WO2008042797A2 - Procédé de fourniture d'un opérateur de sécurité civile privée à la demande - Google Patents

Procédé de fourniture d'un opérateur de sécurité civile privée à la demande Download PDF

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WO2008042797A2
WO2008042797A2 PCT/US2007/079956 US2007079956W WO2008042797A2 WO 2008042797 A2 WO2008042797 A2 WO 2008042797A2 US 2007079956 W US2007079956 W US 2007079956W WO 2008042797 A2 WO2008042797 A2 WO 2008042797A2
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  • This invention relates generally to providing survival-related services.
  • transportation infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, and so forth that facilitate the inexpensive and rapid movement of sometimes perishable goods from source to consumer;
  • communications infrastructure such as telephones, television, radio, and the
  • Such persons are also largely without many options when faced with civilly- catastrophic conditions that create a concurrent need for shelter, evacuation, and/or rescue.
  • the only available shelter comprises a public facility such as a school, auditorium, or sports venue on the one hand or ad hoc accommodations obtained at a hotel or via a charity or one's own social network.
  • a public facility such as a school, auditorium, or sports venue on the one hand or ad hoc accommodations obtained at a hotel or via a charity or one's own social network.
  • such options may be adequate.
  • such options quickly prove inadequate or even dangerous in and of themselves.
  • FIG. IA comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with the various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. IB comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 comprises a schematic block diagram view as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 7 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 8 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 9 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 10 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 11 comprises a top plan block diagram view as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 12 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • a plurality of private civil security resources are provided.
  • These private civil security resources comprise, at least in part, civil security provisions, civil security facilities, and civil security services.
  • consideration-based private civil security subscriptions are accepted from subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to at least one life-sustaining or civil security resource. That resource is then maintained pending a need to permit subscription- based access to the resource in the event of a catastrophic event.
  • Authorized beneficiaries are then provided with consideration-based access to this plurality of private civil security resources.
  • the private civil security provisions can comprise various life-sustaining resources as pertain to various categories of life's necessities, including, for example, breathable air, water, food, and protective clothing.
  • the nature of the subscribed-to resource can vary with the needs or requirements of a given application setting but may comprise one or more of a consumable necessity of human life, a non-consumable necessity of human life, shelter, transportation to effect the above-mentioned access, and/or rescue, to note but a few useful examples.
  • Deployable shelters can also be included if desired.
  • non-civil security resources such as, but not limited to, luxury items
  • the civil security facilities can comprise various facilities as have application with respect to protecting such authorized beneficiaries from the effects (including the aftermath, if any) of a civilly-catastrophic event and other dangerous or unpleasant environmental or external influences and forces.
  • the facilities can include, for example, such things as civil security shelters (including both short term and longer term facilities), transportation rally points, trans-shipment facilities and/or distribution facilities for civil security provisions, medical services facilities, training facilities, and so forth.
  • the civil security services can similarly comprise any of a wide variety of services as have application with respect to protecting such authorized beneficiaries.
  • Exemplary services include, but are not limited to, civil security information services (including information that is both generally and specifically appropriate for individual ones of the authorized beneficiaries), transportations services, rescue services, and so forth.
  • real-time access to an on-call private civil security operator is provided to an authorized beneficiary.
  • the provision of an on-call private civil security operator may be facilitated by an entity that also provides civilly-catastrophic event- based access to at least one private civil security resource.
  • the on-call private civil security operator can provide a variety of services to assist authorized beneficiaries upon the occurrence or threat of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • the on-call private civil security operator may serve as a source of survival-related information and instructions.
  • the on-call private civil security operator may provide numerous other survival-related services such as facilitating communication between the authorized beneficiary and at least one other person, prompting particular survival steps by the authorized beneficiary, and dispatching civil security services and/or civil security provisions to the authorized beneficiary.
  • a subscriber may have a dedicated button in their vehicle that, when pushed, automatically connects them to the operator.
  • the operator may initiate communication with the subscriber, such as, for example, upon the detection of an emergency or other situation of which the subscriber should be aware.
  • the system can automatically identify the subscriber for the operator and/or also tell the operator where the subscriber is located (such as, for example, by a global positioning system located in the vehicle).
  • the operator can then provide the subscriber with information or guidance, such as, for example, evacuation routes, information on threat or event assessment and identification, or real time instructions.
  • the operator could see from the subscriber's profile if the subscriber has a survival kit in the vehicle and, if so, what provisions are provided in the kit. The operator could then instruct the subscriber as to which survival supplies should be used and at what time the supplies should be used to deal with a given situation.
  • the dedicated button could be located in a vehicle.
  • the button or on-call service could be provided on a rescue beacon, a cell phone, a proprietary device (such as a carriable personal digital assistant that is pre-programmed with personal civil security information), and so forth.
  • private will be understood to refer to the opposite of public ownership or control (as exemplified by governmental or ecclesiastical ownership or control) but can include such things as ownership or control via publicly traded ownership (via, for example, publicly traded stock or the like), ownership or control via a not-for-profit entity, or the like.
  • these teachings permit an economically feasible, highly customizable, and effective method of providing survival-related resources including provisions, facilities, and services such as providing to an authorized beneficiary real-time access to an on- call private civil security operator.
  • the on-call private civil service operator provides an efficient and reliable way for an authorized beneficiary to receive survival-related information and instructions, civil security services and provisions, and other survival-related services upon the occurrence or threat of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • a corresponding process 100 provides a plurality of private civil security resources.
  • the plurality of private civil security resources can vary to some degree with respect to category and kind of resource.
  • such resources will comprise, at least in part, civil security provisions, civil security facilities, and civil security services.
  • both the civil security provisions and civil security facilities are physical components rather than virtual components or products of the intellect.
  • the civil security provisions will typically comprise physical support and/or protection of one kind of another.
  • the civil security facilities will also typically comprise physical assets such as, but not limited to, physical shelters that provide real, substantive physical protection from physical threats to human life. Additional details in this regard are provided below. Also as described in more detail below, however, the civil security services can comprise either physical real world services or virtual- content services.
  • a process 110 includes providing 111 an on-call private civil security operator.
  • the on- call private civil private civil security operator may be provided directly by the entity that also provides civilly-catastrophic event-based access to at least one civil security resource.
  • the on-call private civil security operator may be provided indirectly by the entity that also provides civilly-catastrophic event-based access to at least one civil security resource, such as through an arrangement with an entity that provides concierge and/or emergency service operators.
  • This process 110 further comprises accepting 112 consideration- based private civil security subscriptions from subscribers with respect to providing to an authorized beneficiary real-time access to the on-call private civil security operator.
  • the civil security provisions can comprise, for example, a plurality of life- sustaining resources as pertain to a plurality of differing categories of life's necessities.
  • examples in this regard include, but are not limited to, such elemental staples as water 201 (which can comprise water in a pure or impure state and/or other water-based palatable fluids), food 202 (which can comprise a wide variety of raw to highly processed food, nutritional supplements, and so forth, and protective clothing 203 (where "protective” will be understood to refer to protection against one or more potentially hazardous environmental influences such as temperature extremes, precipitation, high velocity winds, and the like but not to matters of fashion, social comment, or the like).
  • These civil security provisions 200 can further optionally include such components as breathable air 204 (which may comprise, for example, a fresh air supply, an oxygen supply (including but not limited to oxygen generators such as, but not limited to, chemical oxygen generators that often produce oxygen as part of a corresponding exothermic reaction) that can serve as a source of oxygen to mix with other atmospheric components, and/or personal or area air filters that serve to remove harmful airborne contaminants from the air prior to being inhaled by an authorized beneficiary), deployable shelters 205 (where "deployable” will be understood as referring to portable shelters such as tents, canopies, inflatable structures, and the like), and other items 206 as may be appropriate to meet the needs of a given application setting.
  • breathable air 204 which may comprise, for example, a fresh air supply, an oxygen supply (including but not limited to oxygen generators such as, but not limited to, chemical oxygen generators that often produce oxygen as part of a corresponding exothermic reaction) that can serve as a source of oxygen to mix with other atmospheric components,
  • the civil security provisions may be provided to the authorized beneficiary in a variety of forms, such as in a bundle, in a container, or as unbundled supplies. Further, such bundling of supplies may comprise physically bundling, aggregating, or otherwise restraining the civil security provisions. These civil security provisions can be so provided in an aggregated form, such might be the case, for example, when accumulating such material at a warehouse or the like. These teachings will also accommodate, however, forming such civil security provisions into corresponding units of civil security provisions.
  • one such unit of civil security provisions as intended, for example, for a single authorized beneficiary might comprise, at least in part, consumable fluids, foods, medical supplies, personal hygiene supplies, and environmental threat abatement supplies (such as, for example, breathing masks, hazardous materials handling garb, and the like).
  • the civil security provisions are loosely stowed in the authorized beneficiary's vehicle, such as under the seats, in the trunk, in the glove compartment, in an externally mounted container, or the like.
  • the civil security provisions or survival-related supplies are retained within a secure container.
  • the secure container may be fixedly attached to the authorized beneficiary's vehicle in a variety of locations, such as in the vehicle, on the vehicle, or under the vehicle.
  • the secure container is configured and arranged such that access to the secure container is selectively controlled.
  • the secure container further comprises a lock.
