This patent application does not claim priority from any application.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[002] The present subject matter described herein, in general, relates to provide emergency information to a Public Safety Center (PSC). More specifically, a method for providing the emergency information by using at least one of Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA), a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA), and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA).
BACKGROUND
[003] Today, Public Safety Center (PSC) agencies constantly struggle to reach at a location where a catastrophic situation arises. This is due to the fact that information may not reach to the PSC agencies on time or the PSC agencies may struggle with citizens reporting incorrect information to them. This incorrect information may waste PSC agencies' valuable time and resources, and may also hinder the investigation of the incident.
SUMMARY
[004] Before the present systems and methods, are described, it is to be understood that this application is not limited to the particular systems, and methodologies described, as there can be multiple possible embodiments which are not expressly illustrated in the present disclosure. It is also to be understood that the terminology used in the description is for the purpose of describing the particular versions or embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application. This summary is provided to introduce concepts related to systems and methods for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) and the concepts are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify essential features of the claimed subject matter nor is it intended for use in limiting the scope of the claimed subject matter.
[005] In one implementation, a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA) for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) is disclosed. The mPSA may
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comprise a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor may execute a plurality of modules present in the memory. The plurality of modules may comprise a data receiving module and an Intelligent Public Safety Management (IPSM) module. The data receiving module may receive data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a predetermined location. The data may be received from one or more sensors, communicatively coupled with the mPSA, deployed across a predetermined range associated to a location of the catastrophic situation. The IPSM module may analyze the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data. In one aspect, the at least one PSDS may be determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation. The IPSM module may further select at least one communication medium to transmit an alert message comprising the data. In one aspect, the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA, a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA), and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA). The at least one communication medium may be selected based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation. The IPSM module may further transmit an alert message to the at least one PSDS. In one aspect, each PSDS may be configured to transmit the alert message to a Public Safety Center (PSC) in order to take precautionary measures at the location.
[006] In another implementation, a method for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) is disclosed. In order to provide the emergency information, initially, data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a predetermined location may be received. The data may be received from one or more sensors, communicatively coupled with a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA), deployed across a predetermined range associated to a location of the catastrophic situation. Upon receipt of the data, the data may be analyzed to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data. In one aspect, the at least one PSDS may be determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation. Post determination of the at least one PSDS, at least one communication medium may be selected to transmit an alert message comprising the data. In one aspect, the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA, a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA), and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA). In one aspect, the at least one communication medium may be selected based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation. Subsequent to the selection of the at least one communication medium, an alert message may be transmitted to the at least one PSDS. In one aspect, each PSDS may be configured to transmit the alert message to a Public
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Safety Center (PSC) in order to take precautionary measures at the location. In one aspect, the aforementioned method for providing the emergency information to the at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) may be performed by a processor using programmed instructions stored in a memory of the mPSA.
[007] In yet another implementation, non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) is disclosed. The program may comprise a program code for receiving data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a predetermined location, wherein the data is received from one or more sensors, communicatively coupled with a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA), deployed across a predetermined range associated to a location of the catastrophic situation. The program may further comprise a program code for analyzing the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data, wherein the at least one PSDS is determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation. The program may further comprise a program code for selecting at least one communication medium to transmit an alert message comprising the data, wherein the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA, a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA), and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA), and wherein the at least one communication medium is selected based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation. The program may further comprise a program code for transmitting an alert message to the at least one PSDS, wherein each PSDS is configured to transmit the alert message to a Public Safety Center (PSC) in order to take precautionary measures at the location.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[008] The foregoing detailed description of embodiments is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the disclosure, example constructions of the disclosure are shown in the present document; however, the disclosure is not limited to the specific methods and apparatus disclosed in the document and the drawings.
[009] The detailed description is given with reference to the accompanying figures. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout the drawings to refer like features and components.
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[0010] Figure 1 illustrates a network implementation of a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA) for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC), in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0011] Figure 2 illustrates the mPSA, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0012] Figures 3, 4 and 5 illustrate various components of the mPSA, the sPSA, and the rPSA respectively, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0013] Figure 6 illustrates a method for providing the emergency information to the at least one PSC, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0014] Figure 7 illustrates interaction amongst various hardware and software component present in the mPSA, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0015] Some embodiments of this disclosure, illustrating all its features, will now be discussed in detail. The words "comprising," "having," "containing," and "including," and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and be open ended in that an item or items following any one of these words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items, or meant to be limited to only the listed item or items. It must also be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Although any systems and methods similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice, the exemplary, systems and methods are now described. The disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the disclosure, which may be embodied in various forms.
