Software and hardware enabled satellite detectable distress transmissions from ubiquitous wireless connectivity devices

• US 20050143049A1
• Filed: 12/29/2003
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clare L. Hoke Jr
• Original Assignee: Clare L. Hoke Jr
• Inventors: Hoke, Clare L. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US10/746,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20050143049A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

The Present Invention is comprised of new hardware and software, to be paired with wireless connectivity devices including Cellular Phones, PCS Digital Cellular Phones, PDA'"'"'s, Laptop Computers, pagers, GPS auto and handhelds, and remote end user devices, wherein said hardware and software enables said wireless connectivity devices to modulate transmission capabilities to transmit a carrier wave of 406 MHz, and further modulating upon said carrier wave ESN, MIN, SID, ANI information, and further emergency information, including, but not limited to medical information, and GPS location coordinates, to be detected by the COSPAS-SARSAT satellite system, recovered, and transmitted to NOAA for immediate action. Said action by NOAA also including contacting commercial connectivity providers, and medical associations for further information essential to rescue efforts. The above actions being initialized by end users of wireless connectivity devices where regular wireless connectivity is not available. And further, a method whereby secure/emergency/medical information is hidden in plain sight via. dispersing and keying said information amongst web accessible domains, wherein said information is dispersed and lacks any correlation to identity of an individual end user.

Claims

1. ) Hardware and Software modifications to wireless connectivity devices (WCD'"'"'s) including Cellular Phones, PCS Digital Cellular Phones, PDA'"'"'s, Laptop Computers, pagers, GPS auto and handhelds, and wireless remote end user devices, wherein:

means of end users initializing said wireless connectivity devices for emergency transmission by entering into said connectivity device a specific, pre-determined code,

means of said specific, pre-determined code triggering modulation of transmission frequency of said wireless connectivity devices to transmit a carrier wave at 406 MHz,

means of storing upon said wireless connectivity device digitized information, including but not limited to the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) of said end user device, a Mobile Identification Number (MIN), a System Identification Code (SID), Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information, emergency contact information, emergency medical information, specific addresses of contacts to access emergency contact information, specific addresses of contacts to access emergency medical information, keys to access emergency medical information, current GPS coordinates,

means of accessing upon said wireless connectivity device digitized information, including but not limited to the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) of said end user device, a Mobile Identification Number (MIN), a System Identification Code (SID), Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information, emergency contact information, emergency medical information, specific addresses of contacts to access emergency contact information, specific addresses of contacts to access emergency medical information, keys to access emergency medical information, current GPS coordinates,

means of modulating upon said carrier wave during transmission, digitized information, including but not limited to;

the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) of said end user device, a Mobile Identification Number (MIN), a System Identification Code (SID), Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information, emergency contact information, emergency medical information, specific addresses of contacts to access emergency contact information, keys to access emergency medical information, specific addresses of contacts to access emergency medical information.

2. ) Hardware and Software modifications to wireless connectivity devices in accordance with claim 1, and further,

means of modulation upon said carrier wave, real time digitized end user input, including keyed in text messages, digitized audio, digitized voice messages, and digitized visual information.

3. ) Hardware and Software modifications to wireless connectivity devices (WCD'"'"'s) in accordance with claim 2, and further,

means of storing within said WCD'"'"'s, the digitized addresses and contact information of specific resources to be contacted in case of emergency as initiated by said WCD'"'"'s, wherein,

upon said WCD'"'"'s being triggered to transmit a carrier wave of 406 MHz, said WCD'"'"'s modulate said digitized addresses and contact information of specific resources, to be transmitted upon said carrier wave, and further,

upon detection of said carrier wave by satellite systems, including but not limited to the COSPAS-SARSAT satellite system, said digitized addresses and contact information of specific resources are recovered, and transmitted to Rescue Management and further,

said rescue management then contacting said digitized addresses of specific resources for information beneficial to rescue operations.

4. ) Hardware and Software modifications to wireless connectivity devices (WCD'"'"'s) in accordance with claim 3, wherein,

the digitized addresses and contact information of specific resources to be contacted in case of emergency as initiated by said WCD'"'"'s, include commercial connectivity providers and medical organizations which provide storage of emergency information for individual end users of specific WCD'"'"'s.

