Systems and methods for remote management of emergency equipment and personnel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12356304-B2
Application number	US-202217963769-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2022
Priority date	Apr 20, 2018
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure presents a system for remotely managing emergency equipment through wireless network and methods to use this system to monitor emergency equipment and deliver emergency information to subscribers. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment includes at least a node, also called as end user emergency equipment, a remote server, and a plurality of direct and indirect subscriber devices. The remote server receives data collected from each node, processes the node data, and sends the processed data to direct and indirect subscribers to manage emergency equipment. The system can improve the efficiency on collision avoidance, emergency warning, and emergency vehicle dispatch management.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for remotely managing emergency equipment, comprising:
at least one direct subscriber device comprising a processor and memory; and
at least one node in direct communication with the at least one direct subscriber device, comprising:
a first responder connectable device, and
a control system;
wherein the first responder connectable device maintains a communication path between the first responder connectable device and the control system through over-the-air programming real time data exchange with a remote server; and

wherein the at least one direct subscriber device shares an updated database with the at least one node in response to the at least one node sending emergency event data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control system controls a radio, a public address system, a video system, or an audio system of the node.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control system further comprises a hardware system, an Application Programming Interface (API), and programming instructions.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a Global Position System (GPS) module, a GPS antenna, a Wi-Fi module, a cellular module, or an encryption module.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first responder connectable device downloads and deploys updates from the remote server.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first responder connectable device uploads diagnostic data from the control system to the remote server for troubleshooting.

7. The system of claim 1 , further wherein a user interacts with the control system to manage user accounts and communicate with the control system and other nodes.

8. A method for remote emergency management, comprising:
transmitting data by at least one node;
processing and storing the transmitted data by a remote server;
sending data to at least one direct subscriber device, wherein the at least one direct subscriber device comprises a processor and memory, and wherein the at least one direct subscriber device is in direct communication with the at least one node;
updating a direct subscriber database through over-the-air programming in response to the at least one node sending emergency event data; and
synchronizing, based on the updated direct subscriber database, a configuration of the at least one direct subscriber device with the at least one node.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the data is vehicle, system, or telematic data.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the data sent to the at least one direct subscriber device is sent by the remote server.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
storing the data in the direct subscriber device memory.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the over-the-air programming for updating direct subscriber databases are isolated from data and analytic databases.

13. A method of communicating an emergency event, comprising:
triggering an emergency event by at least one node;
transmitting, by the at least one node, emergency event data to a remote server;
transmitting an emergency warning message to at least one direct subscriber device by over-the-air programming,
updating a direct subscriber database through the over-the-air programming in response to the at least one node transmitting the emergency event data; and
synchronizing, based on the updated direct subscriber database, a configuration of the at least one direct subscriber device with the at least one node, wherein the at least one direct subscriber device comprises a processor and memory, and wherein the at least one direct subscriber device is in direct communication with the at least one node.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
outputting the emergency warning message at the at least one direct subscriber device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the emergency warning message is a visual message or an audio message.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
communicating directly between the at least one node and the at least one direct subscriber device that has received the emergency warning message.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting the updated subscriber database to the at least one direct subscriber device with the emergency warning message.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
storing the updated subscriber database in the direct subscriber memory.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
directly sharing the updated subscriber database with the at least one node from the at least one direct subscriber device.

20. The method of claim 8 , wherein the synchronization of the configuration comprises synchronizing at least one of flash pattern and siren tone.

21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the synchronization of the configuration comprises synchronizing at least one of flash pattern and siren tone.

Assignees

• Whelen Eng

Inventors

• Jackson Cole
• Lemieux Kenneth
• Garrett Caleb
• Eduardo Joseph

Classifications

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title

• G08G1/0137

  for specific applications · CPC title

• G08G1/16

  Anti-collision systems (road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08) · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G08B27/005

  with transmission via computer network · CPC title