Method for gathering information distributed among first responders

An electronic computing device for an electronic digital assistant to recognize and respond to a detected audio inquiry by gathering information distributed amongst users and providing a calculated result, the electronic device comprising:

• an electronic processor;
• and
• a communication interface communicatively coupled to the electronic processor, wherein the electronic processor is configured to:
• monitor, via the communication interface, audio communications;
• detect, from the audio communications, an audio inquiry from a first electronic communication device;
• determine that the audio inquiry is of a distributed information gathering and mathematical operation type and responsively:
• identify a plurality of target electronic communication devices that are capable of providing partial answers to the audio inquiry;
• transmit, via the communication interface, a request for a partial answer to each of the identified plurality of target electronic communication devices;
• receive, via the communication interface, a plurality of corresponding partial answers from the plurality of target electronic communication devices, wherein each of the plurality of corresponding partial answers are a function of manually entered answers received at the plurality of target electronic communication devices in response to the request for the partial answer;
• perform a mathematical operation on the plurality of corresponding partial answers to generate a final answer to the audio inquiry different from the plurality of corresponding partial answers;
• and
• provide, via the communications interface, the final answer to the first electronic communication device.

A non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a computer to perform a first set of functions comprising:

• monitor, via a communication interface, audio communications;
• detect, from the audio communications, an audio inquiry from a first electronic communication device;
• determine that the audio inquiry is of a distributed information gathering and mathematical operation type and responsively:
• identify a plurality of target electronic communication devices that are capable of providing partial answers to the audio inquiry;
• transmit, via the communication interface, a request for a partial answer to each of the identified plurality of target electronic communication devices;
• receive, via the communication interface, a plurality of corresponding partial answers from the plurality of target electronic communication devices, wherein each of the plurality of corresponding partial answers are a function of manually entered answers received at the plurality of target electronic communication devices in response to the request for the partial answer;
• perform a mathematical operation on the plurality of corresponding partial answers to generate a final answer to the audio inquiry different from the plurality of corresponding partial answers;
• and
• provide, via the communications interface, the final answer to the first electronic communication device.