METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE USER/DEVICE PROFILES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY APPLICATIONS

• US 20160088463A1
• Filed: 09/24/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: STANKE, MARIANNE J., MAROCCHI, JAMES A., NAYLOR, DANIEL J., PATEL, HEMANG F., SCHULER, FRANCESCA
• Granted Patent: US 9,392,438 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method and a profile manager for managing user and device profiles for response to one or more incidents include monitoring inputs related to one or more networks, a plurality of devices, and the one or more incidents; determining application requirements and profile configurations for the plurality of devices based on the inputs from the one or more networks and the one or more incidents; and for each of the plurality of devices, providing applications based on the application requirements if required and providing the profile configurations for operation on the one or more networks during the one or more incidents

Claims

1. A method for managing user and device profiles for response to one or more incidents, the method comprises:

monitoring inputs related to one or more networks, a plurality of devices, and the one or more incidents;

determining application requirements and profile configurations for the plurality of devices based on the inputs from the one or more networks and the one or more incidents; and

for each of the plurality of devices, providing applications based on the application requirements if required and providing the profile configurations for operation on the one or more networks during the one or more incidents.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

continually monitoring the inputs, determining the application requirements and the profile configurations, and updating the plurality of devices based thereon during the one or more incidents; and

causing the plurality of devices to return to original profile configurations after the one or more incidents.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of devices comprise incident agency devices, new agency devices, and non-incident agency devices, wherein the application requirements and the profile configurations provide compatibility through groups between the incident agency devices and the non-incident agency devices, and wherein the inputs further determine network assignments for available network bandwidth based on the application requirements.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputs are received from a Computer Aided Dispatch system of an incident agency associated with the one or more incidents.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of devices comprise incident agency devices and non-incident agency devices, and wherein the inputs related to the non-incident agency devices are provided from Computer Aided Dispatch system of the non-incident agency.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of devices comprise any of incident agency devices, non-incident agency devices, regional/national devices, and bring-your-own-device, and wherein the application requirements and the profile configurations provide compatibility and security between the plurality devices across operating systems and the applications.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed in a profile manager communicatively coupled to the one or more networks and to the plurality of devices via over-the-air interfaces.

8. A profile manager for managing user and device profiles for response to one or more incidents, the profile manager comprises:

a network interface communicatively coupled to one or more networks;

a processor communicatively coupled to the network interface; and

memory storing computer executable instructions, and in response to execution by the processor, the computer executable instructions cause the processor to;

monitor inputs related to the one or more networks, a plurality of devices, and the one or more incidents;

determine application requirements and profile configurations for the plurality of devices based on the inputs from the one or more networks and the one or more incidents; and

for each of the plurality of devices, provide applications based on the application requirements if required and provide the profile configurations for operation on the one or more networks during the one or more incidents.

9. The profile manager of claim 8, wherein the computer executable instructions further cause the processor to:

continually monitor the inputs, determine the application requirements and the profile configurations, and update the plurality of devices based thereon during the one or more incidents; and

cause the plurality of devices to return to original profile configurations after the one or more incidents.

10. The profile manager of claim 8, wherein the plurality of devices comprise incident agency devices and non-incident agency devices, and wherein the application requirements and the profile configurations provide compatibility between the incident agency devices and the non-incident agency devices.

11. The profile manager of claim 8, wherein the inputs are received from a Computer Aided Dispatch system of an incident agency associated with the one or more incidents.

12. The profile manager of claim 8, wherein the plurality of devices comprise incident agency devices and non-incident agency devices, and wherein the inputs related to the non-incident agency devices are provided from Computer Aided Dispatch system of the non-incident agency.

13. The profile manager of claim 8, wherein the plurality of devices comprise any of incident agency devices, non-incident agency devices, regional/national devices, and bring-your-own-device, and wherein the application requirements and the profile configurations provide compatibility and security between the plurality devices across operating systems and the applications.

14. The profile manager of claim 8, wherein the network interface is communicatively coupled to the one or more networks and to the plurality of devices via over-the-air interfaces.

15. A mobile device configured with a profile manager for managing user and device profiles for response to one or more incidents, the mobile device operated by an incident commander at the one or more incidents, the mobile device comprises:

one or more radios communicatively coupled to one or more networks;

a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more radios; and

memory storing computer executable instructions, and in response to execution by the processor, the computer executable instructions cause the processor to;

detect one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices at the one or more incidents, wherein the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices do not have access to applications or profiles to communicate with incident agency devices at the one or more incidents;

determine application requirements and profile configurations for the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices and

for each of the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices, provide applications based on the application requirements if required and provide the profile configurations for operation with the incident agency devices during the one or more incidents.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the computer executable instructions further cause the processor to:

continually determine the application requirements and the profile configurations, and update the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices based thereon during the one or more incidents; and

cause the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices to return to original profile configurations after the one or more incidents.

17. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the application requirements and the profile configurations provide compatibility between the incident agency devices and the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices.

18. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices comprise any of regional/national devices and bring-your-own-device, and wherein the application requirements and the profile configurations provide compatibility and security between the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices and the incident agency devices across operating systems and the applications.

19. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the one or more radios are communicatively coupled to the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices via mobile device peer-to-peer or peer-to-many wireless network technologies.

20. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the one or more new agency devices and/or non-incident agency devices each operate a profile manager thereon.