Patent ID: 9355107
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented crime investigation system, comprising: at least one computer including a processor, said at least one computer operable to: receive and store one or more image data items, each of which shows one or more suspects in the process of committing a suspected offence; authenticate a user belonging to a first access group; receive, via an application interface, case information from said user; attach portions of said case information, as indicated by said user using said application interface, to one or more of said image data items, as also indicated by said user using said application interface; search at least one of: said image data items or said case information based on search parameters; and return one or more search result image data items, having at least one of image data or attached case information which matches said search parameters, together with any of said case information attached to said search result image data items; wherein the system is further operable to: generate publications based on one or more of said image data items selected, via said application interface, by a user; authenticate a user belonging to a publication approval access group; update the case information attached to one or more “approved for publication” image data items that are selected by said user belonging to said publication approval access group, via said application interface, from said one or more stored image data items, so as to indicate that the approved image data items and their related case information have been approved for publication by said user belonging to said publication approval access group; and wherein the system allows the generation of publications based on only image data items that have been approved for publication.