Incident Identification System Using Video Conference Aggregation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security systems face challenges in providing remote and dispersed access to first responders during incidents in facilities, leading to communication and situational awareness issues, which can hinder response efforts due to inadequate access and limited distribution capabilities.
Innovation Solution
An incident identification system utilizing client devices within facilities to aggregate multimedia streams and enable remote access for officials and first responders, allowing them to join incident sessions and communicate with individuals inside the facility, with dynamic prominence functionality to prioritize relevant streams and identification of persons of interest.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional security systems are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but remote access capability and distribution capability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling standard client devices (laptops, smartphones, tablets) to serve dual purposes: their original functions plus incident response participation. These devices can join incident sessions, transmit multimedia streams, and provide situational awareness without requiring dedicated security hardware, thus improving remote access capability while avoiding excessive system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The video conference provider server acts as an intermediary that mediates between client devices and first responders. It manages incident sessions, aggregates multimedia streams from multiple clients, and distributes them to authorized responders, enabling remote access capability while keeping the system architecture manageable and not overly complex
2Loss of information
If multiple client devices are integrated into the incident identification system, then visibility and connectivity for first responders are enhanced, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple multimedia streams from different client devices into a unified incident session on the video conference provider server. This consolidation allows first responders to access aggregated information from all participants simultaneously, enhancing situational awareness while the server handles the complexity of managing multiple streams centrally rather than requiring complex local processing at each device
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to incident response by utilizing the communication and collaboration capabilities of video conference platforms. Instead of traditional one-to-one security system connections, it creates a many-to-many communication dimension where multiple clients can participate in incident sessions, sharing multimedia content and providing comprehensive situational awareness through the platform's inherent collaboration features
3Productivity
If dynamic prominence functionality is implemented to prioritize relevant streams, then response effectiveness is improved, but processing complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic prominence functionality implements feedback by continuously monitoring incident session data, analyzing which multimedia streams and client contributions are most relevant to the incident, and automatically adjusting the prominence or prioritization of these streams for first responders. This feedback loop improves response effectiveness by ensuring responders focus on critical information while the automated analysis distributes processing complexity across the system rather than requiring complex local decision-making
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AI summary
Systems and methods for providing an incident identification system is provided herein. In an aspect, a method may include determining, by a video conference provider, client devices associated with an incident identification system and joining, by the video conference provider, one or more of the client devices to an identification session. The method may also include receiving, by the video conference provider, at least one multimedia stream from each of the one or more client devices and monitoring, by the video conference provider, the received multimedia streams for one or more incident factors. The method may also include identifying, by the video conference provider, an incident factor in at least one received multimedia stream and generating, by the video conference provider, an incident alert for an incident event based on identifying the incident factor.