[0016] Various modifications to the embodiment will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and the generic principles herein may be applied to other embodiments. However, one of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize that the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments illustrated, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features described herein.
[0017] The proposed invention facilitates a system and method to provide emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC). The proposed system may be used to
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provide information to at least one PSC in normal handling of public networks or in catastrophic situations including, but not limited to, traffic systems, hospital network health report system, riot handling, fire, and tsunami. In order to provide the emergency information, the proposed system comprises a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA), one or more Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA), and one or more Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA). It may be understood that the mPSA are static and stationary whereas the sPSA and rPSA are either static or movable. It may be understood that the mPSA and sPSA may have same hardware and software components except a decision making control algorithm (hereinafter referred to as Intelligent Public Safety Management, IPSM, algorithm) and number of transceiver components. In other words, for example, the mPSA is configured with four transceiver antennas attached on all four directional areas to enable fast multi-channel concurrent or simultaneous communication to the PSC. The number of antennas at each side may be increased or decreased as per the desired requirement. For example, side 1 may have 2 antennas where frequent emergency communication happens, the IPSM may combine both antennas bandwidth and simultaneously to transmit the data to the PSC. On the other hand, the sPSA is configured with only one transceiver antenna that may facilitate to transmit the information to only one direction.
[0018] In one embodiment, a specific area must be divided into multiple sub location points wherein each specific area such as a town or village or population dense areas may have dual mPSA. Additionally, each sub location may have one or more sPSAs as sparse distributed nodes. The IPSM algorithm in the mPSA decides which direction is suitable for transmitting the alert message with high bandwidth and which direction of intermediate devices to transmit the alert message with low bandwidth. The alert message may be transmitted to one or more PSCs including, but not limited to, NDMA, Police headquarters, National Interagency Fire Center. In addition to the mPSA and the sPSA, the rPSA may be pre-configured with public safety application that may initiate connection with the mPSA and the sPSA. Following are the important attributes of the rPSA.
[0019] a) Each node is free to roam or travel to any location. b) Each node may have a pre-loaded public safety tool having the capability to connect and exchange information between different entities of the proposed system like the mPSA and the sPSA.
[0020] In order to provide the emergency information by using one of the mPSA, sPSA, and rPSA, the mPSA receives data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a predetermined location. Upon receiving the data, the IPSM algorithm present in the mPSA
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analyzes the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data. Subsequently, the IPSM algorithm is configured to select at least one communication medium based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation in order to transmit an alert message comprising the data. The at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA, the sPSA, and the rPSA. Post selecting the at least one communication medium, the alert message may be transmitted to the at least one PSDS which further transmits the alert message to the PSC in order to take precautionary measures at the location.
[0021] While aspects of described system and method for providing the emergency information to the at least one PSC may be implemented in any number of different computing systems, environments, and/or configurations, the embodiments are described in the context of the following exemplary mPSA.
[0022] Referring now to Figure 1, a network implementation 100 of a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA) 102 for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) is disclosed. In order to provide the emergency information, the mPSA 102 receives data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a predetermined location. The data may be received from one or more sensors, communicatively coupled with the mPSA 102, deployed across a predetermined range associated to a location of the catastrophic situation. Upon receipt of the data, the mPSA 102 analyzes the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data. In one aspect, the at least one PSDS may be determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation. Post determination of the at least one PSDS, the mPSA 102 selects at least one communication medium to transmit an alert message comprising the data. In one aspect, the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA, a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA), and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA). In one aspect, the at least one communication medium may be selected based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation. Subsequent to the selection of the at least one communication medium, the mPSA 102 transmits an alert message to the at least one PSDS. In one aspect, each PSDS may be configured to transmit the alert message to a Public Safety Center (PSC) in order to take precautionary measures at the location.
