Method and apparatus for incident task based allocation of service instances
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsANATOLY AGULNIK, TRENT J. MILLER, MICHAEL D. PEARCE
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for task-based allocation of services at an incident scene include determining assignments for a plurality of users at the incident scene, each of the plurality of users comprising a mobile device; identifying a group of the plurality of users performing a similar function near one another or at a same area; determining if the group is likely to be separated from a wireless local area network at the incident scene; and, in response to determining that the group is likely to be separated from the local area network, allocating service instances on at least one mobile device associated with the group.
Claims20
A method for task-based allocation of services at an incident scene, comprising:
- determining assignments for a plurality of users at the incident scene, each of the plurality of users comprising a mobile device;
- identifying a group of the plurality of users performing a similar function near one another or at a same area;
- determining if the group is likely to be separated from a wireless local area network at the incident scene;
- and
- in response to determining that the group is likely to be separated from the local area network, allocating service instances on at least one mobile device associated with the group.
An apparatus for task-based allocation of services, comprising:
- a network interface, memory, and a processor each communicatively coupled therebetween;
- and
- instructions stored in the memory that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- determine assignments for a plurality of users at an incident, each of the plurality of users comprising a mobile device;
- identify a group of the plurality of users performing a similar function near one another or at a same area;
- determine if the group is likely to be separated from a wireless local area network at the incident;
- and
- in response to determining that the group is likely to be separated from the wireless local area network, cause an allocation of service instances on at least one mobile device associated with the group.
A wireless local area network with locally hosted service instances at an incident, comprising:
- a plurality of mobile devices each associated with a responder;
- a mobile device associated with an incident commander or a dispatcher;
- a service allocation manager causing one or more of the mobile devices to locally host service instances used at the incident in the wireless local area network;
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- an incident task analyzer configured to:
- determine assignments for each responder associated with the plurality of mobile devices;
- identify a group of the plurality of mobile devices with associated responders performing a similar function near one another or at a same area;
- determine if the group is likely to be separated from the wireless local area network;
- and
- in response to determining that the group is likely to be separated from the wireless local area network, cause an allocation of the service instances through the service allocation manager on at least one mobile device associated with the group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.