Communication assets survey and mapping tool

US9112773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy · US

Inventors

• Rita A. Lane · San Diego, US
• Eric J. Coolbaugh · San Diego, US
• Alice Hoff · San Diego, US
• Jeffrey B. Lee · El Sobrante, US
• Walter M. Seay · Poway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining communications interoperability comprising the following steps: (a) collecting communication asset data that describes communication equipment used by emergency and first responders from local, state and federal entities in a geographical region; (b) determining the communications interoperability between the entities based on the collected communication asset data, wherein the communications interoperability describes the ability of the communication equipment used by emergency and first responders of a given entity to be interoperable or not interoperable with the communication equipment used by emergency and first responders in the other entities in the geographic region; and (c) displaying the communications asset data and the communications interoperability of the entities in a geo-spatial referenced map to geographically-disparate users via an internet.