Situational awareness system security features

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:

• receiving a request for situational awareness information from a requesting mobile device associated with a requester including a geographic area of interest and one or more of a demographic profile of interest and a topical area of;
• receiving real-time geographic location data reported by mobile communication devices associated with members of the situational awareness system;
• receiving profile data for a member corresponding to the situational awareness request;
• checking a permission setting in the member's profile data;
• excluding data related the member form the situational awareness information based on the permission setting;
• and
• providing the situational awareness information to the requester including demographic statistics for members of the situational awareness system associated with member systems located within the geographic area of interest.

A situational awareness system, comprising:

• a plurality of computer-controlled member systems associated with members of the situational awareness system;
• a controller configured to communicate with the member systems;
• the controller further operative for receiving a request for situational awareness information from a requesting device associated with a requester including a geographic area of interest and one or more of a demographic profile of interest and a topical area of interest;
• the controller further operative for receiving real-time geographic location data reported by member systems comprising mobile communication devices associated with a plurality of the members of the situational awareness system;
• the controller further operative for identifying member systems corresponding to the situational awareness request based at least in part on the geographic location data reported by the mobile communication devices;
• the controller further operative for sending an opt-in prompt to a opt-in member system corresponding to the situational awareness request;
• the controller further operative for including data related to the opt-in member system in the situational awareness information based on an affirmative response received from the opt-in member system to the opt-in prompt;
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• the controller further operative for providing the situational awareness information to the requester including demographic statistics for members of the situational awareness system associated with member systems located within the geographic area of interest;
• the controller further operative for receiving a survey request, advertisement, promotional offer, or notification from the requester;
• and
• the controller further operative for transmitting the survey request, advertisement, promotional offer, or notification to the member systems identified by the situational awareness information.