Patent ID: 8775816

Claim:
A method for enhancing security in an area of interest, the method comprising: recording real-time data to form one or more recorded file at a mobile device, wherein the recorded data relates to at least one of an area of interest, an event occurring in the area of interest, a subsequent investigation of the area of interest, and a subsequent investigation of the event; providing at least one time-stamp for the recorded data in the one or more recorded file; obtaining geolocation information associated with the recording of the real-time data and providing geo-tag information for the recorded data in the one or more recorded file; selectively annotating the recorded data with additional information to augment or supplement the recorded data with at least one of observations, statements, and notes by one or more person associated with at least one of the area of interest, the event, and the subsequent investigation; and, uploading the one or more recorded file and the corresponding annotations from the mobile device to a network-based storage device; wherein at least a portion of the corresponding annotations of the recorded data are incorporated in the one or more recorded file uploaded to the network-based storage device.