Patent ID: 11954750
Assignee: GOWARE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method for determining a reliability of crowd-sourced information, comprising:
receiving input data from a plurality of sources concerning a real world event, wherein the input data from each of the a plurality of sources comprises source information and event information;
wherein the source information comprises an identifier and a location of the source, wherein the one or more sources comprises at least one of a sensor, a social media post, or a user submission, and wherein the event information comprises a real world location, a time the event occurred, and input identification markers;
analyzing the source information of each source using a processor to generate a credibility rating associated with each source based on whether the identifier was previously stored on the server and accuracy ratings associated with prior submissions from that source;
comparing the location of the source with an event location to generate an accuracy rating for each source based on the distance of the source from the event location;
requesting information from a set of sensors within a predefined area of the real world event location and receiving one or more transmissions of sensor data;
comparing the received information from the sensors with the received event information;
assigning an accuracy probability rating (APR) to the real world event based on (i) the credibility and accuracy ratings of each source and (ii) a similarity of the received event information from the one or more sources when compared with the received sensor data from the set of sensors, such that the server more efficiently manages the input data from the plurality of sources to provide credible information for an alert related to the real world event;
transmitting the alert when the APR is greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein the predetermined threshold is based on a type of the real world event.