Patent ID: 6842774
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for situation tracking comprising: receiving an alert at a clearing house; handling a public safety event based on the alert; generating a notification in response to a subscriber profile and the public safety event the notification including contact information associated with an entity responsible for the public safety event; determining a destination for the notification based on the subscriber profile; comparing at least one criteria element associated with a notify criteria associated with the subscriber profile and at least one event element of the public safety event; determining a match between the notify criteria and the public safety event based on the comparison: determining whether a subscriber associated with the subscriber profile has access to the matched public safety event based on a type associated with the subscriber profile, the type indicating whether a particular portion of information concerning the matched public safety event is be transmitted to the subscriber in response to receiving a request access the information from the subscriber; receiving the alert at a server from a mobile device associated with a law enforcement vehicle; inspecting the alert based on a server criteria at the server; determining a related alert based on the server criteria, the related alert being related to the alert; adding information from the related alert to the alert; and communicating the alert to the clearing house from the server.