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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Shout to Me, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);
Jonathan Berke, San Diego, CA (US);
Tracy Rojas, San Diego, CA (US);
William Greco, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
John Coulter, Northfield, IL (US);
Shout to Me, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An information gathering system has a server connected to a network, the server having a processor and a coupled data repository, with software executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium providing system intelligence, and a plurality of computerized communication devices coupled to the network, each having a microphone, a speaker, a GPS capability reporting geographic location, and a display screen, each computerized communication device executing coded instructions providing local intelligence at least presenting interactive interfaces to users of the devices, the users enabled to record an audio or audio-video input to the server. The server receives a report of an event occurring at or near a specific geographic location, determines computerized communication devices reporting geographic location within a predetermined distance from the specific geographic location, and messages users of the second computerized communication devices, eliciting input regarding the event.