Patent ID: 7026957
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: B60R,G06Q,G10L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for communicating with law enforcement during remote vehicle operations, the apparatus comprising: a remote host computer defining a department server in communication with at least one law enforcement database to supply law enforcement data to officers positioned in vehicles located remote from the department server; a vehicle computer positioned within a law enforcement vehicle defining a mobile data computer in communication with the department server and in communication with at least one audio speaker and at least one audio input device and having memory to store data therein; a mobile data communications application program stored in the memory of the mobile data computer to facilitate officer communication with the department server through the mobile data computer and to transmit and receive law enforcement data from the at least one law enforcement database through the department server; a voice command interface program product stored in the memory of the mobile data computer and in communication with the mobile data communications application program to enhance officer communication with the department server through the mobile data computer, the voice command interface program product including instructions to perform the operations of receiving as audio input a voice command representing a corresponding command input from an officer through the at least one audio input device, identifying the voice command by analyzing the received audio input, echoing the identified voice command through the at least one audio speaker, and transmitting the command input to the mobile data communications application program, the echo including a preselected and prerecorded audio message verbally repeating the identified voice command; and a communication enhancing program product stored on the memory of the mobile data computer and in communication with the mobile data communications application program to enhance officer communication with the department server through the mobile data computer, the communications enhancing program product including instructions to perform the operation of transmitting enhanced audio law enforcement data received from the mobile data communications application program to the officer through the at least one audio speaker, the enhanced audio law enforcement data including a plurality of preselected and prerecorded audio messages responsive to the law enforcement data received from the mobile data communications application program.