Claims:We claim:
1. A centralized system 100 for crime recording and management, such system comprising:
a. a central CAS (Core Application Software) 110, which is a single sign-on web protocol to enable crime or incident reporting by citizens/users 101 which comprises:
i. registration of user/citizen with the Central CAS;
ii. recordation of details of the incident or crime and also uploading the proof documents like media files if any and such data is recorded 210;
iii. anonymous complaint registration, wherein the user can provide the IP address and the complaint is validated with the login credentials of the user 210;
iv. validation 221 of recorded details;
v. encryption 222 of validated personal data of the user and such data is encrypted; and
vi. generation of a private key 223 for decryption of the encrypted data by the state/ district police departments 230 while proceeding with further investigation of the incident or crime.
b. a State CAS 120 which is in communication with the central CAS 110 for data sharing wherein, the state CAS 120 provide access to recorded complaint to different police stations 121 at state and district level; and
c. other departments 123 which will be provided access to the recorded data through SSDG (State e-Governance Service Delivery Gateway);
wherein the central admin of the centralized system 100 has the authorization of data, and the central admin cannot edit the data records hence, disabling tampering of the records.

2. The centralized system 100 as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the Centre MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) 111 and NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) 112 facilitates planning and providing the Core Application Software (CAS) 110 to be configured, customized, enhanced and deployed in different States.

3. The centralized system 100 as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the SCRB (State Crime Records Bureau) 122 provide data on the offenders for validating the registered complaint with respect to the ID’s provided by the user 101.
4. The centralized system 100 as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the SSDG acts as a hub for all the interactions between service seekers (the citizen 101 and businesses) and various service providers (Government Departments) and even among Government Departments.
5. The centralized system 100 as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the other states 130 are enabled with secure data transfer from Central CAS 110 and Sate CAS 120.
6. The centralized system 100 as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the other departments 123 can be emergency services, NGOs, women rights protection organization, child safety protection agencies and the like.
7. The centralized system 100 as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the central admin of the centralized system 100 can perform deletion of the records that will require justification and recording of such cause of deletion of record.
, Description:Field of the Invention
[1] The invention relates to crime management more specifically to a centralized system to manage and be in ease of access to the public enabling them to register the complaint without any restriction on place to register a complaint and also facilitates anonymous complaint registration to aid in crime management between the centralized system and all the other subsidiaries of the law enforcement systems.

Background of the Invention
[2] Generally, when a crime is reported at any authorized agencies like police station, it takes time to proceed for investigation, mostly if more than one city is involved. If a litigator or appellant reports a crime at a location where they do not reside then it becomes difficult for them to file their complaint. The database of different police stations is not synchronized making the sharing of information difficult therefore making the process very time-consuming. When harassment, rape or sexual assault, occurs then the victim hesitates in lodging complaint as it risks exposing their identity and feels obligated to social norms. Cybercrimes like cyber bullying and threatening, hacking and misusing personal information are included in such harassments. There is no system to overcome this blocker to provide the pleader the comfort, free will and security to file their complaints.

[3] Several initiatives have been introduced in the past to leverage information technology in police functioning. Some of these initiatives include centrally initiated programs such as the NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau)-led CCIS (Crime and Criminals Information System) and CIPA (Common Integrated Police Application). CCIS, include State police headquarters and district headquarters under this project. CCIS was primarily an initiative to create crime- and criminals-related database that can be used for crime monitoring by monitoring agencies and to facilitate statistical analysis of crime and criminals related information with the States and monitoring agencies. CCIS focuses exclusively on Crime and Criminals information and does not address the other aspects of Police functioning. The Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA) was built on client-server architecture. Benefits realized from CIPA include the ability to enter registration (FIR) details into the system and print out copies and the ability to create and manage police station registers on the system, etc. CIPA was a multilingual application to automate the processes (workflow) at primary sources of data itself e.g. Police Station and to build a crime & criminal Information system based on CRPC. It provides an efficient way of organizing crime records for generating queries/reports and crime analysis for decision support. It also maintains the database of Hardcore Criminals, Habitual offenders, and organized gangs.

[4] The state authorities have also taken some initiatives like e-COPS (in Andhra Pradesh), Police IT (in Karnataka), Thana Tracking System (in West Bengal), CAARUS (in Tamil Nadu) and HD IITS (in Gujarat), Pratisaad-Ask (Maharashtra), Police Mitra (Maharashtra), Vahanchoritakrar (Maharashtra).With the launch of these mobile apps, dependency on police emergency number 100 would reduce substantially and citizens can reach out to police to report any emergency situation or crime like robbery or assault on women 24X7. These apps would also help establishing better coordination among police force in the state as well as improve its own administration. Citizen-COP, is a mobile app meant to bridge the gap between citizens and the police, which helps the public register a complaint without revealing your identity.

