US 9,883,370 B2Granted

Security and public safety application for a mobile device with enhanced incident reporting capabilities

OwnerDan Kerning, Dharmesh Patelinventors

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Abstract

In a plurality of described embodiments, various modules of an application for a client device may operate to enhance personal security for an individual user, and promote public safety in general. An incident reporting module provides the capability for users to submit descriptive details and a location of an incident, with selective uploading of images, which may be transcoded for faster transmission, to be followed by uploading of high resolution images once bandwidth permits. Transmission of the incident report is authenticated by the application generating a unique watermark based on a serial number of the client device, and by transmitting of the incident report with the unique watermark included thereon. The application is configured for maintaining a chain of custody of the incident report, by authenticating an ID of a user transmitting the report.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

configuring one or more client devices for continuously transmitting its respective current geographic location wirelessly over a network to a server;
configuring the server for continuously monitoring the geographic location of each of the one or more client devices;
configuring each of the one or more client devices for creating a report of an incident, by configuring each of the one or more client devices for:
providing an information box configured for entering a textual description of the incident;
acquiring and selecting one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video of the incident;
configuring each of the one or more client devices for immediately transmitting the textual description of the incident report from the respective client device to the server, and for selectively uploading the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video;
said selectively uploading of the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video comprising:
transcoding the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video into a low resolution, transmission efficient stream;
uploading the transmission efficient stream after said immediate transmitting of the textual description;
uploading the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video subsequently, according to a bandwidth resource availability;
and
updating the low resolution transmission efficient stream on the server upon receiving the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video;
and
configuring the server for identifying when one of the one or more client devices is transmitting the incident report.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

configuring one or more client devices for transmitting wirelessly over a network to a server;
configuring the server for receiving transmissions from each of the one or more client devices;
configuring each of the one or more client devices for creating a report of an incident, by configuring each of the one or more client devices for:
providing an information box configured for entering a textual description of the incident;
acquiring and selecting one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video of the incident each comprising a corresponding GPS location;
configuring each of the one or more client devices for transmitting the textual description of the incident report from the respective client device to the server, and for selectively uploading the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video;
said selectively uploading of the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video comprising:
transcoding the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video into a low resolution, transmission efficient stream;
uploading the transmission efficient stream after said immediate transmitting of the textual description;
uploading the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video subsequently, according to a bandwidth resource availability;
and
updating the low resolution transmission efficient stream on the server after receiving the one or more high resolution photographic images and/or video;
and
configuring the server for receiving and storing the incident report when one of the one or more client devices is transmitting the incident report.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/277,115Filed 27 Sep 2016 · continuation in part
Priority: 28 Jul 2014
Published: US 2017/0086050 A123 Mar 2017
Granted: 30 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04W 4/12
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
G08B 25/016
Characterised by the transmission medium: personal emergency signalling and security systems
H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
H04W 4/026
Using location based information parameters: using orientation information, e.g. compass

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Application62/029,680Us provisional application · filed 28 Jul 2014
Application14/810,581Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Jul 2015
US 2017/0086050 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Mar 2017
US 9,454,889 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2016/0027292 A1Published application
US 9,883,370 B2This patent

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