[0023] Although the present disclosure is explained considering that the mPSA 102 is implemented on a communication device, it may be understood that the mPSA 102 may be implemented in a variety of computing systems, such as a laptop computer, a desktop computer,
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a notebook, a workstation, a server, a network server, a cloud-based computing environment. It will be understood that the mPSA 102 may be accessed by multiple sPSAs and rPSAs through one or more devices 104-1, 104-2 and 105-1 and 105-2 respectively hereinafter referred to as sPSA 104 and rPSA 105. Examples of the sPSAs 104 and rPSAs 105 may include, but are not limited to, a portable computer, a personal digital assistant, a handheld device, a workstation, a smart phone, a Walkie-Talkie, and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The sPSAs 104 and rPSAs 105 are communicatively coupled to the mPSA 102 through a network 106.
[0024] In one implementation, the network 106 may be a wireless network, a wired network or a combination thereof. The network 106 can be implemented as one of the different types of networks, such as intranet, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), the internet, and the like. The network 106 may either be a dedicated network or a shared network. The shared network represents an association of the different types of networks that use a variety of protocols, for example, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Wi-Fi, Satellite Communication on the Move (SOTM), Satellite direct Interface, Fiber optical communication and Ethernet wired communication and the like, to communicate with one another. Further the network 106 may include a variety of network devices, including routers, bridges, servers, computing devices, storage devices, and the like.
[0025] Referring now to Figure 2, the mPSA 102 is illustrated in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter. In one embodiment, the mPSA 102 may include at least one processor 202, an input/output (I/O) interface 204, and a memory 206. The at least one processor 202 may be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, state machines, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate signals based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the at least one processor 202 is configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory 206.
[0026] The I/O interface 204 may include a variety of software and hardware interfaces, for example, a web interface, a graphical user interface, and the like. The I/O interface 204 may allow the mPSA 102 to interact with the user directly or through the user devices 104. Further, the I/O interface 204 may enable the mPSA 102 to communicate with other computing devices, such as web servers and external data servers (not shown). The I/O interface 204 can facilitate multiple communications within a wide variety of networks and protocol types, including wired
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networks, for example, LAN, cable, etc., and wireless networks, such as WLAN, cellular, or satellite. The I/O interface 204 may include one or more ports for connecting a number of devices to one another or to another server.
[0027] The memory 206 may include any computer-readable medium or computer program product known in the art including, for example, volatile memory, such as static random access memory (SRAM) and dynamic random access memory (DRAM), and/or non-volatile memory, such as read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable ROM, flash memories, hard disks, optical disks, and magnetic tapes. The memory 206 may include modules 208 and data 210.
[0028] The modules 208 include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc., which perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. In one implementation, the modules 208 may include a data receiving module 212, an Intelligent Public Safety Management (IPSM) module 214, and other modules 216. The other modules 216 may include programs or coded instructions that supplement applications and functions of the mPSA 102. The modules 208 described herein may be implemented as software modules that may be executed in the cloud-based computing environment of the mPSA 102.
[0029] The data 210, amongst other things, serves as a repository for storing data processed, received, and generated by one or more of the modules 208. The data 210 may also include a database 218 and other data 220. The other data 220 may include data generated as a result of the execution of one or more modules in the other modules 216.
[0030] As there are various challenges observed in the existing art, the challenges necessitate the need to build the mPSA 102 for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC). The at least one PSC includes, but not limited to, fire control center, medical emergency centers, National Disaster management center, Police stations, other security help centers, neighboring NGOs, Social media, other important contact points.
[0031] It may be understood that the mPSA 102 is combination of hardware and/or software components that facilitates to provide the emergency information. The mPSA 102 not only detects the surrounding associated Public Emergency Points (PEP) but also intelligently transmits the emergency data via high bandwidth channels to the at least one PSC and other surrounding PSCs with low bandwidth channels. In one aspect, the bandwidth selection may be decided by one or more attributes including, but not limited to, type of emergency situation, respective contact centers, and secondary contact centers etc.
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[0032] In one embodiment, the mPSA 102 determines the type of emergency situation and also determines a requirement of high bandwidth or low bandwidth data channels based on the type of emergency situation. Upon determination of the type of emergency situation, the mPSA 102 may allocate additional transceiver antennas with high bandwidth to transmit the emergency information, when the emergency situation is determined as critical. On the other hand, when no threat or emergency situation arises, the mPSA 102 reduces power consumption level by powering off unused transceiver antennas and associated software modules and sensors associated to the mPSA 102.