  • the lock may be responsive to at least one of a physical key, a wireless key, entry of a particular code, presentation of a predetermined biometric offering, a particular verbalized expression, a particular voice, or the like.
  • unlocking this container may require, alone or in addition to any actions that might be required for the authorized beneficiary, that the on-call private civil security operator transmit an unlocking or otherwise enabling signal to the locking mechanism.
  • automatic unlocking of such a container may be based upon the on-board sensors and detectors as are described above.
  • the secure container is positioned with respect to the authorized beneficiary's vehicle in such a way as to effectively conceal the secure container from viewing by an external viewer.
  • the secure container may be concealed from viewing through a variety of mechanisms known in the art, such as by camouflaging using color, optical camouflaging, or the like, hi another form, a seat, arm rest, dash, wall, ceiling, floor, steering wheel, or other part of the vehicle can be configured and arranged to form a container that disguises the location and identity of the survival-related supplies.
  • Such a unit of civil security provisions might comprise, for example, a short term unit that comprises a quantity and variety of civil security supplies that are adequate to sustain life for that one authorized beneficiary for, say, at least about thirty days but no more than, say, about one year.
  • adequacy of any food contents can be determined as a function of a particular target caloric intake per person on a per day basis.
  • the adequacy of any consumable fluid contents could be determined as a function of a particular target quantity intake per person on a per day basis.
  • these teachings provide generally for accepting 301 consideration-based private civil security subscriptions from subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to at least one life- sustaining resource or civil security resource (or, if desired, to a plurality of different kinds and/or categories of life-sustaining resources) such as, but not limited to, resources pertaining to hydration, nourishment, shelter, environmentally borne threat abatement (such as protection from chemical, biological, and/or radioactive threats and the like), transportation, and/or rescue services.
  • This life-sustaining resource can comprise, for example, a consumable necessity of human life (i.e., a necessity such as nourishment that tends to be reduced in supply as it is consumed) and/or a non-consumable necessity of human life (i.e., a necessity such as shelter that is not necessarily reduced in supply as it is applied or used).
  • a consumable necessity of human life i.e., a necessity such as nourishment that tends to be reduced in supply as it is consumed
  • a non-consumable necessity of human life i.e., a necessity such as shelter that is not necessarily reduced in supply as it is applied or used.
  • This right of access can pertain, if desired, to a predetermined quantity of the life- sustaining resource.
  • a given subscription can relate to providing access to a one year's supply of the at least one life-sustaining resource for a given individual, number of individuals, or the like.
  • these subscriptions may be accepted by, for example, a for- profit business.
  • a not-for-profit business such as a membership-based entity
  • subscriptions may be accepted by, for example, a for- profit business.
  • a not-for-profit business such as a membership-based entity
  • the term “subscription” shall be understood to refer to and encompass a variety of legal mechanisms.
  • subscription mechanisms such as: time-limited rights of access (as where a subscription provides access rights for a specific period of time, such as one year, in exchange for a corresponding series of payments); event-limited rights of access (as where a subscription provides access rights during the life of a given subscriber based upon an up-front payment in full and where those access rights terminate upon the death of the subscriber or where, for example, a company purchases a subscription for a key employee and those corresponding rights of access terminate when and if that key employee leaves the employment of that company); inheritable rights of access (as may occur when the subscription, by its own terms and conditions, provides a right of access that extends past the death of a named subscription beneficiary and further allows for testate and/or intestate transfer to an heir); rights of access predicated upon a series of periodic payments (as where a subscription provides access rights during, for example, predetermined periods of time on a periodic basis as where a subscriber offers month-by-month payments
  • group-based rights of access may occur when the subscription includes terms and conditions requiring that the subscriber and/or authorized beneficiary be a member of a group defined by some shared affinity or criteria of interest such as residency in a particular municipality, a subscription to a particular magazine, or a particular demographic of choice, to note but a few examples in this regard).
  • a plurality of differentiated subscription opportunities can be offered in this regard.
  • This plurality of differentiated subscription opportunities can correspond, for example, to providing access to differing selections and/or quantities of the civil security 56
  • Such subscription opportunities can differ from one another at least with respect to cost.
  • This provides subscriber choice with respect to selecting a particular subscription that best meets their specific needs and/or budget limitations. For example, one subscription can provide for accessing life-sustaining resources that, though nutritionally viable, are economically selected while another subscription might provide for life-sustaining resources that are more costly and in turn reflect, for example, a wider variety of choices within a given category of resource.
  • the differing parameters may include the variety and type of instructions to be provided by the on-call private civil security operator and means of communication used for accessing the on-call private civil security operator (such as a wireless communication device, telephone, email, cellular telephone, internet, text-message, dedicated user interface disposed within a vehicle used by the authorized beneficiary, and the like to note but a few). Other examples no double exist.
  • these teachings readily encompass the notion of a given subscriber providing such a subscription for an authorized beneficiary other than themselves, such as a company subscribing on behalf of named employees.
  • a union could subscribe to civil security benefits on behalf of its members, such that the union as a group is covered. All of the members could be covered by the same services or benefits, or members could be provided with different benefits. Alternatively, the union could offer its members the same base package of benefits, with the option to upgrade or purchase additional benefits.
  • access can be provided at the whim and convenience of the authorized beneficiaries. If desired, however, such access can be further conditioned in appropriate ways.
  • Such access may be predicated, if desired, upon a requirement that the civilly- catastrophic event be one that persists in substantial form for more than a predetermined period of time (such as one hour, one day, one week, and so forth) or that causes at least a predetermined amount or degree of infrastructure impairment or other measurable impact of choice (such as a particular level or degree of harm, interference, or negative impact upon a given minimum number of people).
  • a predetermined period of time such as one hour, one day, one week, and so forth
  • measurable impact of choice such as a particular level or degree of harm, interference, or negative impact upon a given minimum number of people.
  • such access may be predicated, if desired, upon a requirement of a particular level of objectivity or subjectively ascertained likelihood that a particular category or kind of civilly-catastrophic event will occur within a particular period of time.
  • civilly-catastrophic event will be understood to refer to an event that substantially and materially disrupts a society's local, regional, and/or national infrastructure and ability to provide in ordinary course for the at least one life-sustaining resource.
  • a civilly-catastrophic event can include both a precipitating event (which may occur over a relatively compressed period of time or which may draw out over an extended period of time) as well as the resultant aftermath of consequences wherein the precipitating event and/or the resultant aftermath include both the cause of the infrastructure interruption as well as the continuation (or worsening) of that interruption.
  • a civilly-catastrophic event can be occasioned by any of a wide variety of natural and/or non-naturally-caused disasters.
  • natural disasters that are potentially capable of initiating a civilly-catastrophic event include, but are not limited to, extreme weather-related events (such as hurricanes, tsunamis, extreme droughts, widespread or unfortunately-targeted tornadoes, extreme hail or rain, and the like, flooding, and so forth), extreme geological events (such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and so forth), extreme space-based events (such as collisions with comets, large asteroids, and so forth, extreme solar flares, and the like), extreme environmental events (such as widespread uncontrolled fire or the like), and global or regional pandemics, to note but a few.
  • extreme weather-related events such as hurricanes, tsunamis, extreme droughts, widespread or unfortunately-targeted tornadoes, extreme hail or rain, and the like, flooding, and so forth
  • extreme geological events such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and so forth
  • non-naturally-caused disasters capable of initiating a civilly- catastrophic event include both unintended events as well as intentional acts of aggression such as war, terrorism, madness or the like.
  • Examples of non-naturally-caused disasters capable of such potential scale include, but are not limited to, nuclear-related events (including uncontrolled fission or fusion releases, radiation exposure, and so forth), acts of war, the release of deadly or otherwise disruptive biological or chemical agents or creations, exposure to harmful mutagenic influence, and so forth.
  • conditional access can be absolute (as when a given individual may be granted or denied any access to any of the civil security resources) or may be relative (as when a given individual is granted or denied access to certain of the civil security resources while being allowed access to certain other of the civil security resources).
  • a given individual may habitually and consistently exhibit highly anti-social behaviors; in such a case, the provider of such civil security resources may be willing to provide such a person with civil security provisions but may be reluctant to permit this person to have access to a long term shelter where a certain amount of social buoyancy and ability to compromise with others may be important to the long term ability of that facility to successfully protect its inhabitants.
  • a very wide variety of criteria can be potentially considered for such purposes.
  • a few illustrative examples would include, but are not limited to, an authorized beneficiary's qualifications (based upon their experiences, aptitude testing, physical condition and capabilities, or the like), measured intelligence (based upon, for example, a traditional intelligence quotient (IQ test or the like), psychological test results, behavioral rest results, behavioral test results, race, nationality citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender, age, health, political beliefs and/or agenda, educational background, professional title, financial backing, athletic ability, mechanical ability, skills, and/or relationship to a third party entity with whom reciprocal relations regarding the provisions/facilities/services mutually agree to extend civilly-catastrophic event-based reciprocal access to one another's authorized beneficiaries).
  • IQ test traditional intelligence quotient
  • a given subscription may also provide for similar access to at least one non-civil security resource or non-necessity 302 (that is, an item or service that is not, strictly speaking, necessary to sustain human life on an elemental basis).
