Survival emergency location transmitter tracking system
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1. A computer-implemented method suitable for communicating emergency information from a user emergency location, said method comprising the steps of:
- continuously monitoring user location data at a removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device, the user location data including at least one of software, text content, speech, voice, audio, video information, control signal, time, tracking signal, transmitter signal, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) position coordinates, and geo-location data;
providing a user-accessible removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter (ELT);
when determined by said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device that at least one of an emergency or a technical problem is identified in monitored user location data;
processing said monitored user location data into a computer readable instruction; and
using said computer readable instruction to automatically activate and control said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter, said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter functioning to automatically trigger real-time tracking of said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter via satellite;
wherein monitored user location data for said real-time tracking includes at least one of software, text content, speech, voice, audio, video information, control signal, time, tracking signal, tracking signal, transmitter signal, Global Navigation Satellite System position coordinates, and geo-location data;
wherein the removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter conforms to removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter standards defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in functioning to broadcast distinctive signals on designated frequencies, and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter is normally manually activated; and
wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device includes a processor configured to monitor and process data, and to automatically activate and control said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter when said emergency or technical problem is identified.
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Abstract
The invention is a service for sending and/or receiving messages in a first format intended for a recipient or authority, where the service identifies for the intended recipient a second format for receiving messages, and where the service formats a communication for delivery to the intended recipient, where the message is prepared to be presented to the recipient in the first and/or the second format.
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30 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method suitable for communicating emergency information from a user emergency location, said method comprising the steps of:
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continuously monitoring user location data at a removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device, the user location data including at least one of software, text content, speech, voice, audio, video information, control signal, time, tracking signal, transmitter signal, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) position coordinates, and geo-location data; providing a user-accessible removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter (ELT); when determined by said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device that at least one of an emergency or a technical problem is identified in monitored user location data; processing said monitored user location data into a computer readable instruction; and using said computer readable instruction to automatically activate and control said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter, said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter functioning to automatically trigger real-time tracking of said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter via satellite; wherein monitored user location data for said real-time tracking includes at least one of software, text content, speech, voice, audio, video information, control signal, time, tracking signal, tracking signal, transmitter signal, Global Navigation Satellite System position coordinates, and geo-location data; wherein the removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter conforms to removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter standards defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in functioning to broadcast distinctive signals on designated frequencies, and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter is normally manually activated; and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device includes a processor configured to monitor and process data, and to automatically activate and control said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter when said emergency or technical problem is identified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method suitable for automatically responding to an emergency situation detected at a user location, said method comprising the steps of:
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continuously monitoring user location data with a removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device for an indication that the emergency situation has been detected; providing a user-accessible removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter (ELT) configured to provide an outgoing tracking signal; if the emergency situation is detected, processing monitored user location data into a computer readable instruction; and executing said computer readable instruction by said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device to automatically activate said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter so as to automatically trigger tracking of the aircraft accident location and establish a remote interface between said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device and said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter; wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter conforms to removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter standards defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in functioning to broadcast distinctive signals on designated frequencies, and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter is normally manually activated; and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device includes a processor configured to monitor and process data, and to automatically include Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) position coordinates in said outgoing tracking signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter tracking system suitable for use at a user emergency location, said system comprising:
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a removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device functioning to obtain monitored emergency location data; a user-accessible removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device having a user interface configured to provide access to modify, monitor and control of said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device, said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device further configured to provide access to monitor said monitored emergency location data for identification of a possible emergency or technical problem; and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device further functions to obtain a determination of at least one of said emergency or technical problem, said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device further functioning to process said emergency location data into a computer readable instruction;
such that said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device automatically activates a removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter (ELT) to continuously communicate with a satellite tracking system and to track and report geo-location of said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter in specified and designated time intervals in response to said determination of at least one of said emergency or technical problem, via said computer readable instruction;wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter conforms to removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter standards defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in functioning to broadcast distinctive signals on designated frequencies, and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter is normally manually activated; and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device includes a processor configured to monitor and process said emergency location data, and to automatically activate and control said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter when said at least one of said emergency or technical problem is identified. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method suitable for communicating emergency information from a user emergency location, said method comprising:
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continuously receiving user location data at a removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device; automatically monitoring user location data information obtained from said received aircraft data, said monitored aircraft data for said real-time tracking including at least one of software, text content, speech, voice, audio, video information, control signal, time, tracking signal, transmitter signal, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) position coordinates, and geo-location data; when determined from said monitored user location data that an emergency or technical problem is identified, triggering said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device to automatically initiate real-time tracking of the removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter via satellite by activating a removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter (ELT); wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter conforms to emergency beacons used to transmit distress signals as defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the defined emergency location transmitter functioning to broadcast distinctive signals on designated frequencies, and wherein said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter activation device includes a processor configured to monitor and process data, and to automatically activate and control said removable autonomous survival emergency location transmitter when said emergency or technical problem is identified.
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