Apparatus, and associated method, for generating an alert to notify emergency personnel of a vehicular emergency
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1. Vehicular-positioned apparatus for initiating communication of emergency data pursuant to a vehicular emergency, said apparatus comprising:
- a paired transceiver detection initiation detector adapted to detect occurrence of a vehicular trip start event, said paired transceiver detection initiation detector configured to generate a pair-transceiver search command responsive to the occurrence of the vehicular trip start event;
a local transceiver adapted to receive the paired transceiver search command generated by said paired transceiver detection initiation detector, to receive indicia associated with the vehicle at which said local transceiver is positioned, and to receive indication of occurrence of the vehicular emergency, said local transceiver configured to perform a pair transceiver search responsive to the paired transceiver search command and to generate a vehicular emergency report responsive to the indication of the occurrence of the vehicular emergency.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for automatically reporting on the occurrence of a vehicular emergency. A vehicular-positioned transceiver searches for the presence of a paired transceiver positioned in proximity to the vehicular-positioned transceiver. The paired transceiver, forming part of a mobile station operable in a cellular communication system, is identified and used upon the occurrence of the vehicular emergency automatically to generate a report message that is routed to a public safety access point.
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20 Claims
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1. Vehicular-positioned apparatus for initiating communication of emergency data pursuant to a vehicular emergency, said apparatus comprising:
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a paired transceiver detection initiation detector adapted to detect occurrence of a vehicular trip start event, said paired transceiver detection initiation detector configured to generate a pair-transceiver search command responsive to the occurrence of the vehicular trip start event;
a local transceiver adapted to receive the paired transceiver search command generated by said paired transceiver detection initiation detector, to receive indicia associated with the vehicle at which said local transceiver is positioned, and to receive indication of occurrence of the vehicular emergency, said local transceiver configured to perform a pair transceiver search responsive to the paired transceiver search command and to generate a vehicular emergency report responsive to the indication of the occurrence of the vehicular emergency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for facilitating communication of emergency data pursuant to a vehicular emergency, said method comprising the operations of:
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performing a paired transceiver search by a vehicular-positioned local transceiver to identify a paired transceiver in proximity to the vehicular-positioned local transceiver;
identifying a paired transceiver responsive to the paired transceiver search;
providing vehicular emergency indicia to the vehicular-positioned transceiver upon occurrence of the vehicular emergency;
sending the vehicular emergency indicia to the paired transceiver for forwarding onto a public safety access point. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for alerting a public safety access point of a vehicular emergency, said method comprising the operations of:
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providing a vehicle with a local area transceiver;
identifying a wide area transceiver having local area transceiver capability in proximity with the local area transceiver of the vehicle;
identifying a wide area transceiver having local area transceiver capability in proximity with the local area transceiver of the vehicle;
alerting the wide area transceiver of occurrence of the vehicular emergency by sending signals generated at the local area transceiver to the wide area transceiver;
communicating an indication of the occurrence of the vehicular emergency to the public safety access point using the wide area transceiver.
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