Patent ID: 7783673

Claim:
A computer-based risk detection system comprising: a server connected to a communication network; a network interface, at the server, configured to receive risk information from geographical distributed computerized data sources located in first geographical areas via the communication network, the risk information including an identification of a specific risk, a rating of the specific risk, and information for associating the specific risk with one of the first geographical areas; a memory configured to store received risk information, the identification of the specific risk and the rating of the specific risk being assigned to one of the first geographical areas; a memory configured to store a plurality of correlation factors associated with geographical areas and a plurality of stored data about spreading patterns, wherein each of said plurality of correlation factors are associated with geographical areas and each of said plurality of stored data about spreading patterns correspond to a different one of a plurality of specific risks including risks associated with technical, ecological, geological, meteorological, epidemiological, cultural, political and economical systems; a processor configured to detect a specific risk emerging in one of the first geographical areas and spreading to one or more second geographical areas based on stored risk information including the rating of the specific risk assigned to the one of the first geographical areas, the stored correlation factors and the data about spreading patterns; and an output configured to provide to an interface output data depending on the detected emerging risk and the second geographical areas.