[5] The U.S. Patent US7379879 titled “Incident reporting system and method” discloses a computer-based method of collecting and processing incident reports received from witnesses who observe incidents such as criminal acts and legal violations. The method automates the collection and processing of the incident reports and automatically sends the incident reports to the appropriate authority so that the observed incidents can be acted on in an appropriate manner. However, this system does not disclose the method of data management for secure data delivery and management between different authorities.

[6] Another U.S application US20170055138 titled “Computerized crime and suspicious activity reporting system” discloses a computerized crime and suspicious activity reporting system which includes a computerized processor including programming configured to monitor inputs from a mobile computerized device in possession of the user. The inputs include an observed activity report input to the device by the user and location data for the mobile computerized device. The programming is further configured to reference database information to determine a local emergency dispatcher corresponding to the location data and report the observed activity report for display to the local emergency dispatcher based upon the referenced database information. However, this reporting system does not disclose the secure data exchange between different concerned authorities by maintaining the confidentiality of the reporter identity.

[7] Yet another U.S application US20030088645 titled “Anonymous reporting system” discloses a system for use in reporting and following up on incidents, accidents and the like. The system is initiated by a system provider on behalf of an institutional participant/client for access by any number of individual users. The most common implementation is a web based interface including a web site. The interface includes an anonymizer for safeguarding the identity of each individual user. The system permits the user to enter a report and then assigns a random number identifier associated with the report. The report is forwarded to selected recipients and to one or more administrators associated with the participant/client. The administrators may request follow up comments or send messages associated with the report by the access number so that the user may continue dialog, all while remaining totally anonymous. The system is especially adapted for use in school or large company situations. However, this system did not disclose about data exchange between the concerned personnel in the organization by maintaining data confidentiality.

[8] Yet another U.S application US20060229995 titled “Report form generator for anonymous reporting system” discloses an anonymous reporting system for use in reporting and following up on incidents, accidents, and the like. The system may be accessed via an Internet website. A reporting individual may select a type of incident to report. A report form specific to that type of incident will then be provided for the reporting individual to complete and submit. The report form that corresponds to a particular type of incident can be a template form defined by an administrator of the website or a form defined by a customer of the services supplied by the administrator. However, this system does not disclose secure data exchange between different concerned authorities.

[9] The PCT application WO2019217879 titled “Encrypted identification and communication” discloses a system for encrypted identification and communication is provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving identification information identifying a user, validating an identity of the user, providing an interface for entering an electronic address associated with an accused entity, obtaining additional addresses associated with the accused entity, verifying an identity of the accused entity based on providing the additional addresses to the user, encrypting the addresses, comparing the encrypted data against stored data to identify at least one matched user, and generating a request for the at least one matched user to communicate with the user. However, this system does not disclose secure data transfer and exchange by hiding the reporter identity.

[10] There is a need for a system which can function as a centralized unit between different concerned agencies and law enforcing departments enabling secure data transfer and sharing by maintain the confidentiality of the reporter of the incident or crime. There is a need of the system which can provide very limited access to the administrator of the centralized unit, which can restrict tampering of the report recorded.

[11] Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional and traditional approaches will become apparent to one of skill in the art through comparison of described systems with some aspects of the present disclosure, as set forth in the remainder of the present application and with reference to the drawings.

[12] All publications herein are incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each publication or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. Where a definition or use of a term in an incorporated reference is inconsistent or contrary to the definition of that term provided herein, the definition of that term provided herein applies and the definition of that term in the reference does not apply.

[13] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context dictates otherwise.

Summary of the invention
[14] The following presents a simplified summary of the disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure, and it does not identify key/critical elements of the invention or delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed herein in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

[15] The object of the present invention is to provide a centralized system which can function as an interface between the concerned law enforcing departments and crime monitoring agencies enabling secure data transfer.

[16] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a centralized system wherein the system provides limited access to the recorded data entries disabling any tampering of such data records by any concerned personnel without proper authentication.

[17] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a centralized system, wherein the system can maintain the confidentiality of the identity of the user who is responsible of creating the incident report or crime report with the present system.

[18] In an aspect of the present invention, the centralized crime reporting and management system facilitates recordation of crime or any law violation incident by any citizen without any restrictions of place, language, age by providing the valid details about the incident along with some proof to validate the complaint.

[19] Another aspect of the present invention is to facilitate the secure data transfer between the centralized crime reporting system to the concerned crime monitoring agencies at national and state level like state police departments, district police departments, crime investigation bureaus, NGOs, and other concerned organization which involve in public safety and prevention of crime activities.

[20] In another aspect of the present invention, the centralized crime reporting and management system facilitate data security, wherein an encrypted data is sent by backend services which will generate a private key. When the data is shared with subsidiaries the key will be used to decrypt it.

