Populating property values of event objects of an object-centric data model using image metadata

Abstract

A mobile data analysis system is provided that enables mobile device location tracking, secure messaging, and real-time sharing of intelligence information, among other features. In one embodiment, a method and apparatus is provided for creating data objects from one or more digital images captured by a mobile device. A computing device receives a first digital image file comprising first image metadata, wherein the first image metadata includes one or more image properties each having an image property value. The computing device transforms one or more of the image property values of the one or more image properties into one or more particular values. The computing device populates one or more data object property values of a data object with the one or more particular values. The computing device stores the data object in a data repository.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 maintaining, in a data repository of a computing device, an object-centric data model comprising a plurality of data objects;   receiving, over a network at the computing device, a first digital image comprising first image metadata, wherein the first image metadata includes one or more image properties each having an image property value;   using digitally programmed logic of the computing device, transforming one or more of the image property values of the one or more image properties into one or more particular values;   using digitally programmed logic of the computing device, populating one or more data object property fields of a first data object of the plurality of data objects of the object-centric data model with the one or more particular values;   storing the first data object with the one or more particular values in the data repository of the computing device.