5. ) Hardware and Software modifications to wireless connectivity devices (WCD'"'"'s) in accordance with claim 4, wherein,

said Rescue Management contacts said connectivity providers based upon said WCD'"'"'s ESN, MIN, SID, ANI, as transmitted upon said carrier wave, whereby,

Rescue Management is granted access to emergency information stored within the domains of said connectivity providers, as indexed by said ESN, MIN, SID, ANI, and further,

Rescue Management determines from said connectivity providers, the location of additional emergency information, outside of the domains of said connectivity providers, to be accessed by Rescue Management,

said additional emergency information being dispersed within the domains of multiple organizations, and accessible via. the initialization of verified transmissions of specific end user WCD'"'"'s upon emergency broadcast frequencies.

6. ) In low orbit satellite systems, including, but not limited to the COSPAS-SARSAT satellite system;

step wherein said satellite systems monitor pre-determined emergency radio frequencies for transmissions of carrier wave signals within specific band spectrums,

step wherein said satellite systems receive software upgrades whereby,

step for said software upgrades expanding assessment of said carrier wave signals to include further recognition and analysis of digitized information modulated upon said carrier signals, including WCD, ESN, MIN, SID, ANI, information,

step for assessment of said digitized information modulated upon said carrier signals,

7. ) In low orbit satellite systems, in accordance with claim 6,

step wherein said satellite systems monitor pre-determined emergency radio frequencies for transmissions of carrier wave signals within specific band spectrums,

step wherein said satellite systems receive software upgrades whereby,

step for said software upgrades expanding assessment of said carrier wave signals to include further recognition and analysis of digitized information modulated upon said carrier signals,

step for assessment of said digitized information modulated upon said carrier signals,

step for assessment of real-time digitized information, modulated upon said carrier wave, said real-time information including voice, text, GPS, and photographic information.

8. ) Low orbit satellite systems, in accordance with claim 7, wherein,

said low orbit satellite systems assesses said information modulated upon said carrier signals, said low orbit satellite systems extracting digitized information, including specific addresses and contact information whereby,

Rescue Management associated with said low orbit satellite systems contact and transfer information based upon said information modulated upon said carrier signals, to access end user information as recorded and stored within the domains of commercial Wireless connectivity providers.

9. ) Low orbit satellite systems, in accordance with claim 8, wherein,

said low orbit satellite systems assesses said information modulated upon said carrier signals, said low orbit satellite systems extracting digitized information, including specific addresses and contact information whereby,

Rescue Management associated with said low orbit satellite systems contact and transfers information based upon said information modulated upon said carrier signals, to access end user information as recorded and stored within the domains of Medical Establishments, Internet Providers, Network Providers, Connectivity Providers, Digital Storage Providers, Servers, Routers, and Aggregate Information Dispersion Organizations

10. ) Low orbit satellite systems, in accordance with claim 9, wherein,

Rescue Management Services, associated with said low orbit satellite systems, is provided all necessary rescue information based upon said information as stored and transferred from end users wireless connectivity devices and modulated upon said carrier signal.

11. ) Within the domains of Wireless Connectivity Providers, services whereby, said Wireless Connectivity Providers, provide:

step for access from Rescue Management Services,

step for verification of said Rescue Management Services,

step for validation of transmissions from specific end user Wireless Connectivity Devices (WCD'"'"'s), whereby said transmissions are relayed from said Rescue Management Services,

step for validation of transmissions from specific end user WCD'"'"'s, whereby information from said transmissions are relayed from said Rescue Management Services,

step for said Wireless Connectivity Providers, granting access to previously stored emergency information, as indexed by said validated transmissions from specific end user WCD'"'"'s, said transmissions being detected by said Rescue Management Services from said end user WCD'"'"'s modulating to transmit upon satellite detectable emergency frequencies.

12. ) Within the domains of Rescue Management Services,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services receives transmissions from end user Wireless Connectivity Devices (WCD'"'"'s) upon emergency satellite frequencies,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services contacts and verifies communication with the regular Wireless Connectivity Providers for said WCD'"'"'s,

step wherein said Wireless Connectivity Providers, validate contact with Rescue Management Services.

step wherein said Rescue Management Services transfers information from said WCD'"'"'s to said regular Wireless Connectivity Providers,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services, transfers a copy of said transmissions from end user WCD'"'"'s, to said Wireless Connectivity Providers,

step wherein said Wireless Connectivity Providers, validate WCD, ESN, MIN, SID, ANI, information for end users WCD'"'"'s,

step wherein said Wireless Connectivity Providers, deny or confirm said validation of said information for end users WCD'"'"'s, to said Rescue Management Services.

