Patent ID: 8275404
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring and managing emergency services sector resources, comprising (a) a wireless communications device configured to establish a wireless network corresponding to that wireless communications device; (b) a plurality of wireless nodes, each wireless node being wirelessly connected to the wireless network established by the wireless communications device; (c) a user application comprising software loaded in a computer readable medium at a computing device for execution by a processor; (d) a message management and routing system configured to facilitate communications between the wireless communication device and the user application; (e) a user device configured to display information from the user application; (f) wherein each wireless node of the plurality of wireless nodes (g) wherein the user device is configured to display information regarding the emergency services sector resources from the user application; (h) wherein each wireless node is configured to hop messages received from other wireless nodes connected to the wireless network corresponding to the wireless communications device; (i) wherein a message received by the wireless communications device from a wireless node includes hop-path data comprising an identification of every wireless node that hopped the message on its way to the wireless communications device; and (j) wherein the user application is configured to utilize hop-path data to determine wireless nodes likely to be physically proximate a wireless node associated with an emergency services sector resource that is in distress.