[0033] In order to provide the emergency information, a specific area may be divided into multiple sub locations wherein each specific area such as a town or village or population dense areas may have dual mPSAs 102. Each sub location may have one or more sPSAs as sparse distributed nodes. Both the mPSA 102 and sPSA 104 may have same type of hardware and software components except an Intelligent Public Safety Management (IPSM) algorithm and a count of transceiver antennas.
[0034] The mPSA 102 is a main control device that takes all decision of the specific area. For example, a ward, a town, a city may have one or more mPSA 102. Depends on the sensitivity of the specific area, dual mPSA 102 may be deployed in such specific area. In one aspect, the dual mPSA 102 may comprise a primary mPSA and a secondary mPSA. It may be understood that the count of the mPSA 102 at the specific area may increase or decrease based on the requirement of the public safety attributes and requirement of a location. It may be noted that the primary mPSA may be active at all times whereas the secondary mPSA may always be in sleep mode. The secondary mPSA may only become active when the primary mPSA is failed to perform its designated tasks due to some technical fault occurred in the primary mPSA. The attributes of the secondary mPSA are mentioned as follows.
[0035] 1) Gathering the data from the primary mPSA at regular time interval.
[0036] 2) Taking control of the primary mPSA when the primary mPSA health degrades.
[0037] 3) Intelligent and effective communication and coverage of all the sPSA immediately when needed.
[0038] 4) Broadcasting location information, type to nearby sPSAs, rPSAs and PSCs.
[0039] Each mPSA 102, in addition to the least one processor 202, the input/output (I/O) interface 204, and the memory 206, further comprises a neighboring device detection and
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mapping control algorithm, acting as separate service or application inside the mPSA 102, a multi-directional transceiver antennas and associated transceiver systems, a central interface control unit, and a bandwidth aggregator module. In one embodiment, the mPSA 102 may be configured with at least four transceiver antennas deployed at each direction for transmitting the alert message in each of the four directions. The bandwidth aggregator module, on the other hand, determines a direction or next hop area for transmitting the emergency data, and how many active communication channels at a time needs to be used, which next hop should be taken as higher priority to communicate with the at least one PSC, immediate help enters, and medical emergency centers.
[0040] The sPSA 104, on the other hand, is a secondary moving or standalone apparatus that is configured to receive the emergency information from the mPSA 102. Upon receipt of the emergency information, the sPSA 104 analyzes the information and fast forward the information to the next active hop or device. Each sPSA 104 may have different attributes as mentioned below.
[0041] 1) Each sPSA 104 may have a standalone object at a specific area and capable of read, write entries in the mPSA 104 present in that specific area.
[0042] 2) Each sPSA 104 may have may have multiple transceiver antennas or one transceiver antenna configured to transmit data in one direction only.
[0043] 3) If sPSA 104 contains multiple transceiver antennas, the IPSM algorithm is adapted to manage the flow of data transfer.
[0044] On the other hand, the rPSA 105 may be any device such as smart phone, Walkie-Talkie, Tablets, PDA, capable of transmitting or receiving the data to and from the mPSA 102 or sPSA 104 present within a vicinity of the rPSA 105. Each rPSA 105 may have different attributes as mentioned below.
[0045] 1) Each rPSA 105 may register and update any location specific emergency information with mPSA 102 and sPSA 104.
[0046] 2) Each rPSA 105 is free to roam or travel to any location.
[0047] 3) Each rPSA 105 may have a pre-loaded public safety tool which have the capability to connect and exchange information between the mPSA 102 and the sPSA 104.
[0048] It may be understood that the mPSA 102, sPSA 104, and rPSA 105 jointly facilitates to provide the emergency information to the at least one PSC. In order to access the
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emergency information provided by the mPSA 102 to the at least one PSC, at first, a user may use the user device to access the emergency information transmitted by the mPSA 102 via the I/O interface 204. The user may register them using the I/O interface 204 to use the mPSA 102. In one aspect, the user may access the I/O interface 204 of the mPSA 102. In one embodiment, the emergency information may be provided by the mPSA 102 upon employing the data receiving module 212 and the Intelligent Public Safety Management (IPSM) module 214. The detail functioning of the modules is described below with the help of figures.
