Multimedia emergency services
First Claim
1. A computer program product for establishing communication with a monitoring device, the computer program product comprising:
- a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for facilitating a method comprising;
transmitting an emergency help request to an emergency service center;
directly connecting, via a network, the emergency service center to the monitoring device;
forwarding a query to the monitoring device to retrieve a capability associated with the monitoring device;
enabling remote activation of the monitoring device; and
providing signals between the monitoring device and the emergency service center to enable remote control of the monitoring device to monitor a user vicinity.
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Abstract
A system and method for remotely controlling one or more monitoring devices in a user'"'"'s household in the event of emergency so as to more productively monitor the emergency situation on a real-time basis. The monitoring devices may include a number of multimedia instruments such as a telephone with an answering machine, a computer with a built-in digital camera, a video recording device, a cellular phone with an integrated digital camera, etc. An emergency service provider may remotely activate the monitoring devices in the user'"'"'s vicinity upon receiving an emergency help request from the user, and receive the information sent by the monitoring devices to enable the service personnel to plan appropriate response to the emergency at hand. Such an arrangement allows for better monitoring of the user'"'"'s vicinity in an emergency situation without the need for prolonged user participation in narrating or describing the emergency situation. Further, the emergency service provider may obtain a better picture of the emergency and its impact by controlling appropriate monitoring devices available in the user'"'"'s vicinity. The remote activation and control of a monitoring device may be accomplished via the Internet.
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1. A computer program product for establishing communication with a monitoring device, the computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for facilitating a method comprising;
transmitting an emergency help request to an emergency service center;
directly connecting, via a network, the emergency service center to the monitoring device;
forwarding a query to the monitoring device to retrieve a capability associated with the monitoring device;
enabling remote activation of the monitoring device; and
providing signals between the monitoring device and the emergency service center to enable remote control of the monitoring device to monitor a user vicinity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for providing an emergency monitoring service, the computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for facilitating a method comprising;
registering a subscriber with the emergency monitoring service;
monitoring subscriber communications to detect when an emergency communication is initiated;
activating a monitoring device at the user'"'"'s vicinity in response to an emergency communication;
acquiring monitored data from the activated monitoring device; and
transferring the monitored data to an emergency service center. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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