Method and apparatus for network-enabled risk assessment

• US 6,718,342 B1
• Filed: 09/11/2000
• Issued: 04/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bjaam Environmental Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Real Time Boss, Inc.
• Inventors: Schultz, Troy L., Kempe, James G., DeTrano, Marc S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mizrahi, Diane D.
• Application Number:
  US09/660,156
• Time in Patent Office: 1,303 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/104.1, 703/6, 128/920, 128/924, 128/897, 128/923, 606/1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A new and improved method and apparatus for risk assessment, including the use of a global computer network. The invention utilizes network-enabled software and a global computer network in order to provide access to continuously updateable information in order to perform a risk assessment. The inventive system allows a user to access risk assessment information and reference data, within the bounds of their security restrictions.

Claims

1. A method for network-enabled risk assessment, the method comprising the steps of:

utilizing a global computer network;

utilizing GIS software;

providing environmental site data, population exposure, and chemical toxicity information, the information containing reference information, the reference information being continuously updateable;

providing data storage means;

providing data entry means for entering the information;

providing means for entering exposure assessment data, which comprises the steps of;

providing fate and transport modeling; and

,

providing means for entering at least one entity that may be exposed to at least one contaminant;

providing means for entering toxicity assessment data;

calculating risk characterization;

providing target level development and risk assessment;

providing means for factoring in uncertainty analysis data;

providing controlled access to the information;

updating the information;

providing a deterministic numeric analysis of environmental numeric human health and ecological clean-up level calculation; and

,

providing a probabilistic numeric analysis of environmental numeric human health and ecological clean-up level calculation.

2. A risk assessment system, the system comprising:

a global computer network;

GIS software;

environmental site data, population exposure, and chemical toxicity information, the information containing reference information, the reference information being continuously updateable;

means for providing controlled access to the information;

data storage means;

data entry means for entering the information;

means for entering exposure assessment data, the means including fate an transport modeling and means for entering at least one entity that may be exposed to at least one contaminant;

means for entering toxicity assessment data;

calculating means for calculating risk characterization;

means for providing target level development and risk assessment;

updating means for factoring in uncertainty analysis data;

updating means for updating the information;

means for providing a deterministic numeric analysis of environmental numeric human health and ecological clean-up level calculation; and

,

means for providing a probabilistic numeric analysis of environmental numeric human health and ecological clean-up level calculation.