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US 2017/0303108 A1Published application
Incident monitoring and response system
AssigneeAlpha-Shield, LLC
InventorsDaniel Lee Amason, Taylor Ward Jennings
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Abstract
An incident monitoring and response system may include observer communication devices that are located in an area where an incident is occurring within a monitored region. A monitoring station sends an incident mode message to observer communication devices within the area. Upon receiving the incident mode message, the observer communication devices enter an incident mode in which the functionality of the device is limited. This limited functionality includes limiting the types of communications that an observer may engage in and the types of applications that can be accessed.
Claims21
A method for monitoring and responding to an incident, comprising:
- sending a monitoring message from a mobile device to a monitoring station, wherein the monitoring message includes monitored data about the incident and location information relating to a location of the incident, wherein the monitoring station generates an incident message including incident information based on the monitored data and the location information;
- receiving, at the mobile device, the incident message;
- disabling access of one or applications of the mobile device to one or more communication interfaces of the mobile device based on the incident message;
- disabling access of the one or applications to a user interface of the mobile device based on the incident message;
- providing, at the user interface, an incident mode user interface based on the incident information;
- receiving, via the user interface, descriptive information about the incident based on the incident mode user interface;
- generating, at the mobile device, a response message that includes the descriptive information;
- transmitting the response message from the mobile device to the monitoring station, wherein the monitoring station generates an update message based on the descriptive information, and wherein the update message includes updated incident information;
- receiving, at the mobile device, the response message;
- and
- updating the incident mode user interface based on the response message.
8 more elements
A mobile device, comprising
- a communication interface;
- a user interface;
- a processing element coupled to the one or more communication interface and the user interface;
- and
- memory coupled to the processing element and having instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processing element cause the processing element to:
- generate a monitoring message, wherein the monitoring message includes monitored data about an incident and location information relating to a location of the incident;
- transmit, via the communication interface, the monitoring message to a monitoring station, wherein the monitoring station generates an incident message including incident information based on the monitored data and the location information;
- receive, via the communication interface, the incident message;
- disable access of one or applications of the mobile device to the communication interface based on the incident message;
- disable access of the one or applications to the user interface based on the incident message;
- provide, at the user interface, an incident mode user interface based on the incident information;
- receive, from the user interface, descriptive information about the incident based on the incident mode user interface;
- generate a response message that includes the descriptive information;
- transmit the response message to the monitoring station via the communication interface, wherein the monitoring station generates an update message based on the descriptive information, and wherein the update message includes updated incident information;
- receive, via the communication interface, the response message;
- and
- update the incident mode user interface based on the response message.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of a mobile device comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- sending a monitoring message to a monitoring station, wherein the monitoring message includes monitored data about the incident and location information relating to a location of the incident, wherein the monitoring station generates an incident message including incident information based on the monitored data and the location information;
- receiving the incident message;
- disabling access of one or applications of the mobile device to one or more communication interfaces of the mobile device based on the incident message;
- disabling access of the one or applications to a user interface of the mobile device based on the incident message;
- providing, for display the user interface, an incident mode user interface based on the incident information;
- receiving, via the user interface, descriptive information about the incident based on the incident mode user interface;
- generating a response message that includes the descriptive information;
- transmitting the response message to the monitoring station, wherein the monitoring station generates an update message based on the descriptive information, and wherein the update message includes updated incident information;
- receiving the response message;
- and
- updating the incident mode user interface based on the response message.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.