  • this process 300 will then also maintain 303 the additional resource and permit access 305 to these non-civil security resources as well.
  • An illustrative listing of representative non-necessities or non-civil security resources comprises, but is certainly not limited to: a luxury consumable (such as, for example, alcoholic beverages, foods that provide an experience beyond simple survival, and so forth); a luxury non-consumable; clothing; a food preparation tool; a personal communication device; a personal hygiene item; non-human nourishment (such as dog food, cat food, and so forth); barter medium (such as bulk or coined precious metals including but not limited to gold, silver, and so forth); an electrical energy source (including but not limited to alternating current power sources, direct current power sources, fuel-consumptive power sources, renewable fuel source power sources, and so forth); an entertainment apparatus (such as game stations, musical instruments, reading material, and so forth); an educational tool (including but not limited to instructional texts, reference works, laboratory and demonstrative equipment, and so forth); physical conditioning, exercise, and maintenance training and equipment; repair and maintenance tools and services; crafts supplies and training; and/or sports equipment and facilities; to note but
  • This process 300 then provides for maintaining 303 the resource(s) pending a need to permit subscription-based access to the resource(s) in response to the occurrence of a catastrophic event.
  • This can comprise maintaining the resource on behalf of the subscriber and/or on behalf of another authorized beneficiary. The specifics of such maintenance will of course vary with respect to the nature of the resource or resources being maintained.
  • maintaining 303 the resource can comprise acquiring 401 the at least one predetermined consumable necessity of human life to thereby provide acquired necessities and then storing 402 those acquired necessities to thereby provide stored necessities that are held on behalf of the corresponding authorized beneficiaries pending a need to access those stored necessities in the event of a triggering civilly-catastrophic event.
  • acquisition and storing steps can further comprise, if desired, acquiring and storing non-consumable necessities of human life and/or consumable or non-consumable non-necessities of human life.
  • Acquisition 401 of such items can be achieved through any of a variety of means.
  • the items may be procured on the open market.
  • the items may be purchased or otherwise acquired from third parties via private negotiations.
  • the entity that provides and accepts these subscriptions may itself create (through manufacturing, farming, or the like) the items of interest.
  • the acquired item may comprise a staple of ordinary commerce.
  • the acquired item may be unique and/or proprietary to the acquiring/storing entity.
  • the civil security facilities will typically comprise physical assets that tend, categorically, to comprise part of a private civil security infrastructure.
  • Such civil security facilities will typically comprise physical assets that tend, categorically, to comprise part of a private civil security infrastructure.
  • Such civil security facilities can, therefore comprise, for example:
  • one or more civil security shelters one or more civil security shelters; one or more rally points (at which authorized beneficiaries can gather in response to a civilly-catastrophic event in order to receive certain civil security services such as transportation to another civil security facility such as a shelter or at least to a location that is away from a location that presently (or imminently) lacks civil security (due, for example, to a civilly-catastrophic event, its aftermath, or both));
  • a location where at least some of the authorized beneficiary's civil security provisions are available such as a metropolitan, local, regional, and/or national distribution facility
  • trans-shipment facility for at least some of the civil security provisions (where, for example, dis-aggregate provisions are brought and then parsed and aggregated into corresponding units of provisions destined for particular recipient authorized beneficiaries);
  • this process 100 can provide for both temporary civil security shelters and longer term civil security shelters.
  • a temporary civil security shelter will be understood to comprise a shelter that is configured and arranged to adequately shelter and sustain human life for a relatively short period of time.
  • such a temporary shelter might prove sufficient in this regard for, say, no more than about ten inhabitants for no more than about one week, ten days, 15 days, and the like.
  • a temporary shelter such as this is designed and intended to only serve as a temporary refuge from the effects of a civilly-catastrophic event. Should longer term accommodations be necessary in a given instance, the inhabitants of such a temporary shelter will often be better served to move to a longer term civil security shelter.
  • a long term civil security shelter will be understood to comprise a shelter that is configured and arranged to adequately shelter and sustain human life for a relatively longer period of time.
  • a temporary shelter might prove sufficient in this regard for, say, no more than about 100 inhabitants for up to about three months, six months, one years, or the like. (Again, such numeric examples serve an illustrative, rather than limiting, purpose only.) 7 079956
  • a shelter of this type will typically be characterized not only by an ability to protect its inhabitants against the rigors of the local environment and to contain a relatively large and varied supply of provisions, but by an ability to exist and operate in a fully or at least substantially independent manner. This can relate in particular to an ability to create and/or otherwise replace its consumable provisions (by, for example, growing food, creating power, and so forth).
  • Such shelters may differ from one other in other ways.
  • such shelters may differ with respect to the non-survival related amenities that are provided. These differences can relate to categories of amenities (such as educational facilities, workshop facilities, food preparation facilities, communication facilities, entertainment and/or recreation facilities, or the like) and/or to a relative level of perception of quality, comfort, convenience, or the like.
  • Some civilly-catastrophic events are of such potential size, duration, and/or scope so as to potentially threaten a gene pool or an individual's ability to recreate or produce offspring.
  • a cryogenic facility which may be optionally co-located within a shelter.
  • Such a cryogenic facility can provide for the storage of egg, sperm, cord blood, and genetic, reproductive, or biological material, and so forth that might otherwise be destroyed or compromised by a civilly- catastrophic event.
  • the genetic or reproductive material may be deposited by individuals wishing to preserve such material in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • An individual may deposit, for example, the biological material at a cryogenic facility for storage pending a need to access the material.
  • An individual can store the material at the shelter that they will evacuate to in the event of an emergency, such that the material will be housed in the shelter.
  • anonymous donations of such material may be accepted such that if society is threatened or facing mass extinction due to a civilly-catastrophic event, the harvested eggs and sperm can facilitate repopulation.
  • Special storage conditions can be employed to facilitate maintaining such sensitive material in a usable state.
  • the cryogenic facility could also be used for preservation of gene or DNA sequences and other sensitive biological data.
  • the aforementioned civil security services can comprise any of a relatively wide variety of offerings. Some examples include, but are certainly not limited to:
  • transportation services where such transportation services are not ordinary mass or individual transit services but instead represent, for example, services that are designed, scheduled, and deployed to effect transportation of dispossessed persons away from a location that substantially lacks civil security (such as an area afflicted by a civilly-catastrophic event) and/or transportation to the aforementioned civil security facilities);
  • civil security information including both civil security information that is generally appropriate for a large number (or all) of the authorized beneficiaries (such as civil security preparedness training or the like) as well as information that is specifically appropriate for individual ones of the authorized beneficiaries (such as personal contingency instructions that are formed and provided to guide specific authorized beneficiaries during a time of need regarding particular actions and behaviors that such specific individuals should take and observe when responding to a civilly-catastrophic event as well as consulting services that assist such individuals with respect to fortifying their relative positions and/or otherwise better protecting themselves against the effects of various civilly-catastrophic events) such personalized instruction and information may be provided by an on-call private civil security operator;
  • long distance communication services including, for example, wireless-based services
  • wireless-based services that are configured and arranged to provide substantially persistent communication services notwithstanding interaction of the long distance communication service with the effects of a civilly-catastrophic event (which may include, for example, satellite-based communications, quickly deployed wireless base stations (that comprise, for example, mobile terrestrial platforms, aerial platforms and so forth), and the like);
  • civil security rescue services to facilitate, for example, retrieving selected authorized beneficiaries from dangerous circumstances that are owing, at least in part, to a substantial lack of civil security (including, for example, immediate threats posed by life-threatening influences T/US2007/079956
  • civil security delivery services to provide for deliveries to authorized beneficiaries or the like of such things as their corresponding civil security provisions, fuel, and so forth;
  • civil security medical services including but not limited to both fixed location and mobile services
  • civil security physical security services to provide, for example, physical security (such as guards, fences, and other barriers, surveillance equipment, and so forth) for residences, businesses, and other physical property of interest to an authorized beneficiaries);
  • independent utilities facilities installation services to provide, for example, for the installation of fuel-burning generators, renewable energy-based power generators, propane-based heating plants, and so forth at, for example, the residences and businesses of authorized beneficiaries); and/or
  • post-civilly-catastrophic event social relationship facilitation services to facilitate rebuilding social networks, friendships, partnerships, and romantic relationships for the survivors of civilly-catastrophic events
  • the transport and/or rescue services offered by a civil defense provider involve a crew of rescuers that rescue a number of people at one time.
  • the rescuers may have a rescue route that they follow, with a number of subscribers on the route that will be picked up in the rescue effort and then transported to a designated location.
  • a subscriber may desire to be rescued and/or transported without the rescue crew having to make additional stops to pick up other rescuees, such that the rescue crew has a direct route to/from the authorized beneficiary. Therefore, by one approach, a privatized rescue and transport service may be offered to an authorized beneficiary.
  • the privatized rescue and transport service is a dedicated service that will rescue the authorized beneficiaries (and optionally their family or related group) without stopping to rescue or transport others.
  • the privatized rescue and transport service will then transport the authorized beneficiary to a designated location, such a personal shelter or a privatized shelter.
  • the privatized rescue would be offered at an increased fee over the price of a standard rescue service.
  • rescue services will be rendered in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • rescue personnel quickly locating the authorized beneficiary and physically accessing that authorized beneficiary to effect their removal to another location.