[21] In another aspect of the present invention, the centralized crime reporting and management system secure the email or phone credentials of the reporter of the incident or crime to validate the authenticity of the complaint and such communication data is also encrypted.

[22] In another aspect of the present invention, the Central Administrator is significant to make the functioning of the centralized system, simpler and efficient wherein, the administrator will have access to most of the data and the rights to edit the recorded data is disabled and any deletion of data record if performed will require justification and recorded.

[23] In another aspect of the present invention, to ensure the validity of the complaints, the user will have to provide their ID to the system. The ID provided, will belong to the subsidiary platform where the fraud/crime has taken place. The ID of the suspect (if any) against whom the complaint has been filed can also be provided to the system.

[24] In another aspect of the present invention, to ensure the anonymity of the user’s information, even if the details are provided by the user, which are supposed to be kept private/ confidential, the data is encrypted to ensure complete opacity of the user’s information and such data can be decrypted by the concerned subsidiary wherein the data access is limited to certain actions like view and share.

Brief description of the drawings
[25] These features and advantages of the present disclosure may be appreciated by reviewing the following description of the present disclosure, along with the accompanying figures wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts.

[26] The accompanying drawings illustrate the embodiments of systems, methods, and other aspects of the disclosure. Any person with ordinary skills in the art will appreciate that the illustrated element boundaries (e.g., boxes, groups of boxes, or other shapes) in the figures represent an example of the boundaries. In some examples, one element may be designed as multiple elements, or multiple elements may be designed as one element. In some examples, an element shown as an internal component of one element may be implemented as an external component in another and vice versa. Furthermore, the elements may not be drawn to scale.

[27] Various embodiments will hereinafter be described in accordance with the appended drawings, which are provided to illustrate, not limit, the scope, wherein similar designations denote similar elements, and in which:

[28] Fig 1 depicts the stakeholders of the centralized crime recording and management system of the present invention.

[29] Fig 2 depicts the secure data transfer between the concerned law departments.

Description of the invention
[30] The present disclosure is best understood with reference to the detailed figures and description set forth herein. Various embodiments have been discussed with reference to the figures. However, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the detailed descriptions provided herein with respect to the figures are merely for explanatory purposes, as the methods and systems may extend beyond the described embodiments. For instance, the teachings disclosed, and the needs of a particular application may yield multiple alternative and suitable approaches to implement the functionality of any detail described herein. Therefore, any approach may extend beyond certain implementation choices in the following embodiments.

[31] References to “one embodiment,” “at least one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “one example,” “an example,” “for example,” and so on indicate that the embodiment(s) or example(s) may include a particular feature, structure, characteristic, property, element, or limitation but that not every embodiment or example necessarily includes that particular feature, structure, characteristic, property, element, or limitation. Further, repeated use of the phrase “in an embodiment” does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment.

[32] Methods of the present invention may be implemented by performing or completing manually, automatically, or a combination thereof, selected steps or tasks. The term “method” refers to manners, means, techniques and procedures for accomplishing a given task including, but not limited to, those manners, means, techniques, and procedures either known to, or readily developed from known manners, means, techniques and procedures by practitioners of the art to which the invention belongs. The descriptions, examples, methods, and materials presented in the claims and the specification are not to be construed as limiting but rather as illustrative only. Those skilled in the art will envision many other possible variations within the scope of the technology described herein.

[33] The centralized crime recording and management system of the present invention, facilitate ease of access to the public enabling them to register the complaint without any restriction on place to register a complaint and also facilitates anonymous complaint registration. The present invention also aid in crime management between the centralized system and all the other subsidiaries of the law enforcement systems.

[34] In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the centralized crime reporting and management system facilitates recordation of crime or any law violation incident by any citizen without any restrictions of place, language, age by providing the valid details about the incident along with some proof to validate the complaint. The present centralized crime reporting and management system function as an interface between the concerned law enforcing departments and crime monitoring agencies enabling secure data transfer. The centralized system provides limited access to the recorded data entries disabling any tampering of such data records by any concerned personnel without proper authentication.

[35] In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the centralized system, maintain the confidentiality of the identity of the user who is responsible of creating the incident report or crime report with the present system.
The centralized crime reporting and management system facilitate data security, wherein an encrypted data is sent by backend services which will generate a private key. When the data is shared with subsidiaries the key will be used to decrypt it.

[36] In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the centralized crime reporting and management system secure the email or phone credentials of the reporter of the incident or crime to validate the authenticity of the complaint and such communication data is also encrypted. The ID or contact information provided, will belong to the subsidiary platform where the fraud/crime has taken place. The ID of the suspect (if any) against whom the complaint has been filed can also be provided to the system.

