The presently disclosed method and system includes a network of computer devices, sensors, and actuators operating in concert with application software to actively detect, identify, and localize threats and generate real-time countermeasures designed to delay and/or mitigate damage that may be caused by the threats. Application software, in the form of automated reasoning and logic control, initiates preparatory and countermeasure sequences automatically, which may be used by users or automatically executed by the system to at least delay an attack to a physical asset/area by adversaries with use of non-lethal actuators. Learned scenarios are generated and continuously adapted via feedback loops and decision rules to provide preparatory and countermeasure sequences that maximize results with minimal expenditure of assets.
Please help me write a proper abstract based on the patent claims. CLAIM: 1. A method to actively protect a physical asset/area through defense and denial, comprising: receiving, by a computer network, sensor data associated with characteristics of an environment corresponding to a physical asset/area from at least one sensor configured to identify an occurrence; identifying, by the computer network, an occurrence as a threat and developing situational awareness; generating, by the computer network, a plurality of countermeasures; applying, by the computer network, decision rules to select a countermeasure; transmitting, by the computer network, countermeasure data to at least one actuator, wherein the countermeasure data is configured for activating the at least one actuator; and generating a continuous feedback loop, via the computer network, for receiving actuator data and the sensor data, re-characterizing the occurrence, re-developing situational awareness, re-generating the plurality of countermeasures, and re-applying decision rules to adaptively re-transmit countermeasure data. 2. The method recited in claim 1, wherein receiving sensor data, characterizing the occurrence, generating the plurality of countermeasures, applying decision rules, transmitting countermeasure data, and generating the continuous feedback loop is performed by logic control software. 3. The method recited in claim 1, wherein receiving sensor data, characterizing the occurrence, generating the plurality of countermeasures, applying decision rules, transmitting countermeasure data, and generating the continuous feedback loop is performed by automated reasoning engine software. 4. The method recited in claim 1, wherein identifying the occurrence as a threat is based upon a probability that the occurrence will create a risk to the physical asset/area. 5. The method recited in claim 4, wherein applying the decision rules comprises at least one of reducing the probability that the threat will cause the risk and delaying the time required for the threat to become the risk. 6. The method recited in claim 5, wherein the occurrence is at least one person detected by the at least one sensor. 7. The method recited in claim 6, wherein activating the at least one actuator comprises generating non-lethal and nondestructive emissions. 8. The method recited in claim 7, wherein when the at least one person is identified as the threat, applying the decision rules comprises denying or delaying the at least one person from presenting the risk. 9. The method recited in claim 8, wherein denying or delaying the at least one person from presenting the risk comprises disrupting movements of the at least one person. 10. The method recited in claim 1, wherein generating the plurality of countermeasures comprises mathematically modeling learned scenarios and mathematically modeling a current occurrence. 11. The method recited in claim 10, further comprising generating a user graphical interface displaying the learned scenarios, the current occurrence, and the plurality of countermeasures. 12. The method recited in claim 10, wherein Design Basis Threats are used to determine and predict likely scenarios of each threat type. 13. The method recited in claim 12, wherein the decision rules are developed at least in part on the likely scenarios. 14. The method recited in claim 6, wherein the threat is characterized within a threat-level range based on specific tasks and activities the at least one person is performing at the time of the occurrence. 15. A system to actively protect a physical asset/area through defense and denial, comprising: a computer network having at least one processor, a non-transitory storage medium, and a computer device with a display; at least one actuator in communication with the computer network; at least one sensor in communication with the computer network; and, application software stored on the non-transitory storage medium programmed to exercise command and control of the system and display an interface on the computer device enabling a user to exercise command and control of the system via at least one module; wherein the application software includes at least one of an automated reasoning engine software and a logic control software programmed to automatically coordinate activation of the at least one actuator and sensor in accordance with decision rules to detect, identify, and localize threats of an occurrence and implement at least one countermeasure in response thereto; wherein the decision rules are parameters programmed into the application software to direct activation of the at least one actuator and sensor during implementation of the at least one countermeasure; wherein the at least one countermeasure is a concerted activation of the at least one actuator and sensor to mitigate damage to a physical asset/area posed by the threats; wherein sensor data is transmitted from the at least one sensor to at least one of another sensor, the at least one actuator, and the computer network and processed by the application software to develop the at least one countermeasure; and, wherein during implementation of the at least one countermeasure, countermeasure data is transmitted from the computer network to at least one of the actuator and the sensor. 16. The system recited in claim 15, wherein: the at least one sensor is configured to detect and record characteristics of an environment near the physical asset/area so as to detect the occurrence and collect data regarding the occurrence; and, the at least one actuator is configured to generate non-lethal and nondestructive emissions at humans and equipment. 17. The system recited in claim 15, wherein the at least one countermeasure is based at least in part on at least one of mathematically modeled learned scenarios and a mathematically modeled current occurrence. 18. The system recited in claim 17, Design Basis Threats are used to determine and predict likely scenarios of each threat type. 19. The system recited in claim 15, wherein the application software is programmed to develop situational awareness by at least one of: collecting, distilling, and fusing sensor data and automatically implement the at least one countermeasure directed against adversaries causing the occurrence by attacking the physical asset/area, wherein the at least one countermeasure is configured to disrupt movements of the adversaries; and, a geospatial graphical user interface presented to the user and use of decision-making algorithms to implement sequences in accordance with the at least one countermeasure. 20. The system recited in claim 15, wherein the application software is programmed to operate within a continuous feedback loop. 21. A method to actively protect a physical asset/area through defense and denial, comprising: receiving, by a computer network, sensor data associated with characteristics of an environment corresponding to a physical asset/area from a plurality of sensors positioned to sense an around surrounding that physical asset/area; identifying, from the sensor data, at least one individual positioned within the area surrounding the physical asset/area; determining, from the sensor data, characteristics of the at least one individual positioned within the area surrounding the physical asset/area; determining, from the determined characteristics, a level of threat to the physical asset/area posed by the at least one individual; actuating at least one of a plurality of actuators to direct a non-lethal countermeasure toward the at least one individual based on the determined level of threat.