[0049] The data receiving module 212 receives data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a location. It may be understood that one or more sensors may be deployed across a predetermined range associated to the location of the catastrophic situation. Examples of the one or more sensors may include, but not limited to, smoke sensor, flood sensor, and other sensors capable of detecting any catastrophic situation. In one aspect, the data received from the one or more sensors is communicatively coupled with the mPSA 102. For example, consider that the one or more sensors are deployed across the predetermined range associated to the location ‘X’. Upon occurrence of the catastrophic situation such as fire at the location ‘X’, the smoke sensor detects a level of smoke. When the level of the smoke at the location ‘X’ goes beyond a predefined threshold level, the smoke sensor captures relevant data including the video of the location ‘X” and transmits the same to the mPSA 102 deployed around the location ‘X’.
[0050] Upon receiving the data, the IPSM 214 module analyzes the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data. In one aspect, the at least one PSDS may be determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation. It may be understood that the IPSM module 214 analyzes the data based on the IPSM algorithm. The IPSM algorithm is an intelligent algorithm runs on the mPSA 102. Based on the IPSM algorithm, the IPSM module 214 automatically determines one or more nearby sPSA 104, rPSA 105, or another mPSA 102 to facilitate the mPSA 102 in forwarding the emergency information to the at least one PSA. Once, the IPSM module 214 determines one of the aforementioned adjoining nearby devices, the IPSM module 214 selects at least one communication medium to transmit an alert message comprising the data. It may be understood that the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA 102, the sPSA 104, and the rPSA 105.
[0051] In one embodiment, the alert message may comprise location identification and an emergency category comprising a major public safety category and a minor public safety
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category. In another embodiment, the alert message may comprise two specific fields as follows: 1) Location Id and PSA mode, wherein the PSA mode indicates one of mPSA, sPSA, and rPSA. 2. Type (major or minor public safety category), 2.a. Sub type (emergency category). These two specific fields are embedded into the alert message and may be demodulate at receiving end by similar system.
[0052] Upon selecting the at least one communication medium, the IPSM module 214 transmits the alert message to the at least one PSDS. In one aspect, each PSDS may be configured to transmit the alert message to the at least one PSC in order to take precautionary measures at the location. In one aspect, the alert message comprises a Short Messaging Service (SMS) or a Large video type file exchange for certain type of public safety applications. In one embodiment, the alert message may be transmitted to the PSDS and thereby the PSC by enabling a Multi Transceiver Simultaneous Transmit (MTST) mechanism, when the emergency category is determined as the major public safety category. Once the IPSM module 214 determines the emergency category as the major public safety category, the MTST mechanism facilitates transmitting the alert message to the PSDS via all the communication mediums including the mPSA, the sPSA, and the mPSA. In one aspect, IPSM module 214 determines the emergency category based on sensor device priority and received input data analysis. For example, when the IPSM module 214 receives the data pertaining to traffic control data and earth quake, fire accident, the IPSM module 214 analyzes alert type i.e. traffic congestion problem and its type to determine the severity. Such as earthquake like major catastrophic, needs more help from all direction, but same time, small fire incident needs only local help. So, earth quake seen as primary or major whereas the small fire incident seen as minor or secondary.
[0053] Considering the example same as aforementioned, wherein the fire is occurred at location ‘X’, the IPSM module 214 receives the data either from the one or more sensors or sPSAs 104 or rPSAs 104. The IPSM module 214 determines the at least one PSDS nearest to the location ‘X’ for transmitting the data. Since the fire is determined as the major public safety category, the IPSM module 214 selects each available communication medium to transmit the alert message to the at least one PSDS. The at least one PSDS is then transmitted to the at least one PSC i.e. ‘Fire station’ in order to take precautionary measures at the location ‘X’ to overcome the fire situation. Thus, in this manner, the present invention facilitates to provide the emergency information to at least one PSC.
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[0054] In one aspect, the IPSM module 214 has location specific situation awareness algorithms containing certain set of rules to develop, interact in emergency situations. Based on the data received from the one or more sensors, situation awareness, emergency category, sPSA 104 or rPSA notification or information, the IPSM module 214 transmits the alert message to particular destination via high bandwidth multi-channel communication. In one aspect, the alert message may be transmitted to one or more PSCs in all the directions concurrently when the emergency category is determined as the major public safety category. During the determination of the major public safety category, the IPSM module 214 transmits the alert message by using one or more communication interfaces. The one or more communication interfaces may include, but not limited to, Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Wi-Fi, Satellite Communication on the Move (SOTM), Satellite direct Interface, Fiber optical communication and Ethernet wired communication.
[0055] In one embodiment, the present invention further comprises an initial responder device to get irregularities in the associated systems, environmental signals, human interfaces. It may be understood that the initial responder device is an intermediate device to transmit the alert message to the at least one PSC when any of the mPSA 102, sPSA 104, or rPSA 105 is failed to transmit due to technical failure. The initial responder device analyzes the alert message. Upon analyzing, if the initial responder device determines information, present in the alert message, is distinguished and comes under the major public safety category, then the initial responder device transmits the alert message to the at least one PSDS. The at least one PSDS, upon receipt of the alert message, initiates the alert information to the at least one PSC. The at least one PSC may look on the alert message and accordingly take corrective measures to overcome the catastrophic situation.
[0056] Referring now to Figure 3, a mPSA 102 for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) is disclosed. The mPSA 102 comprises a LTE control service 302, a Wi-Fi control service 304, a SATCOM control service 306, a Wired control service 308, one or more sensors 310, a Master Communication Control Intelligent Unit (MCCiU) 312, a Sensor Manage and Control Unit 314, and an Intelligent Health Monitor and Report System (iHMR) 316.
[0057] The LTE control service 302, the Wi-Fi control service 304, the SATCOM control service 306, and the Wired control service 308 are configured to manage various transceiver antennas deployed at each direction of the mPSA 102 as illustrated in the figure 3. It may be understood that the various transceiver antennas deployed at each direction facilitates
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to transmit the data simultaneously. The one or more sensors 310 communicatively coupled with the mPSA 102 facilitates to capture the data in the location where the mPSA 102 is deployed. The MCCiU 312 is master control unit that help to take decision to transmit the data to other devices including the sPSA 104 and the rPSA 105 based on the emergency category pertaining to the catastrophic situation. The iHMR 316 monitors the health of the mPSA 102 and accordingly informs the MCCiU 213 to activate another mPSA 102 when a technical fault is observed in the mPSA 102. In addition to the above, the mPSA 102 further comprises the IPSM module 214 for analyzing the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data. The IPSM module 214 further determines the at least one PSDS based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation. Upon determining the type of catastrophic situation, the IPSM module 214 selects at least one communication medium based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation to transmit the alert message in order to take precautionary measures at the location.
[0058] Referring now to Figure 4, a sPSA 104 facilitating to provide emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) is disclosed. The sPSA 104 comprises a LTE control service 402, a Wi-Fi control service 404, a SATCOM control service 406, a Wired control service 408, one or more sensors 410, an Intelligent Communication Manage Service 412, a Neighboring Node Finder 414, and a Public Safety Message (PSM) Broadcaster 416.
[0059] The LTE control service 402, the Wi-Fi control service 404, the SATCOM control service 406, and the Wired control service 408 are configured to manage various transceiver antennas deployed at one direction of the sPSA 104 as illustrated in the figure 4. It may be understood that the various transceiver antennas deployed at one direction facilitates to transmit the data towards that direction where the transceiver antennas deployed are deployed. The one or more sensors 310 communicatively coupled with the sPSA 104 facilitates to capture the data in the location where the sPSA 104 is deployed. The Intelligent Communication Manage Service 412 is a master control unit that transmits the data to other devices including other mPSA, sPSA 104 and the rPSA 105 present within the vicinity of the sPSA 102. It may be understood that the sPSA 104 transmits the data to the other devices upon finding the neighboring nodes. In one aspect, the neighboring nodes may be found by the Neighboring Node Finder 414. Once the neighboring nodes are found, the PSA broadcaster 416 broadcasts the data to the neighboring nodes.
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[0060] Referring now to Figure 5, a rPSA 105 facilitating to provide emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) is disclosed. The rPSA 105 comprises a Location update and surrounding node finder 502, a Public Safety Message (PSM) Broadcaster 504. The Location update and surrounding node finder 502 enables the rPSA 105 to find one or more other rPSAs within the vicinity of the rPSA 105. PSM) Once the one or more other rPSAs are found, the PSA broadcaster 504 broadcasts the data to the one or more other rPSAs.
