System and method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device
First Claim
1. A method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device (32), said method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a monitoring database (34) including identifications for a plurality of user devices (32) and user information associated with each of the user devices (32) including contacts to be contacted in an emergency for each user of each user device (32);
receiving priority information for the contacts and methods of notifying the contacts;
establishing an internet protocol (IP) address for the monitoring database (34);
establishing an IP address for each user device (32);
establishing communication over the Internet (36) between the monitoring database (34) and one of the user devices (32);
retrieving the priority information associated with the one of the user devices (32) in response to establishing communication; and
automatically processing the priority information upon receipt to notify the contact of the emergency through the monitoring database (34) using either internet protocols or public-switched telephone networks.
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Abstract
The subject invention provides a system and method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device (32). The method establishes a monitoring database (34) including identifications for a plurality of user devices (32) and user information associated with each of the user devices (32). An internet protocol (IP) address is established for the monitoring database (34) and for each user device (32). The monitoring database (34) includes contacts to be contacted in an emergency for each user of each user device (32) and receives priority information for notifying the contacts. Communication is established between one of the user devices (32) and the monitoring database (34) and the monitoring database (34) automatically processes the priority information to notify the contact using either internet protocols or public-switched telephone networks.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device (32), said method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a monitoring database (34) including identifications for a plurality of user devices (32) and user information associated with each of the user devices (32) including contacts to be contacted in an emergency for each user of each user device (32);
receiving priority information for the contacts and methods of notifying the contacts;
establishing an internet protocol (IP) address for the monitoring database (34);
establishing an IP address for each user device (32);
establishing communication over the Internet (36) between the monitoring database (34) and one of the user devices (32);
retrieving the priority information associated with the one of the user devices (32) in response to establishing communication; and
automatically processing the priority information upon receipt to notify the contact of the emergency through the monitoring database (34) using either internet protocols or public-switched telephone networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An emergency alert system (30) comprising:
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a user device (32) carried by a user having a housing (112), a processor (74) communicating via internet protocols (IP), a memory source (82) storing an IP address for said user device (32) and an IP address for a monitoring database (34), a global positioning system (GPS) receiver (38) in communication with said processor (74), a radio frequency (RF) module (42) in communication with said processor (74) for transmitting and receiving RF signals, a cellular modem (40) in communication with said processor (74) for establishing a cellular connection, a speaker (78), and a microphone (80); and
a monitoring database (34) having an internet protocol address and including identifications for a plurality of user devices (32) and user information associated with each of said user devices (32) including priority information identifying an order of contacts to be contacted and method of contacting the same in an emergency for each user of each user device (32) wherein said monitoring database (34) automatically processes the priority information in response to establishing communication with the user device (32) and notifies contacts of the emergency through the monitoring database (34). - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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