SYSTEM AND METHOD THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE INVOLVED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION CAN COMMUNICATE AND SHARE REAL-TIME, ELECTRONIC, INFORMATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

摘要

This invention relates generally to communication and the incident-reporting process during emergency situations, but not exclusively, to systems and methods for providing a location-based, emergency social network.

主权项

1. A method for providing a location-based, emergency social network, comprising the steps of:
configuring a network profile comprising:
a name of a place associated with an address;an email domain associated with an entity that occupies the address;a unique network identifier specific to a network profile;an identifier regarding the type of place or entity that occupies the address;a physical address, comprising indicators selected from the group consisting of:street address, city, county, state, zip code, and combinations thereof, where the place is physically located;a time zone associated with the physical address; anda password; configuring a check-in location for each unique place, associated with the network profile, from which a network user may select indicators selected from the group consisting of: a location name, a floor of the building, a side of the building, a closest entry door, and combinations thereof; configuring a network user profile, wherein a plurality of data inputs from the user is selected from the group consisting of: a user's name, an email address, a password, a mobile phone number, a job title, a position title, a name of an emergency contact, a phone number of an emergency contact, a user's preference for receiving alerts, a selection of favorited check-in locations, and combinations thereof; configuring an agency profile, wherein said agency profile is associated with a public safety agency and wherein said agency profile comprises information selected from the group consisting of: an originating agency identification number, a name of an agency, an email domain associated with the agency, a physical street address, a zip code associated with a network profile for which members of the agency may have access and visibility to, and combinations thereof; configuring an agency user profile, wherein the plurality of data inputs from the user comprises: an agency user's name, an agency's email address, a password, a mobile phone number, a job position, a job title, an agency user's preferences for receiving alerts from each network, and combinations thereof.