[0061] Referring now to Figure 6, a method 600 for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) is shown, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter. The method 600 may be described in the general context of computer executable instructions. Generally, computer executable instructions can include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, procedures, modules, functions, etc., that perform particular functions or implement particular abstract data types. The method 600 may also be practiced in a distributed computing environment where functions are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, computer executable instructions may be located in both local and remote computer storage media, including memory storage devices.
[0062] The order in which the method 600 is described is not intended to be construed as a limitation, and any number of the described method blocks can be combined in any order to implement the method 600 or alternate methods. Additionally, individual blocks may be deleted from the method 600 without departing from the spirit and scope of the subject matter described herein. Furthermore, the method can be implemented in any suitable hardware, software, firmware, or combination thereof. However, for ease of explanation, in the embodiments described below, the method 600 may be considered to be implemented as described in the mPSA 102.
[0063] At block 602, data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a location may be received. In one aspect, the data may be received from one or more sensors, communicatively coupled with the mPSA 102, deployed across a predetermined range associated to the location of the catastrophic situation. In one implementation, the data may be received by the data receiving module 212.
[0064] At block 604, the data may be analyzed to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data. In one aspect, the at least one PSDS may be determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation. In one
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implementation, the data may be analyzed by the Intelligent Public Safety Management (IPSM) module 214.
[0065] At block 606, at least one communication medium may be selected to transmit an alert message comprising the data. In one aspect, the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA 102, a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA) 104, and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA) 105. In one aspect, the at least one communication medium may be selected based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation. In one implementation, the at least one communication medium may be selected by the IPSM module 214.
[0066] At block 608, the alert message may be transmitted to the at least one PSDS. In one aspect, each PSDS may be configured to transmit the alert message to a Public Safety Center (PSC) in order to take precautionary measures at the location. In one implementation, the alert message may be transmitted by the IPSM module 214.
[0067] Referring now to Figure 7, interaction amongst various hardware and software component present in the mPSA 102 is shown. In one embodiment, the mPSA comprises a Hardware interface module 702, an Optional User interface 704, a Data receiver interface 706, a Device and Data failure manage system 708, a Fast response agent 710, an Intelligent agent based software IPSM controller (IASIC) 712, a database 714, Main Public safety data management agent 716, a Sensor Interface manage agent 718, Data backup and access manager 720, and a Time sync and manage agent 722.
[0068] The hardware interface module 702 facilitates to provide an interface to each hardware for interacting with other hardware present in the mPSA 102. In addition to the hardware interface module 702, the mPSA 102 further comprises an optional user interface 704. The Data receiver interface 706 is configured to receive the data from various sensors deployed within the vicinity of the mPSA 102. The Device and Data failure manage system 708 is configured to manage various hardware in case of failure of any devices associated to the mPSA 102. The Fast response agent 710 is configured to quickly respond in case any catastrophic situation arises. The IASIC 712 is configured to control the functioning of the mPSA 102. The database 712 is configured to store alert messages, audio messages, and video messages. The Main Public safety data management agent 716 is configured to trigger the alert message to respective public safety centers (PSCs) for taking precautionary measures at the location where the catastrophic situation occurs. The Sensor Interface manage agent 718 is
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configured to manage various sensors communicatively coupled with the mPSA 102. The Data backup and access manager 720 is configured to create data backup of all the data being received from the one or more sensors. The Time sync and manage agent 722 is configured to create a log file consisting a time stamp of each event being observed at a specific location. Exemplary embodiments discussed above may provide certain advantages. Though not required to practice aspects of the disclosure, these advantages may include those provided by the following features.
[0069] Some embodiments enable a centralized as well as distributed intelligent based public safety system and apparatus.
[0070] Some embodiments enable a multiple communication path system and management with intelligent path selection module based on public safety situation and priority.
[0071] Some embodiments enable a system and method to simultaneously transmission mechanism for transmitting critical data to widely scattered different public safety network points.
[0072] Some embodiments enable a dedicated multiple multi directional transceiver apparatus to send and receive data in all four direction associated nodes simultaneously along with intelligent management system.
