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US 9,541,407 B1Granted
Emergency mapping system
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorDavid S. Mohler
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Abstract
A unified, weighted, and common language mapping system and method for disaster response is described, with the ability to overlay infrastructure damage, responder assets, data source, and weighting factors including the ability to redact such maps for dissemination to media, the public, or the like. The system and method described herein also enable the real-time updating of maps with social media information and the like.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- receiving information about an event from a plurality of data sources;
- determining, by a processor, at least one of location and time information associated with at least some pieces of information received from the plurality of data sources;
- storing, by the processor, the at least some pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information in a database;
- accessing, by the processor, the database to obtain the at least some pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information;
- using, by the processor, the at least some pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information to generate at least one of a map and a map overlay to provide a graphical understanding of the event at discrete points in time, wherein the at least one of a map and map overlay comprises at least one common term determined by analyzing different lexicons used by different data sources to describe a common object;
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- distributing, by the processor, the at least one of a map and map overlay.
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A communication system, comprising:
- a server comprising:
- a network interface that enables the server to receive information about an event from a plurality of data sources;
- a processor;
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- memory that includes processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to:
- determine at least one of location and time information associated with at least some pieces of information received from the plurality of data sources;
- use the at least some pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information to generate at least one of a map and a map overlay to provide a graphical understanding of the event at discrete points in time, wherein the at least one of a map and map overlay comprises at least one common term determined by analyzing different lexicons used by different data sources to describe a common object;
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- distribute the at least one of a map and map overlay to a plurality of different responder resources from different emergency response entities.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions, the instructions comprising:
- instructions configured to determine at least one of location and time information associated with pieces of information received from a plurality of data sources, wherein the pieces of information describe an event;
- instructions configured to store the pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information in a database;
- instructions configured to use the pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information to generate at least one of a map and a map overlay to provide a graphical understanding of the event at discrete points in time, wherein the at least one of a map and map overlay comprises at least one common term determined by analyzing different lexicons used by different data sources to describe a common object;
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- instructions configured to distribute the at least one of a map and map overlay to communication devices of first responders.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.