  • such a service can be supplemented to include allowing such an authorized beneficiary to identify another party to be rescued and/or to be located and accompanied as a precautionary or protective measure.
  • authorized beneficiaries of a subscription-based private civil defense program can participate in the program by providing threat assessment information to, for example, a central information collection function.
  • a central information collection function can include, for example, such individuals making regular reports (via telephone, email, a website, a wireless communications device, and so forth) regarding their observations in this regard.
  • one or more threat-detection sensors can be deployed at the individual's property (for example, their homes, businesses, vehicles, their clothing, and so forth).
  • Such sensors can be, if desired, coupled to a communication network of choice that forwards the gathered information (using a real time, near real time, or batch protocol of choice) to the central information collection function.
  • such activities can be supplemented with training for the participating individuals regarding how these observations and so forth are to be carried out.
  • a subscriber service may offer a civil defense "tip of the day.”
  • the tip of the day may be sent via email, text message, or other means.
  • a calendar such as the page-a-day variety, for example, may be provided with a civil defense tip included for each day.
  • a provider of private civil security benefits as per the terms and conditions of a corresponding subscription-based approach can arrange to provide at least some of the authorized beneficiaries with access to a 24-hour call center or help desk to answer questions or address concerns before, during, and/or after an emergency.
  • a subscriber can call a general call center number and wait in a queue for a person to answer their call and address their question in turn, or route the call accordingly.
  • the subscribers could call a general call center number and be provided with a series of automatic prompts that can lead to an automated answer to their question, or that can be used to more specifically route the call to the appropriate department or person to address their questions or concerns.
  • a subscriber-specific phone number can be assigned to each individual subscriber, so that when the subscriber calls their assigned number the call will be routed to a particular customer service representative or team so that their call may be answered in a customized manner.
  • the information provided by the call center can cover a broad range of content.
  • the information provided by the call center can comprise civil security related wisdom, encouragement, directions, instructions, advice, and so forth. Further, the civil security related information provided by the call center may comprise general civil T/US2007/079956
  • security information or the information may be specifically tailored to the needs or requests of the subscriber and the subscriber's subscribed-to benefits and services.
  • the civil security services may include medical services.
  • a subscriber may have arranged for their own shelter and related provisions, however, due to the difficulty in establishing or providing for private or individual medical services, the subscriber may find themselves in need of medical support in order to fulfill the remainder of their civil defense needs.
  • the subscriber may also recognize that a civilian medical network will face an enormous burden in the face of a disaster, such that the civilian medical resources may be greatly strained or even crippled. As a result, the subscriber may choose to forgo reliance on such civil medical resources and, therefore, may decide to subscribe to a privatized medical network.
  • a civil defense provider can provide a medical network- only subscription option, with the privatized medical network being the only civil defense service to which the subscriber subscribes.
  • the nature of the subscribed-to medical network and services can vary with the needs or requirements of a given application setting but may comprise one or more of a consumable life-sustaining medical service, a non-consumable life-sustaining medical service, a venue where such services can be securely offered, transportation to effect the above-mentioned access, and/or rescue, to note but a few useful examples.
  • these subscriptions may also relate to offering civilly-catastrophic event-based access to one or more life-enhancing medical services (as versus life-sustaining) (including both consumable and non-consumable life-enhancing medical services).
  • an on-call private civil security operator may provide information services.
  • providing access to the on-call private civil security operator can comprise the on-call private civil security operator initiating communication with the authorized beneficiary.
  • the on-call private civil security operator initiates communication with the authorized beneficiary upon the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event, a forecast of a civilly-catastrophic event, or detection of a potentially harmful condition by a monitoring instrument located in or on a vehicle used by an authorized beneficiary.
  • the on-call private civil security operator may initiate communication with the authorized beneficiary upon detecting an emergency with respect to a vehicle being used by the authorized beneficiary.
  • the emergency detected may include air bag deployment, mechanical malfunction, crash or impact, and the like.
  • a vehicle being used by the authorized beneficiary may include any means of transportation via land, water, air, or outer space, such as, but not limited to, bicycle, car, motorhome, bus, van, truck, motorcycle, train, houseboat, submarine, ship, boat, helicopter, airplane, aircraft (including both heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air craft), watercraft, rowboat, canoe, sailboat, spacecraft, hovercraft, snowcraft, or the like.
  • providing access to the on-call private civil security operator can comprise the authorized beneficiary initiating communication with the on-call private civil security operator.
  • the authorized beneficiary can contact the on-call private civil security operator for a variety of purposes, such as to obtain survival-related information or instructions, to facilitate communication with or leave a message for another person, or to request civil security services or provisions.
  • the authorized beneficiary can initiate communication with the on-call private civil security operator by asserting a dedicated user interface that is configured and arranged to connect the authorized beneficiary to the on-call private civil security operator.
  • This process 110 also optionally further includes providing 113 at least one communication device to the authorized beneficiary configured and arranged to allow the authorized beneficiary to communicate with or contact the on-call private civil security operator.
  • the communication device can comprise various electronic devices, such as, but not limited to, a wireless communication device (including both short range and long range platforms as well as devices that make use of any of a wide variety of carrier modalities), a cellular phone, a wireless beacon transmitter, a push-to-talk transmitter, a one-way pager, a two-way pager, a short wave radio, and/or a dedicated user interface disposed within a vehicle that is used by the authorized beneficiary, and the like.
  • a wireless communication device including both short range and long range platforms as well as devices that make use of any of a wide variety of carrier modalities
  • a cellular phone such as, but not limited to, a cellular phone, a wireless beacon transmitter, a push-to-talk transmitter, a one-way pager, a two-way pager, a short
  • the wireless communication device can comprise at least one of a one-way wireless communication device or two-way wireless communication device.
  • the wireless communication device can comprise a voice-based communications wireless communication device
  • the wireless communication device can comprise a data-based communications wireless communication device.
  • the wireless communication device can comprise both a voice communications wireless communication device and a data communications wireless communication device.
  • the communication device is configured and arranged to obtain information about, regarding, or concerning the authorized beneficiary and transmit the information to the on-call private civil security operator and/or to a supporting platform (such as a relevant processing environment) that is accessible by or otherwise used by the on-call private civil security operator.
  • the information may include identification information as corresponds to the authorized beneficiary, contact information as corresponds to the authorized beneficiary, substantially current location information as corresponds to the authorized beneficiary, and substantially current environmental condition information.
  • the wireless communication device is configured and arranged to facilitate two-way wireless communications between the authorized beneficiary and other authorized beneficiaries of the consideration-based private civil security subscriptions, a private civil security service (including, for example, members of a civil security rescue team), a public emergency service (including but not limited to traditional 911 service), and/or a public member.
  • a private civil security service including, for example, members of a civil security rescue team
  • a public emergency service including but not limited to traditional 911 service
  • a public member including but not limited to traditional 911 service
  • the communication device comprises, at least in part, a global positioning system receiver.
  • the on-call private civil security operator can quickly and accurately determine the present (or at least recent) location of the authorized beneficiary.
  • location information allows the on-call private civil security operator to provide survival-related information and instructions that are personalized specifically for the authorized beneficiary.
  • the personalized information and instructions are related to already having occurred civilly-catastrophic events or forecast civilly-catastrophic events.
  • location information can assist the on-call private civil security operator in dispatching or otherwise facilitating the deployment of civil security services and provisions for this particular authorized beneficiary and/or for other authorized beneficiaries.
  • This process further optionally includes pre-provisioning 114 a vehicle used by the authorized beneficiary with survival-related supplies.
  • the survival-related supplies comprise, for example, nourishment provisions, hydration supplies, one or more antibiotics, first aid medical supplies, anti-viral supplies, ionizing radiation protection, threat detection equipment, wireless communications equipment, safety equipment, one or more portable lighting items, one or more tools, fuel, one or more power sources, navigation equipment, one or more navigation aids, one or more monitoring instruments, a positive pressure breathing air system, one or more rescue beacons, or the like.
  • the monitoring instrument comprises a sensor configured and arranged to detect a potentially harmful condition including, but not limited to, ionizing radiation, a dangerous or telltale chemical agent, a dangerous or telltale biological agent, a seismic event, a severe weather condition, a sonic event, a thermal event, a concussive event or the like.
  • the sensor is configured and arranged to automatically facilitate contacting the on-call private civil security operator upon detection of a potentially harmful civil security condition.
  • the on-call private civil security operator is alerted to the potentially harmful condition and can prepare and communicate to the authorized beneficiary instructions and/or information relevant to increasing the likelihood of the authorized beneficiary's survival of the detected potentially harmful civil security condition.
  • the process 110 may further comprise the on-call private civil security operator providing 115 to the authorized beneficiary survival-related information or instructions beneficiary to increase the likelihood that an authorized beneficiary survives a given civilly- catastrophic event.
  • the survival-related information or instructions comprise, but are not limited to, directions to a particular destination, identification of an evacuation route, a forecast civilly-catastrophic event, a location of a forecast civilly-catastrophic event, a geographic location of an already-occurred civilly-catastrophic event, existing weather conditions, predicted weather conditions, seasonal-based conditions, road conditions, a location of pre-positioned civil security provisions, a location of a particular person, a location of a civil security facility, a location of a civil security rescue service, identification of recommended actions to take to better facilitate surviving a civilly-catastrophic event, identification of recommended usage of civil security provisions to better facilitate surviving a civilly- catastrophic event, or the like.
