Emergency response system
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1. A system for contacting help comprising:
- an emergency device carried on the person of a user, said emergency device having a wireless sending unit activated by an activation unit;
a mobile telephone having a wireless receiving unit adapted to receive signals from said wireless sending unit, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
in which said emergency device sends a signal to said mobile telephone in response to the activation of said wireless sending unit; and
said mobile telephone calls said emergency number in response to said signal.
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Abstract
An emergency request system includes a portable emergency device designed to be carried on the person of a user, the emergency device containing stored data useful in the event of an emergency, such as data on medical problems of the user, contact information of a person able to supply information when the user is incapacitated and location information as to the present location of the user. The emergency request system includes a cellular phone that supports Bluetooth and software that interacts with the portable emergency device and the 911 emergency system.
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1. A system for contacting help comprising:
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an emergency device carried on the person of a user, said emergency device having a wireless sending unit activated by an activation unit;
a mobile telephone having a wireless receiving unit adapted to receive signals from said wireless sending unit, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
in whichsaid emergency device sends a signal to said mobile telephone in response to the activation of said wireless sending unit; and
said mobile telephone calls said emergency number in response to said signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16)
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11. An apparatus for contacting help comprising:
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an emergency device carried on the person of a user, said emergency device having a wireless sending unit activated by an activation unit; and
a mobile telephone having a wireless receiving unit adapted to receive signals from said wireless sending unit, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
in whichsaid emergency device sends a signal to said mobile telephone in response to the activation of said wireless sending unit; and
said mobile telephone calls said emergency number in response to said signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14)
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17. An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computing device in a mobile telephone handset, the medium embodying instructions executable by the computing device for performing method steps comprising:
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receiving signals from a wireless sending unit carried on the person of a user, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
in whichsaid emergency device sends a signal to said mobile telephone in response to the activation of said wireless sending unit; and
said mobile telephone calls said emergency number in response to said signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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