Providing information to a mobile device based on an event at a geographical location

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

• monitoring a geographical location via at least one mobile device;
• capturing information about an event by the at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information;
• sending the information to at least one service provider site;
• storing information related to the event in a repository;
• identifying the event via the event alert server based on a combination of a type of event and a location occurrence of the event;
• and
• receiving an alert of the event at the at least one mobile device if the event is the specific event, if the event occurs at or near the geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location;
• wherein if the event is a specific event and if the event occurred at or near a geographical location comprises:
• processing information related to the event, wherein the processing comprises:
• recognizing an image from the information about the event;
• identifying a type of the event based on the image;
• and
• identifying a location of the event based on a location of the at least one mobile device;
• wherein receiving the alert of the event to the at least one mobile device comprises:
• identifying a location of at least one service provider site from a geographical information system;
• sending the alert to the at least one service provider site within a predetermined distance, time and direction of the event based on the location;
• and
• forwarding the alert from the at least one service provider site to the at least one mobile device associated with the at least one service provider site.

A communications network for providing information to at least one mobile device based on an event, comprising:

• the at least one mobile device utilized by at least one mobile user, the at least one mobile device configured to:
• capture information about the event, the information comprising location information and event type information,
• send the information to at least one service provider site comprising a remote event alert server;
• at least one service provider site associated with the at least one mobile device configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device;
• an event alert system configured to:
• detect an occurrence of the event,
• process information related to the event,
• identify the event via the event alert server based on a combination of a type of event and a location occurrence of the event, and
• receive an alert of the event at the at least one mobile device if the event is a specific event, if the event occurs at or near a geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location;
• at least one image recognition system;
• and
• at least one geographical information system, wherein the at least one image recognition system is operable to recognize an image from the information about the event;
• the event alert system further configured to:
• identify a type of the event based on the image, and
• identify a location of the event based on a location of the at least one mobile device from the at least one geographical information system;
• identify a location of at least one service provider site from the at least one geographical information system;
• send the alert to the at least one service provider site within a predetermined distance, time and direction of the event based on the location;
• and
• forward the alert from the at least one service provider site to the at least one mobile device associated with the at least one service provider site.