  • the on-call private civil security operator may provide instructions regarding assembling a portable or temporary shelter.
  • the on-call private civil security operator may provide instructions regarding how to minimize exposure to a particular biological agent, such as by instructing the authorized beneficiary to put on protective gear, such as a mask and a biological hazard suit, assemble a positive pressure filtration device, and/or consume a particular antiviral or antibiotic. Numerous other examples no doubt exist.
  • the survival instructions comprise a mandatory instruction that the authorized beneficiary must observe in order to maintain a right to have the civilly- catastrophic event-based access to the at least one civil security resource.
  • the method 110 may optionally further comprise the on-call private civil security operator prompting 116 particular survival steps by the authorized beneficiary.
  • the survival steps by the authorized beneficiary may comprise, but are not limited to, traveling to, boarding and traveling in pre-arranged subscription-based private civil security transport, usage of private civil security provisions, formulating an emergency shelter using available materials, and the like.
  • prompting 116 particular survival steps by the authorized beneficiary may comprise prompting specific actions that an authorized beneficiary can take in a relatively immediate timeframe in order to provide physical protection from a given civilly- catastrophic event.
  • the method 110 may optionally further comprise the on-call private civil security operator dispatching 117 to the authorized beneficiary a civil security service or civil security provision as described above.
  • the civil security services or civil security provisions dispatched by the on-call private civil security operator include, but are not limited to, a mobile civil security shelter, a civil security transport service, a civil security rescue service, life- sustaining resources as described above, fuel, power, clothing, and the like.
  • Such instructions, recommendations, and so forth can be based, if desired, upon specific information regarding the civilly-catastrophic event itself as well as the authorized beneficiary. As already noted above, this can include information regarding, for example, the present location of the authorized beneficiary and the nature of any civil security provisions that may be readily available to the authorized beneficiary in their vehicle. It is also possible, however, to provide the on-call private civil security operator with access to other information 2007/079956
  • Such information can comprise any of a wide variety of content as pertains to the authorized beneficiaries.
  • a non-exhaustive listing of possibly relevant examples might include (but not be limited to) information regarding one or more of:
  • an authorized beneficiary's identity including, for example, their name, their nicknames or other aliases, and so forth;
  • personal information regarding the authorized beneficiary includes, for example, their birth date and age, nationality, citizenship, official residency status, gender, height, weight, race, religion, language fluency, and so forth;
  • medical information regarding the authorized beneficiary including, for example, their medical history, vaccination history, physical and/or mental disabilities or impairments, mobility limitations and requirements, therapeutic and/or medicinal requirements, nutritional requirements and preferences, implanted devices, allergies and sensitivities, personality assessments, and so forth;
  • family information including the identity and personal information for immediate family members, which may comprise, when such family members also comprise authorized beneficiaries, pointers or links to such information as may be stored elsewhere in the memory;
  • subscription information (regarding, for example, the terms, conditions, options, requirements, opportunities, and limitations of the authorized beneficiary's particular rights to access particular kinds and quantities of the private civil security resources);
  • scheduled behavior and locations (regarding, for example, the usually scheduled events and activities (such as work, school, meetings, sporting activities, fitness activities, and so forth) that the authorized beneficiary generally observes and/or where the authorized beneficiary is ordinarily located at corresponding times/days);
  • contact information (regarding, for example, various other ways by which one or two- way communications with the authorized beneficiary can be carried out, such as but not limited 79956
  • a current level of shelter availability as pertains to the authorized beneficiaries (regarding, for example, shelter facilities to which the authorized beneficiary has ready access);
  • a current level of provisioning as pertains to the authorized beneficiaries (as when such authorized beneficiaries have readily available to them civil security provisions, either locally (as when such civil security provisions are stored at the authorized beneficiary's residence, in a storage facility that is proximal to an authorized beneficiary's residence (such as, for example, within one mile or some other distance of choice), in a pre-provisioned trailer that is stored at an available and accessible facility on behalf of the authorized beneficiary, and so forth);
  • experience and skills information (regarding, for example, a record of civil security training that the authorized beneficiary has undertaken, civil security experiences, particular skills or experience of interest (such as carpentry skills, martial arts training, military training, or the like), and so forth);
  • suggestions regarding how the authorized beneficiary will tend to behave during a civilly- catastrophic event for example, information that tends to suggest how the individual will behave with respect to at least one of a civil security shelter environment, civil security transportation, participation in a civil security rescue activity, civil security-related tasks, cooperation with others in a civil security activity, and so forth);
  • an emergency public first responder which information can be highly relevant when the provider of civil security benefits has undertaken to provide such persons and/or their immediate or distant family members with discounted or free civil security benefits to encourage such persons to remain at their posts during a given civilly-catastrophic event;
  • assessments regarding the authorized beneficiary as may be developed, for example, by the provider of civil security benefits and/or an agent thereof (where such assessments may comprise, if desired, a characterizing metric, rating, or the like regarding opinions and/or categorizations regarding the authorized beneficiary),
  • the method 110 may further comprise the on-call private civil security operator facilitating 118 communication between an authorized beneficiary and at least one other person, hi one form, for example, an authorized beneficiary contacts the on-call private civil security operator in order to leave a message for or retrieve a message from another person.
  • the on-call private civil security operator transmits messages between two or more authorized beneficiaries, or between an authorized beneficiary and one or more non- beneficiaries.
  • an authorized beneficiary may contact the on-call private civil security operator to leave a message for another subscriber, authorized beneficiary, or non- beneficiary (such as a family member, friend, co worker, or the like).
  • the on-call private civil security operator contacts the authorized beneficiary, subscriber, or non-beneficiary in order to transmit the message.
  • the subscriber, authorized beneficiary, or non-beneficiary contacts the on-call private civil security operator to retrieve a message.
  • Such an arrangement allows a reliable and efficient way for an authorized beneficiary to ensure that messages can be passed to other authorized beneficiaries, subscribers, or non-subscribers in times of emergencies or upon the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • the on-call private civil security operator can transmit messages on a real-time basis or on a delayed basis, depending on the preferences of the authorized beneficiary.
  • the on-call private civil security operator facilitates 118 communication between an authorized beneficiary and at least one other person by transmitting messages to a particular person in a different medium from which the message was originally transmitted to the on-call private civil security operator by the authorized beneficiary.
  • an authorized beneficiary may send a message to the on-call private civil security operator via email but request that the on-call private civil security operator transmit the message to a family member via telephone.
  • an authorized beneficiary can contact the on-call private civil security operator via telephone but request that the on-call private civil security operator type a message and transmit it to a specified individual via, for example, email or text message.
  • This approach allows an authorized beneficiary to contact the on-call private civil security operator in the medium most convenient or readily available to the authorized beneficiary.
  • This approach also conveniently allows for an authorized beneficiary to transmit messages to a particular person using the medium anticipated by the authorized beneficiary to be most likely to reach the particular person.
  • the on-call private civil security operator facilitates 118 communication between an authorized beneficiary and at least one other person by coordinating a conference call between the authorized beneficiary and the at least one other person.
  • the authorized beneficiary can easily contact another person but without an investment in time to locate and contact the at least one other person.
  • the on-call private civil security operator can assist the authorized beneficiary in locating family members, friends, coworkers, or the like during situations when time is of the essence and communication between the authorized beneficiary and the particular individual(s) is of critical importance, such as upon the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event or a prediction that a civilly-catastrophic event is imminent.
  • the illustrative process 110 represent a highly effective and readily scaled approach to providing a given individual or group of individuals with timely, appropriate, useful information to better ensure that their present actions and behaviors tend to encourage their continued survival during a civilly-catastrophic event-based time of need.
  • the information provided can be readily leveraged as desired to take advantage of other available information regarding the authorized beneficiary, their present location, their present available resources, and the civilly-catastrophic event itself.
  • this process will readily accommodate providing such civil security provisions 200, civil security facilities 502, and civil security services 503 by a single provider 501.
  • Such a provider 501 can be integrally involved with designing, providing, maintaining, and offering such civil security resources or can comprise an aggregator of such resources, in whole or in part, as are provided by other sources.
  • the civil security provisions 200 can be provided by a first provider 601
  • the civil security facilities 502 can be provided by a second provider 602
  • the civil security services 503 can be provided by a third provider 603 wherein the first, second, and third providers comprise separate entities (as when, for example, these providers comprise separate legal entities having no co-ownership or common points of control).
  • these separate providers can meet the needs of this step by acting in an aggregated manner 604 (directly or indirectly) with one another.
  • a single provider 703 can provide the civil security facilities 502 and the civil security services 503 while the civil security provisions are provided by a plurality of civil security provisions providers represented here by a first civil security provisions provider 701 through an Nth civil security provisions provider 702 (where "N” will be understood to comprise an integer greater than one).
  • N will be understood to comprise an integer greater than one.
