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US 8,751,265 B2Granted
Location-based information for emergency management
AssigneeRave Wireless, Inc.
InventorsWilliam T. Piett, Matthew A. Serra, Noah J. Reiter
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AssigneeRave Wireless, Inc.
InventorsWilliam T. Piett, Matthew A. Serra, Noah J. Reiter
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An apparatus for management of information for use in mitigating an emergency includes a data storage element configured to store registrant information obtained from members of a population residing in a particular geographic area and a set of survey questions, and a data storage system, the data storage system being programmed to implement a survey editor for enabling an emergency management official to create a survey for soliciting information from the members for inclusion in the registrant information, the survey editor providing, to the emergency management official, an interface for selecting a subset of questions from the set of questions, the subset of questions being selected from the set of questions based at least in part on the particular geographic area, and a survey portal for receiving, from the member, a response to the survey for integration into the reference data.
An apparatus for management of information for use in mitigating an emergency, said apparatus comprising a data storage device configured to store registrant information obtained from members of a population residing in a particular geographic area, and a set of survey questions, and a data storage system, said data storage system configured to implement a survey editor, said survey editor being configured to enable emergency management agencies to create a survey for soliciting, from said members, information for inclusion in said registrant information, wherein said information is pertinent to planning for, mitigating, responding to, or recovering from said emergency, said survey editor providing, to said emergency management agencies, an interface corresponding to each agency, said interface being configured to enable selection of a subset of questions from said set of questions, said subset of questions being selected from said set of questions based at least in part on said particular geographic area, and a survey portal, said survey portal being configured to enable receipt, from said member, of a response to said survey, wherein said data storage system is further configured to integrate said response into said registrant information.
A method for collecting information to be used for mitigating an emergency, said method fully carried out by a computing device, said method comprising configuring a data storage device to store registrant information obtained from members of a population residing in a particular geographic area, and a set of survey questions, and configuring a data storage system to implement a survey editor, said survey editor being configured to enable emergency management agencies to create a survey for soliciting information from said members of said population residing in said particular geographic area, said information being information that is pertinent to planning for, mitigating, responding to, or recovering from said emergency, said survey editor providing, to said emergency management agencies, an interface corresponding to each agency, said interface being configured to enable selection of a subset of questions from said set of questions, using said survey editor, selecting a subset of questions from said set of questions based at least in part on said particular geographic area, and receiving, from a member of said population, via a survey portal, a response to said survey, and integrating said response into said registrant information.
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