US 2017/0323209 A1 · Situational Awareness System

Abstract

A situational awareness system providing geographic, personal characteristic and subject matter of interest awareness using information obtained from location reporting mobile devices. The system displays personal characteristic information for target member segments defined with a great deal of specificity, which may be followed by online queries to the target member segment. Member participation in online queries may require interested members to “opt-in” to limit query distribution to members that have indicated an interest in responding to online queries on the particular subject matter of interest. This increases the efficiency and effectiveness of the online queries, while reducing the cost and imposition on members who are not be interested in participating. Obtaining geographic, personal characteristic and subject matter of interest awareness can be a free component provided as a benefit to registered members and customers, configured to occur prior to the payment screen required for online query distribution.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

defining, by a network device comprising a processor, target segment criteria comprising:
receiving, by the network device, geographic data related to a geographic area of interest,
receiving, by the network device, personal characteristic data related to a personal identity attribute data of interest, and
receiving, by the network device, subject matter data related to a subject matter of interest;
accessing, by the network device, stored personal identity attribute data related to members of an online response system comprising personal identity attribute data associated with the members of the online response system;
identifying, by the network device, a target member segment among the members of the online response system by comparing the geographic data, the personal characteristic data, and the subject matter data to the personal identity attribute data;
displaying, by the network device, data representing the target member segment by depicting the data on a graphical representation of the geographic area of interest, wherein the data representing the target member segment comprises a prompt to send text data to the target member segment.

4 more elements

A computer readable storage medium storing non-transitory computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system comprising a processor, cause the system to perform operations, comprising:

defining target segment criteria comprising:
receiving geographic data related to a geographic area of interest,
receiving personal data related to personal identity attribute data of interest, and
receiving subject matter data related to a subject matter of interest;
accessing stored personal identity attribute data related to members of an online response system comprising personal identity attribute data associated with the members of the online response system;
identifying a target member segment among the members of the online response system by comparing the geographic data, the personal data, and the subject matter data to the personal identity attribute data;
displaying data representing the target member segment by depicting the data on a graphical representation of the geographic area of interest, wherein the data representing the target member segment comprises a prompt to send text data to the target member segment.

4 more elements

A system comprising:

means for defining a target segment criteria comprising:
means for receiving geographic data related to a geographic area of interest,
means for receiving personal data related to personal identity attribute data of interest, and
means for receiving subject matter data related to a subject matter of interest;
means for accessing stored personal identity attribute data related to members of an online response system comprising personal identity attribute data associated with the members of the online response system;
means for identifying a target member segment among the members of the online response system by comparing the geographic data, the personal data, and the subject matter data to the personal identity attribute data;
means for displaying data representing the target member segment by depicting the data on a graphical representation of the geographic area of interest, wherein the data representing the target member segment comprises a prompt to send text data to the target member segment.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Situational Awareness System

Life of this patent

Situational Awareness System

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims20