Apparatus for broadcasting real time information to GPS systems
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorFrancois Pacull
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Abstract
A system is described herein to broadcast real time information to a particular area. An area of interest is defined by a geographic locale and a remote station monitors activity within the area of interest The remote station includes a monitoring component that monitors events within the area of interest. A protocol converter receives data from the monitoring component to invert data received into one or more standards or protocols. A broadcast element receives data from the protocol converter and emits data within a broadcast radius that is proximate to the area of interest.
Claims20
A system utilized to broadcast real time information to a
- particular area, comprising:
- an area of interest which is defined by a geographic locale;
- a remote station that monitors activity within the area of interest, wherein the remote station includes a monitoring component that monitors events within the area of interest;
- a protocol converter that receives data from the monitoring component to invert data received into one or more standards or protocols;
- a broadcast element that receives data from the protocol converter and emits data within a broadcast radius that is proximate to the area of interest;
- and,
- a display, the display decoding captured signals and using the signals to determine if a threshold representing at least one event desired to be identified is exceeded, the display presenting a representation of the at least one event on a map in at least one of a select size and color based on the determination and changing the at least one select size and color based on a change in the determination.
A system that communicates real time information within a region to one or more local regions, comprising:
- a remote interface that receives information from one or more outside sources;
- a dispatch component that receives information from the remote interface and broadcasts the received information to a geographic region;
- and
- one or more remote stations located within the region that receive information broadcast from the dispatch component, the remote station includes,
- a monitoring component that monitors information within an area of interest,
- a protocol converter that converts information from the monitoring component into one or more protocols;
- a broadcast element that broadcasts information from the protocol converter to a radius therefrom;
- and,
- a processor that determines whether to broadcast an event alert based on a rating of the event, wherein the information includes a tag related to a priority level of the event.
A method to display real time information on an interface, comprising:
- monitoring real time events within an area of interest;
- recording the events monitored in real time;
- converting event data to one or more particular protocols;
- transmitting event data via the one or more protocols to a broadcast radius;
- receiving event information via a display within the broadcast radius;
- decoding data received by a display;
- determining if the data exceeds a threshold;
- and
- displaying the real time event data on an interface in a first color and first size if the threshold is met and in a second color and second size if the threshold is not met, wherein at least one of the first color and first size is different from a corresponding one of the second color and second size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.