Patent ID: 9143915
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of funding a central party directing a mobile resource equipment, which is not a two-way communication device, to an emergency site after being notified by an incident manager of a need at the emergency site for the mobile resource equipment, the method comprising: (a) the central party having the emergency site's location and locations of a plurality of resource operators, and identifying at least one resource operator who is capable of providing the mobile resource equipment at the emergency site based, at least in part, on a comparison of the locations of said plurality of resource operators relative to the location of the emergency site; (b) the central party communicating with a portable communication device said at least one resource operator carries on person; (c) after the central party has communicated with the portable communication device, then said at least one resource operator confirming that the mobile resource equipment is in close proximity to said at least one resource operator based, at least in part, on the step of said at least one resource operator placing the portable communication device close enough to the mobile resource equipment for the portable communication device to detect unique identification means attached to the mobile resource equipment; (d) after said at least one resource operator has confirmed that the mobile resource equipment is in close proximity to said at least one resource operator, then the portable communication device communicating to the central party that the mobile resource equipment is in close proximity to said at least one resource operator based, at least in part, on detection by the portable communication device of the unique identification means attached to the mobile resource equipment; (e) said at least one resource operator transporting the mobile resource equipment toward the emergency site; (f) the central party communicating to the incident manager an estimated time of arrival at the emergency site of said at least one resource operator and the mobile resource equipment based, at least in part, upon tracking of said portable communication device's movement toward the emergency site; (g) wherein the step of confirming further comprises placing the portable communication device in close enough proximity to optically detect information on the unique identification means, which is an optically-readable code; and (h) forming an agreement between the central party and said at least one resource operator to provide the mobile resource equipment.