IP Library Granted Patent US 11,153,742
Granted Patent B1
US 11,153,742 · App. 17/116,056 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Emergency call data aggregation and visualization

Inventors: Reinhard Ekl (Austin, TX); Brooks Thomas Shannon (Austin, TX)
Assignee: RapidDeploy, Inc.
H04W4/90H04M3/5116H04W4/029H04W76/50
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,153,742
App. No.
17/116,056
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system for providing locations of emergency callers receives call data related to emergency calls received at a public safety answering point (PSAP) and a supplemental data signal that includes a location of an emergency. A signal correlation engine determines whether the supplemental data signal corresponds to one of the emergency calls received at the PSAP. A web server provides a user interface that includes a map and a supplemental signal indicator corresponding to the supplemental data signal. The supplemental signal indicator is positioned on the map at the location of the emergency, and the supplemental signal indicator has a visual characteristic indicating whether or not the supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call received at the PSAP.

Claims (58)

1. A system for providing locations of emergency callers, the system having processing circuitry and memory, the system comprising:

a call data ingestion module configured to receive call data related to emergency calls received at a first public safety answering point (PSAP) and call data related to emergency calls received at a second PSAP;

a supplemental data ingestion module configured to receive a supplemental data signal comprising a location of an emergency, the supplemental data signal provided by a supplemental data source separate from a source of the call data;

a signal correlation engine configured to determine that the supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call received at the first PSAP; and

a web server configured to provide a user interface comprising a map and a supplemental signal indicator corresponding to the supplemental data signal, the supplemental signal indicator positioned on the map at the location of the emergency, and the supplemental signal indicator having a visual characteristic indicating that the supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call received at the first PSAP.

2. The system of claim 1 , the signal correlation engine further configured to:

compare a caller identifier in the supplemental data signal to corresponding caller identifiers in the call data related to the emergency calls received at the first PSAP; and

in response to the caller identifier in the supplemental data signal matching the corresponding caller identifier in the call data related to a particular one of the emergency calls received at the first PSAP, determining that the supplemental data signal corresponds to the particular emergency call received at the first PSAP.

3. The system of claim 2 , the call data ingestion module further configured to receive additional call data indicating that the emergency call has been answered by a telecommunicator at the first PSAP, and the web server further configured to set the visual characteristic of the supplemental signal indicator to indicate that the supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call that has been answered.

4. The system of claim 1 , the web server further configured to change the visual characteristic of the supplemental signal indicator to indicate that a threshold amount of time has elapsed since the supplemental data signal was received.

5. The system of claim 4 , the web server further configured to provide, in the user interface, a selectable option to initiate communication with a device associated with the supplemental data signal.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the signal correlation engine is further configured to determine that a second supplemental data signal corresponds to one of the emergency calls received at the second PSAP; and

the web server is configured to set the visual characteristic of a second supplemental signal indicator to indicate that the second supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call received at the second PSAP.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a tenant mapping module configured to:

receive geographic data describing a geographic region handled by the first PSAP;

compare the location of the emergency to the geographic data; and

map the supplemental data signal to the first PSAP in response to the location of the emergency falling within the geographic region handled by the first PSAP,

wherein the web server is configured to include in the user interface supplemental signal indicators corresponding to supplemental data signals mapped to the first PSAP by the tenant mapping module.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the call data ingestion module receives the call data from the first PSAP, and the supplemental data source is located outside the first PSAP.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the supplemental data source receives a real-time location of the emergency from a device used by the emergency caller and provides the real-time location to the supplemental data ingestion module.

