subscription fee based;

and

wherein the subscription fees are based on a flat fee per unit of time.

18. A system for utilizing firearm discharge data in a crime reporting and tracking database, the system comprising:

one or more firearms;

a computer server;

one or more networks;

one or more input and output devices;

wherein the one or more firearms are configured with recording and transmitting devices;

wherein the transmitting devices forward information from the one or more firearms in response to a discharge from at least one of the firearms to a crime reporting and tracking database on the computer server via the one or more networks;

wherein the transmitted information is utilized to establish relationships between the discharged firearm, committed crimes, and missing persons within the crime reporting and tracking database;

wherein the transmitted information comprises identification of the firearm (firearm ID), date, time, location and number of the discharges;

wherein the crime reporting and tracking database comprises type of crime committed, location of the criminal incident, date and time ranges of the criminal incident, and victim and suspect profile information;

wherein the victim and suspect information comprises personnel information, known residences and whereabouts of suspects at the approximate time of the crime;

wherein in the case of a missing person, the locations where the missing person was last seen, and the dates and time ranges when the person was thought to be missing are also included in the database;

wherein the one or more input and output devices are connected to the computer server via the one or more networks;

wherein a GUI configured for the one or more input and output devices facilitates the entry of information and queries to the crime reporting and tracking database; and

wherein the GUI. is configured for displaying information outputted from the crime reporting and tracking database on the one or more input and output devices.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the discharging firearm location is determined by at least one of the following:

global positioning system (GPS) satellites, cellular infrastructure equipment, Internet gateways and their associated Internet protocol (IP) addresses in a wireless local area network (WLAN).

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the discharging firearm location is utilized to construct geographic overlays of the firearm discharges with the committed crimes and missing persons within the crime reporting and tracking database.