Method of neighborhood watch implemented in-part with electronic surveillance system

摘要

A regional surveillance system includes a plurality of local geo-tagged surveillance systems each of which is associated with a predetermined virtual neighborhood. The surveillance systems wirelessly communicate alarm or incident indicating messages, along with neighborhood defining indicia to a common control unit. The common control unit evaluates the incoming messages, and responsive to predetermined criteria, determines which members of a plurality of subscribers should be notified by an alarm or incident indicating message. Once the appropriate subscribers receive the message(s) then a determination can be made as to which, if any, non-subscribers should be notified.

主权项

1. A method of regional surveillance comprising:
assigning each member of a plurality of local surveillance systems an identification tag specifying a selected neighborhood; providing a common control system with which each of the surveillance systems can communicate; providing wireless communications between the members of the plurality and the common control system; detecting an incident at one of the members of the plurality, and, transmitting an incident indicating message to the common control system along with the respective identification tag; evaluating the message at the control system; and responsive to the evaluating, broadcasting an incident specifying report to a predetermined group of recipients.