10. A method for providing a location of an emergency caller comprising:

receiving call data related to emergency calls received at a first public safety answering point (PSAP) of a plurality of PSAPs, the call data indicating that the emergency calls were received at the first PSAP;

receiving a supplemental data signal comprising a location of an emergency, the supplemental data signal provided by a supplemental data source separate from a source of the call data;

determining that the supplemental data signal corresponds to one of the emergency calls received at the first PSAP; and

providing a user interface comprising a map and a supplemental signal indicator corresponding to the supplemental data signal, the supplemental signal indicator positioned on the map at the location of the emergency, and the supplemental signal indicator having a visual characteristic indicating that the supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call received at the first PSAP.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining that the supplemental data signal corresponds to one of the emergency calls received at the first PSAP comprises:

comparing a caller identifier in the supplemental data signal to corresponding caller identifiers in the call data related to the emergency calls received at the first PSAP; and

in response to the caller identifier in the supplemental data signal matching the corresponding caller identifier in the call data related to a particular one of the emergency calls received at the first PSAP, determining that the supplemental data signal corresponds to the particular emergency call received at the first PSAP.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving additional call data indicating that the emergency call has been answered by a telecommunicator at the first PSAP; and

setting the visual characteristic of the supplemental signal indicator to indicate that the supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call that has been answered.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining that a threshold amount of time has elapsed since the supplemental data signal was received; and

in response, changing the visual characteristic of the supplemental signal indicator to indicate that a threshold amount of time has elapsed since the supplemental data signal was received.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising providing, in the user interface, a selectable option to initiate communication with a device associated with the supplemental data signal.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving call data related to emergency calls received at a second PSAP;

determining that a second supplemental data signal corresponds to one of the emergency calls received at the second PSAP; and

setting the visual characteristic of the second supplemental signal indicator to indicate that the supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call received at the second PSAP.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving geographic data describing a geographic region handled by the first PSAP;

comparing the location of the emergency to the geographic data;

mapping the supplemental data signal to the first PSAP in response to the location of the emergency falling within the geographic region handled by the first PSAP; and

displaying, in the user interface, supplemental signal indicators corresponding to supplemental data signals mapped to the first PSAP.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the call data is received from the first PSAP, and the supplemental data source is located outside the first PSAP.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive call data related to emergency calls received at a first public safety answering point (PSAP) of a plurality of PSAPs, the call data indicating that the emergency calls were received at the first PSAP;

receive a supplemental data signal comprising a location of an emergency, the supplemental data signal provided by a supplemental data source separate from a source of the call data;

determine that the supplemental data signal corresponds to one of the emergency calls received at the first PSAP; and

provide a user interface comprising a map and a supplemental signal indicator corresponding to the supplemental data signal, the supplemental signal indicator positioned on the map at the location of the emergency, and the supplemental signal indicator having a visual characteristic indicating that the supplemental data signal corresponds to an emergency call received at the first PSAP.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein

determining that the supplemental data signal corresponds to one of the emergency calls received at the first PSAP comprises:

comparing a caller identifier in the supplemental data signal to corresponding caller identifiers in the call data related to the emergency calls received at the first PSAP; and

in response to the caller identifier in the supplemental data signal matching the corresponding caller identifier in the call data related to a particular one of the emergency calls received at the PSAP, determining that the supplemental data signal corresponds to the particular emergency call received at the first PSAP.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine that a threshold amount of time has elapsed since the supplemental data signal was received; and

in response, change the visual characteristic of the supplemental signal indicator to indicate that a threshold amount of time has elapsed since the supplemental data signal was received.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2025
From: AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P.
To: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.
Reel/Frame 070424/0773 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.
To: AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P.
Reel/Frame 066944/0803 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AT REEL/FRAME NO. 62456/0227 Recorded Mar 28, 2024
From: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK
To: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.; EMERGENT COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 066948/0427 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2023
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.
Reel/Frame 062456/0948 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2023
From: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.; EMERGENT COMMUNICATIONS INC.
To: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK
Reel/Frame 062456/0227 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2023
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK, AS AGENT
To: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.
Reel/Frame 062457/0390 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2022
From: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 059466/0350 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2022
From: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 059466/0309 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2020
From: EKL, REINHARD; SHANNON, BROOKS THOMAS
To: RAPIDDEPLOY, INC.
Reel/Frame 054591/0211 →
Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63002672 · Mar 31, 2020
Cited By (4)
US 12,219,653 US 12,432,543 US 12,604,368 US 12,615,500