Patent ID: 8433344

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for displaying a tier of risk in a region of a map displayed via a mobile computing device, the method comprising: displaying, in real-time on the map, a present location of the mobile computing device; retrieving data corresponding to the tier of risk for the region shown on the map; marking, according to a predefined marking technique, the region of the map according to the retrieved data; and displaying an escape icon over the marked map, wherein in response to selecting the escape icon, an emergency escape route from the present location to a safer location is displayed on the marked map based on the retrieved data, wherein upon an occurrence of an event, a crime trend window is displayed over the marked map, the crime window presents a name of the region and a number of at least one of a murder, a rape, a robbery, an assault, a burglary, an auto theft and an act of arson for a first time period for the region, the crime window presents a number of at least one of a murder, a rape, a robbery, an assault, a burglary, an auto theft and an act of arson for a second time period for the region, the first period different from the second period, the crime window concurrently presenting data for the first period and for the second period such that a viewer can readily discern crime trends for the region.