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US 2017/0255894 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for providing an incentive to travel within a particular area
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsCATHERINE S. WITKIN, ESHA BHARGAVA, JEFFREY N. HIRSCH, ALEXANDER R. SPIRO
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing an incentive to an officer to travel through a particular area is provide herein. During operation a device will provide an officer with a map of their patrol area. Along with the map, various roads and/or paths will have “breadcrumbs” shown on them. These breadcrumbs will be “picked up” (disappear) when an officer travels over them.
Claims11
A method to incentivize an officer to travel within a particular area, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining by a microprocessor, an area having an incident of interest most likely to occur;
- determining by the microprocessor, an area assigned to an officer to patrol;
- determining by the microprocessor, locations for electronic breadcrumbs;
- and
- using a transmitter to transmit the locations of the electronic breadcrumbs to the officer, wherein the electronic breadcrumbs are placed on an electronic map at the locations, and within the area assigned to the officer to patrol, and the electronic breadcrumbs disappear from the electronic map when the officer travels near the electronic breadcrumbs.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a microprocessor determining an area having an incident of interest most likely to occur, determining an area assigned to an officer to patrol, and determining locations for electronic breadcrumbs;
- and
- a transmitter, transmitting locations of the electronic breadcrumbs to the officer, wherein the electronic breadcrumbs are placed on an electronic map at the locations, and within the area assigned to the officer to patrol, and the electronic breadcrumbs disappear from the electronic map when the officer travels near the electronic breadcrumbs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.