System and method for incident reporting, information gathering, reconstructing and alerting

摘要

A system and method for processing information about an incident is provided. The system comprises two or more communication devices ( 104, 112 - 126 ) in communication with each other and a central authority ( 128 ) capable of receiving data from the communication devices. Each communication device ( 104, 112 - 126 ) includes a media sensor ( 222 ) to collect data relating to an incident event ( 102 ). One communication device ( 104 ), in response to a user activation input, transmits a request signal to one or more other communication devices ( 112 - 126 ). Any communication device ( 112 - 126 ) that receives the request signal may collect data relating to the incident event ( 102 ) in response to the request signal. The central authority ( 128 ), after receiving the data collected by the wireless communication devices ( 104, 112 - 126 ), performs an action in response to receiving the data.