SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING, DETECTING AND REPORTING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS USING SENSORS BELONGING TO MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS

摘要

A system and method for monitoring sensors belonging to multiple organizations, detecting an emergency condition based on sensor information, associating a location with the detected emergency condition and then sending an emergency condition report to an authorized recipient. Sensor configuration data is either entered automatically using a sensor discovery engine or entered by a system administrator. The system monitors sensor information using a database-driven rules engine and reports emergency conditions to authorized recipients using a database-driven rules engine. The emergency condition report includes sensor information for sensors that are proximally located to the detected emergency condition.

主权项

1. A method for monitoring sensors belonging to multiple organizations; the method comprising:
(a) processing a sensor registration request, wherein the sensor registration request comprises an organization identifier, a sensor identifier and an authorization level; (b) associating a geographic location with the sensor; (c) processing sensor information to detect an emergency condition; (d) identifying whether a recipient is either authorized or unauthorized for the detected emergency condition with steps comprising:
(i) comparing a recipient authorization level to a sensor authorization level;(ii) determining that the recipient is authorized if the recipient authorization level is not below the sensor authorization level; and(iii) determining that the recipient is unauthorized if the recipient authorization level is below the sensor authorization level; (e) if at least one authorized recipient is determined, creating and then sending to the at least one authorized recipient an emergency condition report comprising: (i) a list of authorized sensors that are within a proximate distance to the detected emergency condition, and (ii) sensor information from an authorized sensor that is within a proximate distance to the detected emergency condition; and: (f) if at least one unauthorized recipient is determined creatin and then sending to the at least one unauthorized recipient an emergency condition report comprising a list of unauthorized sensors that are within a proximate distance to the detected emergency condition.