Dynamically integrating disparate computer-aided dispatch systems

摘要

Systems and methods for dynamically integrating disparate computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems are disclosed. The systems and methods provide bi-directional interoperability between disparate CAD systems and maintain stateful ongoing interactions between interconnected CAD systems. Information objects in one CAD system are associated and bound to related objects in other CAD systems through a centralized information hub that transforms data items intelligently to facilitate communication and interaction between the CAD systems connected to the hub. The described systems and methods maintain complete and current perspectives of all relevant information for each CAD system connected to the information hub, thereby eliminating the need for point-to-point intelligence maintained by the CAD systems about the other interconnected CAD systems. As information updates are passed from CAD systems to the information hub and back out to other CAD systems, the information hub transforms and evaluates the information updates ensuring that only necessary information updates are forwarded.

主权项

1. A method for dynamically integrating disparate computer-aided dispatch systems, comprising:
communicatively connecting multiple computer-aided dispatch systems to an information hub; using the information hub to intelligently transform data items and to facilitate communication and interaction between the computer-aided dispatch systems connected to the hub; deriving a common data element the hub representing a shared data aspect between the computer-aided dispatch systems; mapping a data element of each of the computer-aided dispatch systems to the common data element at the hub; facilitating communication between the computer-aided dispatch systems through the hub by transforming information from a first computer-aided dispatch system into a format understood at a second computer-aided dispatch system by:
utilizing mapping of a data element of the first computer-aided dispatch system to transform the information from the first computer-aided dispatch system into information in a format utilized by the hub; andutilizing mapping of a data element of the second computer-aided dispatch system to transform the information from the format utilized by the hub into the format understood at the second computer-aided dispatch system; and automatically and dynamically populating a shared electronic communications network with specific personnel associated with at least one of the information hub, the first computer-aided dispatch system, and the second computer-aided dispatch system based upon a determined relevance of the specific personnel to a public safety event.