[0073] Although implementations for methods and systems for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC) have been described in language specific to structural features and/or methods, it is to be understood that the appended claims are not necessarily limited to the specific features or methods described. Rather, the specific features and methods are disclosed as examples of implementations for providing the emergency information to the at least one PSC.

WE CLAIM:
1. A method for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC), the method comprising:
receiving, by a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA) (102), data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a location, wherein the data is received from one or more sensors, communicatively coupled with the mPSA (102), deployed across a predetermined range associated to the location of the catastrophic situation;
analyzing, by the mPSA (102), the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data, wherein the at least one PSDS is determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation;
selecting, by the mPSA (102), at least one communication medium to transmit an alert message comprising the data, wherein the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA (102), a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA) (104), and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA) (105), and wherein the at least one communication medium is selected based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation; and
transmitting, by the mPSA (102), the alert message to the at least one PSDS, wherein each PSDS is configured to transmit the alert message to a Public Safety Center (PSC) in order to take precautionary measures at the location.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert message is transmitted to the PSDS by using one or more communication interfaces simultaneously, and wherein the one or more communication interfaces comprises Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Wi-Fi, Satellite Communication on the Move (SOTM), Satellite direct Interface, Fiber optical communication and Ethernet wired communication.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mPSA (102) is configured with at least four transceiver antennas deployed at each direction for transmitting the alert message in each of four directions.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert message comprises location identification and an emergency category comprising a major public safety category and a minor public safety category.
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5. The method of claim 4, wherein the alert message is transmitted to the PSDS and thereby the PSC by enabling a Multi Transceiver Simultaneous Transmit (MTST) mechanism, when the emergency category is determined as the major public safety category.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the MTST mechanism facilitates transmitting the alert message to the PSDS via all the communication mediums including the mPSA (102), the sPSA (104), and the rPSA (105).
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the type of the catastrophic situation indicates at least one of fire, gas leakage, terrorist attack, and tsunami.
8. A Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA) (102) for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC), the mPSA (102) comprising:
a processor (202); and
a memory (206) coupled to the processor (202), wherein the processor (202) is capable of executing a plurality of modules stored in the memory (206), and wherein the plurality of modules comprising:
a data receiving module (212) for receiving data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a location, wherein the data is received from one or more sensors, communicatively coupled with a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA) (102), deployed across a predetermined range associated to the location of the catastrophic situation; and
an Intelligent Public Safety Management (IPSM) module (214) for
analyzing the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data, wherein the at least one PSDS is determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation;
selecting at least one communication medium to transmit an alert message comprising the data, wherein the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA (102), a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA) (104), and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA) (105), and wherein the at least one communication medium is selected based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation; and
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transmitting the alert message to the at least one PSDS, wherein each PSDS is configured to transmit the alert message to a Public Safety Center (PSC) in order to take precautionary measures at the location.
9. The mPSA (102) of claim 8, wherein the alert message is transmitted to the PSDS by using one or more communication interfaces, and wherein the one or more communication interfaces comprises Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Wi-Fi, Satellite Communication on the Move (SOTM), Satellite direct Interface, Fiber optical communication and Ethernet wired communication.
10. The mPSA (102) of claim 8 is configured with at least four transceiver antennas deployed at each direction for transmitting the alert message in each of four directions.
11. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device for providing emergency information to at least one Public Safety Center (PSC), the program comprising a program code:
a program code for receiving data pertaining to a catastrophic situation occurred at a location, wherein the data is received from one or more sensors, communicatively coupled with a Master Public Safety Apparatus (mPSA) (102), deployed across a predetermined range associated to the location of the catastrophic situation;
a program code for analyzing the data to determine at least one Public Safety Distributed Server (PSDS) for transmitting the data, wherein the at least one PSDS is determined based on the location and a type of the catastrophic situation;
a program code for selecting at least one communication medium to transmit an alert message comprising the data, wherein the at least one communication medium is a combination of the mPSA (102), a Slave Public Safety Apparatus (sPSA) (104), and a Remote Public Safety Apparatus (rPSA) (105), and wherein the at least one communication medium is selected based on an emergency category associated to the catastrophic situation; and
a program code for transmitting the alert message to the at least one PSDS, wherein each PSDS is configured to transmit the alert message to a Public Safety Center (PSC) in order to take precautionary measures at the location.