Systems and methods for crisis management and situational awareness

摘要

Systems and methods for managing events, including either a server or a client device, are provided. Assets and events are defined. Information is received by a client device via an input device, associated with an asset and an event, and transmitted to the server. Information is also received by a client device from another client device. Client devices also access information from the server and display the accessed information and information received from other client devices. The server receives information from client devices and stores the information in association with an asset and an event to which the information pertains. The server also receives and stores information from client devices that is designated for transmission to other client devices. The server also permits client devices to access its stored information. The server stores multiple pieces of information pertaining to the same asset or event in association with each other.

主权项

1. A system for managing events comprising:
a server comprising:
a processor configured for executing software;a network interface configured for communicating with a plurality of client devices via a communication network;a memory configured for storing the software and information; andthe software, wherein the software, when executed by the processor, performs operations comprising:
defining one or more items, each item comprising an event or an asset;receiving, from a first one of the client devices via the communication network, first information and, in association with the first information, first data indicating a first item to which the first information pertains;storing the received first information and, in association therewith, the received first data in the memory;permitting ones of the client devices to access the received first information via the communication network;receiving, from a second one of the client devices via the communication network, second information and, in association with the second information, second data indicating a second item to which the second information pertains;storing the received second information and, in association therewith, the received second data in the memory; andpermitting ones of the client devices to access the received second information via the communication network,wherein, if the first and second items are the same, the first and second information are stored in association with each other, andwherein the first and second client devices may be the same or different devices.