13. ) Within the domains of Rescue Management Services, in accordance with claim 12,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services receives transmissions from end user Wireless Connectivity Devices (WCD'"'"'s) upon emergency satellite frequencies,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services contacts and verifies communication with the regular Wireless Connectivity Providers for said WCD'"'"'s,

step wherein said Wireless Connectivity Providers, validate contact with Rescue Management Services.

step wherein said Rescue Management Services transfers information from said WCD'"'"'s to said regular Wireless Connectivity Providers,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services, transfers a copy of said transmissions from end user WCD'"'"'s, to said Wireless Connectivity Providers,

step wherein said Wireless Connectivity Providers, validate WCD, ESN, MIN, SID, ANI, information for end users WCD'"'"'s,

step wherein said Wireless Connectivity Providers, deny said Rescue Management Services access to emergency information based upon said WCD, ESN, MIN, SID, ANI, information from end users WCD'"'"'s

step wherein said Wireless Connectivity Providers, enable said Rescue Management Services access to emergency information based upon said WCD, ESN, MIN, SID, ANI, information from end users WCD'"'"'s

step wherein said Rescue Management Services extract from said Wireless Connectivity Providers, all required emergency information.

14. ) Within the domains of Rescue Management Services, in accordance with claim 13,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services extract from said Wireless Connectivity Providers, all required emergency information to access secondary domains to retrieve additional required emergency information.

15. ) Within the domains of Rescue Management Services, in accordance with claim 14,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services extract from said Wireless Connectivity Providers, all required emergency information to access secondary domains to retrieve required emergency information, and further,

step wherein said Rescue Management Services extract from said Wireless Connectivity Providers, all required emergency information to access additional third, fourth, fifth, domains ad infinitum, to retrieve required emergency information.

16. ) Within a globally based digital telecommunication, cable, fiber optic, satellite based network having an infrastructure of, Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers,

step wherein emergency and medical information, for individuals is dispersed within the domains of said Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers, upon said globally based digital telecommunication, cable, fiber optic, satellite based network whereby,

step wherein said emergency information for individuals is readily accessible from standard web browsers, using IP addresses,

step wherein said emergency information contains no correlative information regarding the identity of said individuals,

step wherein said emergency information is accessed through the domains of individual said Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers,

step wherein said emergency information is accessed through the domains of multiple said Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers, each containing access codes and IP addresses for additional domains and resources,

step wherein said Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers, provide capacity within the domains of said respective Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers, for the dispersion of secure/emergency/medical information.

17. ) Within a globally based digital infrastructure as described within claim 16,

step wherein said Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers, provide capacity within the domains of said respective Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers, for the storage of said emergency information.

18. ) Within a globally based digital infrastructure as described within claim 17,

step wherein said Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers, provide capacity within the domains of said respective Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers, for the dispersion, storage, and retrieval of said emergency information, based upon grouped policies of expenditures from individuals, so as to make the storage expenditures of individuals non-correlative to the identities of said individuals.

19. ) Within a globally based digital infrastructure as described within claim 18,

step, wherein access to secure/emergency/medical information as secured within the domains of said Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers;

is initialized by transmissions of wireless connectivity devices (WCD'"'"'s) including Cellular Phones, PCS Digital Cellular Phones, PDA'"'"'s, Laptop Computers, pagers, GPS auto and handhelds, and wireless remote end user devices.

20. ) Within a globally based digital infrastructure as described within claim 19,

step, wherein said access to secure/emergency/medical information as secured within the domains of said Internet Service Providers, Network Providers Connectivity Providers, Digital Content Providers, Wireless Connectivity Providers, Servers, and Routers;

is initialized by transmissions of wireless connectivity devices (WCD'"'"'s) including Cellular Phones, PCS Digital Cellular Phones, PDA'"'"'s, Laptop Computers, pagers, GPS auto and handhelds, and wireless remote end user devices, as transmitted upon global emergency satellite monitorable frequencies, wherein,

said WCD'"'"'s are modulatable from standard wireless connective frequencies, to said satellite monitorable frequencies.