[37] In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the Central Administrator is significant to make the functioning of the centralized system, simpler and efficient wherein, the administrator will have access to the data and the rights to edit the recorded data is disabled and any deletion of data record if performed will require justification and recorded.

[38] Referring to Fig 1 is the schematic representation of the architecture of the centralized crime reporting and management system with the concerned stakeholders in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The centralized crime reporting and management system comprises a central CAS (Core Application Software) 110, wherein the Central CAS 110 is a single sign-on protocol for the web. Its purpose is to permit a user 101 to access multiple applications while providing their credentials (such as user ID and password) only once. It also allows web applications to authenticate users 101 without gaining access to a user's security credentials, such as a password. The Centre MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) 111 and NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) 112 facilitates planning, providing the Core Application Software (CAS) 110 to be configured, customized, enhanced and deployed in different States. States would drive the implementation at the state level (State CAS 120) and would continue to own the state CAS 120 after deployment. The state CAS 120 provide access to different police stations 121 at state and district level. The SCRB (State Crime Records Bureau) 122 provide data on the offenders for validating the registered complaint with respect to the ID’s provided by the user 101. The other departments 123 like emergency services, NGOs, women rights protection organization, child safety protection agencies will be provided access to the limited data through SSDG (State e-Governance Service Delivery Gateway). The SSDG acts as a hub for all the interactions between service seekers (the citizen 101 and businesses) and various service providers (Government Departments) and even among Government Departments. The SSDG is the middleware that will facilitate easy inter-departmental data exchange and even the Departments, which do not have the complete automation or workflow at the back, can still deliver e-Service to the citizens in a limited manner. The SSDG as the middleware will facilitate easy provisioning of government services through various delivery channels seamlessly, enabling a better centralized Administration, Monitoring, over all maintenance work and deployment of hardware of Web Site at optimal level. The other states 130 are enabled with secure data transfer from Central CAS 110 and Sate CAS 120.

[39] Referring to Fig 2 is the representation of secure data collection and further processing of the data to enable seamless secure data transfer between the centralized crime recording system and relevant state police departments, crime monitoring agencies and other non-government organizations. The users can provide details of the complaint by creating a login credentials with an ID and password. Once user registers with the centralized recording system, he/she can upload the details of the incident or crime and also uploading the proof documents like media files if any and such data is recorded 210. The centralized system of the present invention enables anonymous complaint registration wherein the user can provide the IP address and the complaint is validated with the login credentials of the user 210. The recorded details are stored in the centralized recording and management system 220, wherein the recorded data is validated 221 through the login credentials of the user and the validated data is checked for the personal data of the user and such data is encrypted 222. A private key is generated 223 for decryption of the encrypted data by the state/ district police departments 230 while proceeding with further investigation of the incident or crime. The central admin has the authorization of data management in the centralized system, wherein the central admin cannot edit the data records hence, disabling tampering of the records. If the admin performs the deletion of the records, it will require justification and recording of such cause of action.

[40] Some Benefits to Police Departments through the centralized crime recoding and management system.
• Centralized crime and criminal information repository along with the criminal images and fingerprints with advanced search capabilities facilitated by NCRB, SCRB
• Enhanced ability to analyze road incidents and other accidents.
• Faster turnaround time for the analysis results (criminal and traffic) to reach the officers on the field.
• Reduced workload for the police stations back-office activities such as preparation of regular reports and station records management.
• A collaborative knowledge-oriented environment among different police departments.

[41] Some Benefits to Ministry of Home Affairs, NCRB, SCRB through the centralized crime recoding and management system.
• Standardized means of capturing the crime and criminal data across the police stations in the country.
• Faster and easier access to crime and criminal information across the country in a manner amenable for trend and pattern analysis.
• Enhanced ability to detect crime patterns across the States/UTs and communicate to the state police departments for aiding in crime prevention.
• The ability to respond faster and with greater accuracy to inquiries from the parliament, citizens and citizens groups; and to RTI queries.
• Easy and low-cost scalability of crime and criminal systems in the future.

[42] Some Benefits to Citizens through the centralized crime recoding and management system.
• Multiple channels to access services from police.
• Simplified process for registering grievance and petitions.
• Simplified process and accurate means of tracking the progress of the case during trials.
• Faster and assured response from police to any emergency calls for assistance.

[43] Some Benefits to external departments through the centralized crime recoding and management system.
• Seamless integration with police systems for better citizen service delivery and improved law enforcement.
• Quick exchange of accurate information with the police department.

[44] No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element as essential to the practice of the invention.

[45] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention without departing from the scope of the invention. There is no intention to limit the invention to the specific form or forms enclosed. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, alternative constructions, and equivalents falling within the scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention, provided they are within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalent.