Patent ID: 8682888

Claim:
A system for tasking, collecting, and dispatching information reports via an electronic communications network, comprising: a. a computer-implemented central relational database system for storing information reports that are time tagged, geospatially tagged, and characterized with domain unique descriptive metadata that may include text, pictures, video, and audio; b. a computer-implemented central relational database system for storing various information tasking subscriptions comprised of time-based constraints, geospatial constraints and other domain unique criteria constraints; c. computer-implemented services that generate information tasking subscriptions based on information tasking subscription criteria from subscribers; d. computer-implemented services for receiving incoming information reports from information reporters who may provide those reports electronically via electronic communication device through which information reporters document and transmit observations; e. computer-implemented services that compare the information tasking subscription criteria with incoming information reports, determine whether a report of the incoming information reports satisfies the information tasking subscription criteria, and dispatch the reports over a communications network to devices as designated by the information tasking subscriptions; f. computer-implemented services that dispatch information reports according to the information tasking subscription criteria when aggregate subscription demand, as indicated by a time-based geospatial aggregate bounty, exceeds specified payout minimum thresholds attributed to the information report; g. computer-implemented services that compute the time-based geospatial aggregate bounty threshold based on aggregate demand of information tasking subscriptions by: i) calculating geospatial areas as geospatial combinations of overlapping areas from the information tasking subscriptions with matching criteria; and ii) computing and assigning demand values to the geospatial areas by summing the demand values of the respective subscriptions that were used to form the geospatial area; h. computer-implemented services that display the geospatial areas and aggregate subscription demand associated with information subscriptions having similar criteria for the geospatial areas; i. computer-implemented services that distribute geospatial information reports, based on the incoming information reports, to geospatial viewing computer applications residing on subscriber devices.