  • a private civil security provider will encounter particular difficulties not faced by providers of other, more traditional, products and services. For example, marketing such services, provisions, and facilities to consumers or clients may prove challenging because individuals may be hesitant to participate because of their reluctance to acknowledge the presence of certain threats or perhaps because they mistakenly believe that their federal, state, local, provincial, or municipal government is effectively addressing and preparing for such civilly-catastrophic events. Further, the business of civil security presents several unique obstacles and challenges to a business plan or model because the business partly operates within a realm sometimes occupied (or is at least perceived as being occupied) by various governmental entities. Some particular examples to address these concerns now follow (it being understood that these examples are provided for illustrative purposes and are not intended to comprise an exhaustive listing of such possibilities).
  • a privatized civil defense provider operates under a unique business/service model, in that the provider is offering civil defense to the private sector. Therefore, the provider is highly focused on customer service and accommodating the subscribers in order to acquire and retain the subscriber's business, and to effectively service the subscriber.
  • privatized civil defense is customer-centric and requires unique civil defense solutions. Further, the civil defense provider needs to develop its own infrastructure and curriculum to handle and develop these solutions. Therefore, it is not just the solutions that are unique, but the "how to" in approaching and accomplishing these solutions.
  • the business/service models used to accomplish the provider's objectives are a valuable business asset.
  • gift certificates can be used to permit and facilitate access to civil security-related benefits such as shelter, provisions, rescue services, and/or transportation.
  • a gift certificate could, by its own terms and conditions, permit the holder of such a certificate to redeem the certificate for civil security benefits and services and/or to establish access to such civil security benefits during some time of need.
  • Such a certificate may have certain limitations applied thereto. For example, such a gift certificate may only be honored at specific locations, or may only entitle the holder to a certain class of survival provisions. The certificate may entitle the holder to access a specific service or benefit, or the certificate may be for a certain dollar or credit amount that may be applied to the services of the holder's choosing.
  • Such certificates can serve a variety of functions. For example, the certificates may be purchased by individuals to be distributed as gifts, or the certificates may be used as an incentive-type reward, such as for a referral or frequent user program. 79956
  • a frequent user program can be used to reward in some manner a current subscriber of such services who subscribes to a variety of consideration-based private civil security benefits or services. For example, each service or benefit may have an assigned incentive award or credit value. A subscriber can then compile incentive rewards or credits for every subsc ⁇ bed-to service or benefit, which can then be redeemed. Such rewards can assume any of a wide variety of forms and guises. By one approach, the frequent subscriber can earn monetary compensation, credit towards further services, products, and/or subscription expenses, discounts, complimentary products and/or services, or points that can be accumulated and redeemed for one or more awards. Such a program can encourage or motivate a subscriber to subscribe to many of the offered services or benefits.
  • subscribers that provide testimonials of their positive service experience can also be rewarded in some manner.
  • a reward can serve as recognition of the value of these testimonials to assist with providing market validation of the service premise.
  • Such a reward can be determined in any of a wide variety of ways.
  • a subscriber providing a testimonial can receive a credit of some defined amount against future purchases, products and/or subscription fees or expenses, or a quantity of points that can be redeemed for awards.
  • the subscriber could receive a gift certificate for discounted or free products, services, and/or goods.
  • training courses and/or certification may be offered to authorized beneficiaries.
  • Such training could serve to personally benefit an individual authorized beneficiary, so that they are more well-informed and prepared in how to, for example, access, facilitate, execute, and/or operate the services, products, or benefits to which they have subscribed.
  • the authorized beneficiary may be trained or certified in areas that can generally assist the civil security provider in effectuating their services.
  • an authorized beneficiary may be trained in any of a variety of specific skills or areas, such as medical assistance, cooking, farming, botany, carpentry, communications, computers, or engineering, to note but a few illustrative examples.
  • Those skills may then be used before, during, and/or after a civilly-catastrophic event to assist the civil security provider and facilitate the successful execution of the services offered by the provider.
  • a participating authorized beneficiary may be awarded a training reward, such as training points or a discount. If a subscriber takes enough courses and earns enough points or credits, the subscriber may then be entitled to a discount, credit, or some type of reduction in rates.
  • a subscriber that participates in a training program can be awarded a first set of points or discounts upon completion of the training course, and can then optionally be provided with additional points or discounts at the time that the trained subscriber actually uses their training and skills to assist the civil security provider.
  • Such an incentive structure will not only motivate and encourage subscribers to take the training courses, but will also encourage a trained subscriber to use the skills and training during a time of need.
  • a civil defense survival kit could be provided as a selectable upgrade or "upsell" opportunity by a rental car company, a car dealership, a hotel, a resort, an airline, and so forth.
  • the upgrade option could include the provision of the survival kit and the maintenance of the provisions supplied in the kit. Because these upgrade options provide additional revenue stream opportunities for the company, the company has an economic incentive to offer such a survival pack.
  • a software program could be provided that controls various aspects of the survival pack offering, such as, for example, the provisioning, inventory, re-order, availability, reservation, delivery, date, time, size, quantity, location, customer requirements, and so forth.
  • the software program may be designed to operate as a stand alone system, or may be integrated with the company's existing reservation system, inventory system, provisioning system, and/or enterprise resource program.
  • the kits themselves could include supplies that are appropriate to responding to a category or kind of civilly-catastrophic-event as can potentially occur in the geographic area where the renting or purchasing party is likely to visit.
  • a variety of survival kits may be offered that are differentiated with respect to such things as size, quantity of supplies, or type(s) of events that can be properly responded to using the kit contents, and the kit may also be specifically tailored to the type of service company providing the survival kit as an option.
  • a network of civil defense protection watchers can be created that can report localized conditions for a particular region or locale.
  • the civil defense watchers can provide real time, on-the-ground assessments and evaluations of a disaster area and its surrounding regions.
  • the information and reports provided by these civil defense watchers may facilitate and/or influence the need for or allocation of specific rescue assets and/or procedures.
  • Such a program could include training and certifying the civil defense watchers to follow a standardized protocol and to use reference cards or materials to provide an accurate assessment of the conditions in a given disaster and/or emergency situation.
  • the location or number of civil defense watchers could depend on the size or population of a region.
  • designated civil defense watchers could be distributed by geographic location, such as by city, town, village, state, county, or region.
  • the civil defense watchers could be provided with monetary compensation for their services and/or with free or discounted civil defense services, benefits, and/or products, or credits that can be accumulated and applied to such civil defense benefits.
  • this process 100 will also optionally provide for the provision 102 of non-civil security resources.
  • non-civil security resources comprise supplies and items that are not, strictly speaking, necessary to ensure human survival and hence may be viewed as luxuries.
  • Such items can quite literally span the full gamut of available offerings and can include both unique items (such as original works of art) and more commonly available offerings (such as jewelry, pleasure reading materials, audio playback devices, and so forth). Again, differentiation can exist with respect to actual or perceived levels of quality as pertain to such items if desired.
  • These steps of providing such civil security resources can further comprise maintaining such resources.
  • This can comprise, for example, maintaining the freshness and usability of civil security provisions (by replacing outdated or soon-to-be outdated supplies), replacing an existing resource with a better substitute that becomes available, maintaining present and/or imminent usability of a civil security shelter or transport vehicle, updating civil security-related information to reflect current data and intelligence, vetting and re-vetting personnel, and so forth.
  • Such maintenance can be provided, in whole or in part, by the provider of such civil security resources or can be outsourced if desired.
  • This process 100 then provides for providing 103 authorized beneficiaries with consideration-based access to the plurality of private civil security resources. There are various ways by which such authorized beneficiaries can be identified.
  • such authorized beneficiaries can attain this status as per the terms and conditions of a consideration-based private civil security benefits subscription as mentioned above with respect to FIG. 3.
  • a given subscription can provide such status for a stipulated one-year period of time for one or more authorized beneficiaries as correspond to that subscription.
  • access to the aforementioned civil defense products and/or services are typically provided only upon verification of the identity of the authorized beneficiary that is trying to gain access to the services.
  • a self-service software identification product having a hardware interface may be provided as an access mechanism. An authorized beneficiary can then positively identify themselves to the civil security provider before being approved for access to their subscribed-to benefits.
  • a self-service identification station limits the need for provider personnel to be present to monitor such identification. Such an arrangement can also allow subscribers to be processed quickly, which is a highly desirable and even necessary feature in an emergency situation.
  • the self-service identification stations could be used to gain access to any of a variety of products or services, such as, for example, admission to facilities or shelters, access to caches of supplies or provisions, access to transportation assets, and so forth.
  • Any of a variety of hardware interfaces may be used, such as, for example, a hand scanner, a credit card or identification card reader, a detection device for a biometric attribute, a turnstile, and so forth.
  • the maintenance of the resource 203 may include storing the acquired necessities 402.
  • storage 402 occurs through use of one or more storage facilities 800, illustrated in FIG. 8, which are owned or controlled by the subscription accepting entity.
  • Any suitable storage facility may be used for this purpose with examples comprising (but not being limited to) above ground man-made shelters, below ground or below water facilities (including purposefully excavated facilities, natural caverns, and so forth), and water borne facilities (such as barges and the like).
  • Each such storage facility 800 will likely serve to store the resources as correspond to a plurality of authorized beneficiaries.
  • such resources are stored in the 56
  • each such bundle 801 can comprise a one year supply of all acquired items for a single adult authorized beneficiary.
  • such a bundle 301 could comprise a one year supply of all acquired items as are intended for a family of four authorized beneficiaries.
  • a single authorized beneficiary may have a first bundle comprised of staple items that are acquired and stored for all beneficiaries and a second bundle comprised of custom items that are specifically and uniquely acquired for this particular beneficiary or class of beneficiaries (such as beneficiaries who all share a common dietary ailment or condition, sensitivity, medical condition, preference, or the like).
  • the bundle 801 itself can be realized via any of a wide variety of encapsulating or restraining mechanisms.
  • a tarp and tie-downs can be used to segregate the goods and form the described bundle.
  • discrete storage cabinets formed of wood, metal, plastic, canvas, or other material of choice could be employed for this purpose.
  • Shrink wrap materials could also be employed in this regard, hi addition, if desired, these bundles 801 can be individually palletized (i.e., each placed upon and optionally secured to a pallet 802). Palletization, in turn, will permit ready and efficient movement of such bundles 801 to, about, or from a given storage facility 800 and/or delivery of such a bundle to an authorized beneficiary when such delivery comprises the desired form of granting access to such resources.
  • a first storage facility 901 may contain 1,000 such storage units while a second storage facility 902 may contain an additional 1,000 such storage units.
  • maintaining 303 the resource in such a context can further optionally comprise maintaining 403 the utility of the stored necessities. This can comprise, for example, monitoring the usability of perishable items and replacing such items on a corresponding schedule. As another simple illustration this step 403 can comprise holding certain items in deep refrigeration or in other special storage conditions as may suit the proper maintenance of such items.
  • Such maintenance 303 can also optionally comprise making adjustments 404 to the stored necessities to reflect dynamically changing circumstances as occur during the consideration-based private civil security subscription period.
  • a new product may become available that is particularly useful in treating a particular infectious condition that may likely arise upon the occurrence of a particular kind of civilly-catastrophic event.
  • maintaining 303 such resources can readily accommodate updating the acquired and stored items to include a supply of this new product.
  • this step of making adjustments 404 can readily comprise one or more of removing a particular one of the stored necessities (as when a better substitute becomes available, when the stored necessity itself is shown to be less effective for its intended purpose than was originally thought, and so forth), adding additional ones of the stored necessities (as when it becomes subsequently understood that more of a particular item is desirable to achieve a particular survival-related goal or purpose), adding at least one new stored necessity that is not already stored (as illustrated in the example provided above), and so forth.
  • the resource being acquired and maintained comprises consumable or non-consumable items.
  • these teachings are applicable for use with other resources as well.
  • maintaining 303 the resource may relate to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to a shelter.
  • this step of maintaining 303 the resource can comprise maintaining 1001 such a shelter.
  • Such a construction will usually at least serve to protect the inhabitants from environmental stress and extremes, hi addition to walls and a ropf such a shelter will typically also comprise internal temperature control, lighting, storage facilities, sleeping facilities, food preparation facilities, personal hygiene facilities, and so forth.
  • a shelter may also be equipped to provide for water treatment (such as filtering, bacteria removal, and so forth), waste treatment and/or recycling, electrical power generation, and/or air treatment (including but not limited to conditioning, filtering, and so forth).
  • water treatment such as filtering, bacteria removal, and so forth
  • waste treatment and/or recycling waste treatment and/or recycling
  • electrical power generation including but not limited to conditioning, filtering, and so forth
  • air treatment including but not limited to conditioning, filtering, and so forth.
  • such a shelter can also be equipped with communication facilities including a variety of wireless broadcast capabilities, long-distance two-way communications capabilities, and so forth.
  • Security will likely comprise a primary concern for such a shelter.
  • this can comprise maintaining the shelter in a location that is substantially distal from a nearest substantial human population.
  • a shelter 1102 may be separated from the closest major population bases 1103 by a distance that at least exceeds some predetermined substantial distance X 1104.
  • this distance X might comprise, for example, 800 kilometers.
  • Other factors might well play a part in this regard, of course.
  • a significant natural barrier (such as a large mountain range) might lie between a major population base and a shelter and make reasonable a shorter separation distance between such entities.
  • a suitable water source 1105 can comprise a ground-level water source or an underground water source as, in either case, ready access to the water source may be available. This, in turn, can be useful with respect to ensuring an adequate supply of water for the inhabitants of the shelter 1102 in times of need.
  • a ground-level water source may also provide a means of ingress and egress to facilitate the comings and goings of the authorized beneficiaries (for example, a navigable waterway can provide an effective pathway by which to transport authorized beneficiaries to the shelter 1102).
  • Dispersed shelters can also help ensure that at least some shelters will more likely survive civilly-catastrophic events that pose sufficient destructive force to destroy such a shelter or to otherwise significantly impair its purpose and functionality.
  • Such shelters may be differentiated, for example, with respect to their relative support for such things as a maximum supportable population, a depth and breadth of provided non-essential accouterments of life, medical facilities (such as, but not limited to, specialized equipment such as respirators, dialysis equipment, operating facilities, and so forth), pet animal accommodations, risk threat abatement capability, entertainment facilities, and so forth.
  • Assignment and/or access to a given differentiated shelter can be determined, at least in part, by such things as relative initial proximity of the authorized beneficiary, the terms and conditions of the corresponding subscription agreement, and so forth.
  • these teachings can be simply practiced by provision of shelter and/or life-sustaining supplies; gaining physical access to such resources comprises the responsibility of the authorized beneficiaries. During such times, of course, it can be expected that civil conditions will be troubled and confusing. Therefore, by another approach these 79956
  • teachings can further encompass transporting at least some of the authorized beneficiaries to the shelter and/or supplies in response to the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event. There are various ways by which to accomplish such a task.
  • At least one rally point can be identified 1002.
  • a rally point need not be reserved only for this purpose and may, for example, simply comprise a convenient location for at least some authorized beneficiaries.
  • Example rally points might include sports stadiums and auditoriums, amusement parks, and the like. When possible, it may be helpful to locate such a rally point relatively near an airstrip and/or a navigable waterway.
  • Such amenities can potentially be used when transporting the gathered beneficiaries to their destination (as when, for example, a destination shelter is accessible from the navigable waterway that is also readily accessible from the rally point).
  • one or more such rally points can be identified for each larger population area that contains authorized beneficiaries. It would also be possible, of course, to identify rally points to serve a similar function in more rural settings as well if desired.
  • This process can then optionally provide 1003 information regarding such rally points to the authorized beneficiaries.
  • This information can be provided prior to the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event if desired. It may also be useful or possible to provide such information (either in the first instance or as a supplemental notice) following the initiation of such an event. The latter may be achieved using such communication means as may be available at the time. It would also be possible to provision each authorized beneficiary (or family or company of beneficiaries) with one or more communications devices by which such information could be provided. This process could then provide 504 appropriate transportation to move the authorized beneficiaries from these rally points to the destination (such as to a designated shelter).
  • Such transportation can comprise standard vehicles (cars, buses, boats, airplanes, railroad cars, and so forth). If desired, however, more specialized equipment could be used including but not limited to armored transports, environmentally-contained vehicles or trailers, and so forth. [00179] These teachings can readily accommodate other features as well. For example, and referring now to FIG. 12, prior to the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event an authorized beneficiary can be provided 1201 with a short-term survival kit to facilitate their survival prior to their being able to access the aforementioned stored necessities upon the occurrence of a civilly- catastrophic event.
  • Such a short-term survival kit might comprise, for example, a seven day supply of nourishment, clothing, food preparation items, bedding, navigation tools, communication tools and/or location beacons, first aid supplies, water treatment items, items to aid with protecting against or otherwise treating environmentally borne hazards, maps, portable power sources, fire starting equipment, survival instructions, and so forth.
  • authorized beneficiaries could be provided 1202 with a survival instruction guide kit. These instructions could provide information regarding survival practices, emergency responses, and so forth.
  • a survival instruction guide kit such as a family group, a company group, and so forth.
  • each authorized beneficiary who comprised a part of a shared group such as a family group, a company group, and so forth
  • the participants would be able to take their own coordinated actions while being relatively secure in their knowledge of what their group counterparts were also likely doing at that time.
  • This survival instruction guide kit could comprise, for example, a book or manual having printing survival instructions and information in combination with fill-in-the-blank opportunities whereby a given authorized beneficiary could customize the instructions to specifically suit their particular needs and situation.
  • Such blanks could be used, for example, to prompt the beneficiary to think through and to record information such as their primary and secondary rally points or other family/group meeting points and protocols, communications protocols and contact information, specific items (perhaps somewhat unique to the individual and which may, or may not, relate to the survival of that individual) that should be stockpiled or otherwise made readily available in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event, and so forth.
  • Such a book or manual could include indexes, tabs, or other navigation tools to permit a reader to quickly find the relevant information they require during a time of need. 56
  • teachings would also accommodate providing 1203 survival training to authorized beneficiaries.
  • Such training could comprise in-person, on-site training, live instructors, and/or previously prepared teaching resources such as, but not limited to, electronic learning resources.
  • This training could include both general information regarding specific do's and don'ts as pertain to different kinds of civilly-catastrophic events as well as more specific information regarding specific actions that should be taken by the authorized beneficiary with respect to successfully achieving access to their subscribed-to resources as per their subscription.
  • These teachings will also accommodate providing 1204 authorized beneficiaries with a corresponding authorization mechanism by which they can effect their right of access to the resources provided by their subscription.
  • This may comprise a mechanism that the beneficiary carries with them as personal property (such as an identification card) or, for example, a biometric-based identity authentication process that relies upon fingerprints, retinal patterns, or some other relatively unique aspect of the human body.
  • the process 100 provides 104 the authorized beneficiaries with consideration-based access to the non-civil security resources. Notwithstanding the provision of such civil security resources, this step of providing access to such resources can readily comprise providing a plurality of different access opportunities.
  • Such opportunities can differ from one another in any number of ways. For example, these opportunities can differ from one another with respect to the specific resources that are included, the quantity of resources that are included, the duration of time during which the aforementioned access may occur, the conditions under which such access can occur, the manner by which such access occurs (for example, whether civil security provisions are delivered to a given authorized beneficiary (and if so, when, how often, and so forth) or must be picked up by the authorized beneficiary from a given distribution point), and so forth.
  • differing access opportunities could comprise, at least in part, a first access opportunity that provides limited access to no more than a first amount of the civil security resources and a second access opportunity that provides limited access to more than the first amount of the civil security resources.
  • the first amount can be specified, if desired, as a function of a predetermined quantity of the civil security resources and/or as a function of a predetermined amount of time during which the civil security resources are accessed.
  • the second access opportunity could differ from the first access opportunity, at least part, by providing an opportunity to have access to the civil security resources at a time that is temporally subsequent to a time when the first access opportunity provides access to the civil security resources (to thereby provide, for example, for a resupply or replenishment opportunity that supplements an original stock of supplies as might correspond to what is provided pursuant to the first access opportunity).
  • a first access opportunity could provide limited access to only civil security provisions and civil security services while a second, different access opportunity could provide access to both these civil security resources and civil security facilities as well.
  • a first access opportunity that provides limited access to only a limited selection of the civil security provisions and a limited selection of the civil security services comprising information-related services;
  • a second access opportunity that provides limited access to only a limited selection of the civil security provisions and a limited selection of the civil security services comprising both information-related services and transportation services (such as civilly-catastrophic event-based transportation to a civil security provisions distribution facility);
  • a third access opportunity that provides limited access to only a limited selection of the civil security provisions, a limited selection of the civil security services comprising information-related services and transportation services, and a limited selection of the civil security facilities comprising a civil security rally point (or, in other words, an access opportunity that equals that provided by the second access opportunity plus access to the civil security rally point);
  • a fourth access opportunity that equals that provided by the third access opportunity plus access to a civil security shelter (or shelters);
  • a fifth access opportunity that equals that provided by the fourth access opportunity plus access to civil security rescue services.
  • a given provider of these civil security resources can provide five such access opportunities to comprise the primary offerings to be provided to the authorized beneficiaries.
  • Each such offering can of course command a different corresponding level of consideration (such as, for example, a different corresponding payment to be proffered for each).
  • an instant membership may be desired.
  • a person, family, company, or other party may have declined to make civil security arrangements prior to the occurrence of a benefit-triggering event, or may not have known of the existence of such benefits prior to the event.
  • the person or entity will not have pre-arranged subscription access to civil security services or benefits, such as shelter, rescue, provisions, transportation, and so forth, in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • civil security services or benefits such as shelter, rescue, provisions, transportation, and so forth
  • the person or entity may find themselves in the position of needing or wanting such services. Therefore, a membership system may be desired that allows a subscriber to quickly or instantly join the privatized civil defense network and obtain immediate benefits in the form of privatized civil defense products and services.
  • the instant subscribers may be serviced after fulfilling the service needs and immediate obligations of those subscribers that had subscribed to services prior to the occurrence of the event.
  • Such instant memberships could be offered at an increased fee over the fees assessed to subscribers that subscribed to the benefits before the occurrence of the event.
  • the person or family may decide that the refugee center is not an appealing option, or that they would prefer an alternate location. Therefore, an instant membership option may be made available by a civil security provider that would provide transport services and/or alternate shelter accommodations to those individuals that did not previously provide for such arrangements, but that decide post-event that they would like to subscribe to such services. Again, such instant membership services could be offered at an increased fee.
  • rescue services for a subscriber or authorized beneficiary may be provided on an on demand basis.
  • a subscriber may have subscribed to a particular civil security benefit(s), such as shelter or survival supply delivery, but not any type of rescue services. If the subscriber, at the time of the civilly-catastrophic event, finds that they are in need of rescue services, they may then call or signal to the civil security provider and request the rescue services. If the provider's rescue service has excess capacity, or once the rescue obligations to those subscribers that previously subscribed to the rescue services have been fulfilled, the provider could then provide rescue services to the call on demand subscribers.
  • the call on demand rescue services can be provided for a fee, with the on demand service fees being greater than a pre-arranged rescue service fees.
  • the fee that is charged for the on demand rescue service can vary depending on the type of on demand rescue service that is requested.
  • the subscriber can be assessed a fee depending on the difficulty of the rescue. For example, retrieving an authorized beneficiary from a water- accessible location using a water borne vessel might be less expensive than a rescue that is performed using a helicopter to remove the rescuee from the top of a building.
  • Ensuring the safety of subscribers and their authorized beneficiaries during a civilly-catastrophic event can comprise an important part of a comprehensive private civil security solution.
  • an authorized beneficiary may require special care and attention during an event, particularly if the authorized beneficiary is geographically disparate from the location of other family members, employees, friends, and so forth.
  • an authorized beneficiary may be in a hospital, a nursing home, away at school, on a trip, and so forth.
  • the consideration-based subscriptions offered by a private civil security benefits provider can arrange for specific safeguards in this regard. This can comprise, for example, arranging for support or rescue services to be rendered in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • the support or rescue services could be pre-arranged, such that the provider is pre-notified that a particular authorized beneficiary will be in a geographically disparate location for a specific amount of time.
  • the support or rescue services could be requested at the time of the event, such that the subscriber notifies the provider at the time of the emergency situation that support or rescue services will be needed to assist an authorized beneficiary in a remote location.
  • the rescue services could comprise, for example, rescue personnel quickly locating the authorized beneficiary and physically accessing that authorized beneficiary to effect their removal to another location.
  • the support services may comprise any of a variety of other civil security benefits or services, including, for example, additional evacuation assistance, shelter assistance, or instructions on accessing emergency provisions, just to name a few.
  • this process will also optionally accommodate providing a key to authorized beneficiaries to thereby facilitate and permit those authorized beneficiaries to access one or more of the civil security resources during an authorized time of need.
  • a key may comprise a physical item (such as, for example, an identification card or a physical lock key) and/or a non-physical item (such as, for example, a code such as a personal identification number, a password, or the like).
  • this step can comprise (in conjunction with acquiring information, materials, and/or samples from the authorized beneficiary to thereby characterize the biometric of choice) providing instructions to the authorized beneficiary regarding presentation of such a biometric in order to gain the desired access.
  • this step can comprise providing the code to the authorized beneficiary.
  • this step can comprise receiving a code of choice from the authorized beneficiary and then providing confirmation to the authorized beneficiary regarding acceptance of that proffered code.
  • a base line membership for a given authorized beneficiary can bear a corresponding base line price and offer access to a corresponding set of civil security resources.
  • These resources might comprise, for example:
  • Pre-civilly catastrophic event delivery of a short-term supply of survival resources comprising at least nutritional consumables. Hydration supplies can also be provided if desired.
  • This short-term supply can comprise, for example, a sufficient quantity of US2007/079956
  • survival resources to support survival of the corresponding authorized beneficiary for at least a predetermined number of days (such as, for example, a ten day period of time).
  • Pre-civilly catastrophic event access to civil security services comprising consulting services that provide for a preparedness review and inventory as well as preparation of a customized and personalized personal action plan to guide the authorized beneficiary in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event-based time of need.
  • a right to acquire additional civil security provisions (either for current delivery or to be held pending a civilly-catastrophic event-based time of need) and/or to access civil security facilities or additional services.
  • a base line offering can be provided for a relatively modest initial cost and, if and as the authorized beneficiary becomes more learned and experienced with respect to civil security issues and concerns, additional supplemental kinds and levels of protection and security can be subsequently acquired as needed.

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Dans la présente invention, on fournit (111) à la demande un opérateur de sécurité civile privée. On accepte (112) des abonnements de sécurité civile privée sur la base de la considération concernant la fourniture d'un accès en temps réel d'un opérateur de sécurité civile privée à la demande à un bénéficiaire autorisé. Par une première approche, on peut facultativement fournir (113) un dispositif de communication à un bénéficiaire autorisé pour accéder à l'opérateur de sécurité civile privée à la demande. Par une autre approche, on peut facultativement équiper (114) un véhicule utilisé par un bénéficiaire autorisé d'une trousse de survie. On peut facultativement fournir (115) au bénéficiaire autorisé des informations concernant la survie ou des instructions pour augmenter la probabilité qu'un bénéficiaire autorisé survive dans un cas de catastrophe civile. On peut aussi facultativement inciter (116) certaines démarches de survie au bénéficiaire autorisé. On peut aussi facultativement expédier (117) des services de sécurité civile et/ou des fournitures de sécurité civile au bénéficiaire autorisé. On peut en outre facultativement faciliter (118) la communication entre un bénéficiaire autorisé et au moins une personne en particulier.
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