Collaborative incident media recording system

Abstract

Methods for responding to a potential incident are provided in which data about the potential incident is received from a first remote sensing unit. Additional remote sensing units are identified that may have additional data about the potential incident, and additional data about the potential incident is received from at least some of these additional remote sensing units. The totality of the received data is then analyzed, and at least one remote entity is automatically notified regarding the occurrence of the potential incident.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A computer-implemented method performed by a computer system having at least one hardware processor, the computer-implemented method comprising:
 in response to a determination to initiate a response to an incident that has occurred:
 identifying a specific type of the incident from amongst a plurality of different types of incidents; 
 selecting a remote entity to contact from a plurality of remote entities based on the identified specific type of the incident, the plurality of remote entities comprising at least one of a police department, a fire department, a department of transportation, an emergency response unit, a medical services unit, an insurance carrier, a hospital, a media outlet, an emergency contact, and a towing service; and 
 transmitting a message to the selected remote entity. 
   
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , further comprising, in response to the determination that the incident has occurred:
 determining a specific time at which the incident occurred;   identifying a subset of the sensed data that was collected based on the subset of the sensed data being collected during a time range beginning at a first time prior to the specific time at which the incident occurred and ending at a second time after the specific time at which the incident occurred; and   designate that the subset of the sensed data not be overwritten.   
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , further comprising, in response to the determination that the incident has occurred:
 determining a specific time at which the incident occurred;   identifying a subset of the sensed data that was collected by a sensing unit based on the subset of the sensed data being collected by the sensing unit during a time range beginning at a first time prior to the specific time at which the incident occurred and ending at a second time after the specific time at which the incident occurred; and   requesting that the sensing unit store the subset of data it has collected.   
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 collecting sensed data;   temporarily storing the sensed data;   analyzing the sensed data; and   determining that an incident has occurred based on the analyzing of the sensed data.   
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 determining to initiate a response to the incident based on one or more of the sensed data that was collected and the sensed data that was aggregated.   
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , wherein the specific type of the incident comprises an automobile accident. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , wherein the message transmitted to the selected remote entity comprises a time and a location of the incident that has occurred. 
     
     
         9 . A system comprising:
 at least one hardware processor; and   a non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 in response to a determination to initiate a response to an incident that has occurred:
 identifying a specific type of the incident from amongst a plurality of different types of incidents; 
 selecting a remote entity to contact from a plurality of remote entities based on the identified specific type of the incident, the plurality of remote entities comprising at least one of a police department, a fire department, a department of transportation, an emergency response unit, a medical services unit, an insurance carrier, a hospital, a media outlet, an emergency contact, and a towing service; and 
 transmitting a message to the selected remote entity 
 
   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to the determination that the incident has occurred:
 determining a specific time at which the incident occurred;   identifying a subset of the sensed data that was collected based on the subset of the sensed data being collected during a time range beginning at a first time prior to the specific time at which the incident occurred and ending at a second time after the specific time at which the incident occurred; and   designate that the subset of the sensed data not be overwritten.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to the determination that the incident has occurred:
 determining a specific time at which the incident occurred;   identifying a subset of the sensed data that was collected by a sensing unit based on the subset of the sensed data being collected by the sensing unit during a time range beginning at a first time prior to the specific time at which the incident occurred and ending at a second time after the specific time at which the incident occurred; and   requesting that the sensing unit store the subset of data it has collected.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 collecting sensed data;   temporarily storing the sensed data;   analyzing the sensed data; and   determining that an incident has occurred based on the analyzing of the sensed data.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining to initiate a response to the incident based on one or more of the sensed data that was collected and the sensed data that was aggregated.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9 . wherein the specific type of the incident comprises an automobile accident. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the message transmitted to the selected remote entity comprises a time and a location of the incident that has occurred. 
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 in response to a determination to initiate a response to an incident that has occurred:
 identifying a specific type of the incident from amongst a plurality of different types of incidents; 
 selecting a remote entity to contact from a plurality of remote entities based on the identified specific type of the incident, the plurality of remote entities comprising at least one of a police department, a fire department, a department of transportation, an emergency response unit, a medical services unit, an insurance carrier, a hospital, a media outlet, an emergency contact, and a towing service; and 
 transmitting a message to the selected remote entity, 
   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to the determination that the incident has occurred:
 determining a specific time at which the incident occurred;   identifying a subset of the sensed data that was collected based on the subset of the sensed data being collected during a time range beginning at a first time prior to the specific time at which the incident occurred and ending at a second time after the specific time at which the incident occurred; and   designate that the subset of the sensed data not be overwritten.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 collecting sensed data;   temporarily storing the sensed data;   analyzing the sensed data; and   determining that an incident has occurred based on the analyzing of the sensed data.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining to initiate a response to the incident based on one or more of the sensed data that was collected and the sensed data that was aggregated.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the specific type of the incident comprises an automobile accident. 
     
     
         21 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the message transmitted to the selected remote entity comprises a time and a location of the incident that has occurred.