System and method for detecting, collecting, analyzing, and communicating event-related information

US9529974B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Georgetown University · US

Inventors

• Peter C. Li · McLean, US
• Jeffrey R. Collmann · Washington, US
• Jane W. Blake · Arlington, US
• Mark G. Polyak · Fairfax, US
• James M. Wilson · Berkeley Heights, US
• Jae In Yoon · Centreville, US
• Manabu Torii · Newark, US
• Carla S. Thomas · Bodega Bay, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A90/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method involves detecting operational social disruptive events on a global scale, assigning event staging and warnings to express data in more simplistic terms, modeling data in conjunction with linguistics analysis to establish responsive actions, generating visualization and modeling capabilities for communicating information, and modeling propagation of events for containment and forecasting purposes.