Automatic emergency call notification to pre-designated personal emergency contacts
First Claim
1. A method of automatically notifying a pre-designated emergency contact relating to an emergency call, comprising:
- receiving an emergency call from a given subscriber;
determining at least one pre-designated emergency contact to be automatically contacted subsequent to said receipt of said emergency call;
generating a notification message to be sent to said at least one pre-designated emergency contact; and
sending said generated notification message to said at least one pre-designated emergency contact.
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Abstract
Automatic notification is provided to pre-designated emergency contacts for a given wireless subscriber upon the occurrence of an emergency call from the subscriber. Triggering for the automatic notification may take place at an appropriate time in the emergency call, e.g., at a time the emergency call is received, at a time during the emergency call after a current location of the emergency caller is obtained by the emergency network, once the emergency call terminates, after a set amount of time after the emergency call is received, terminates, etc. The automatic notification is preferably made using voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), but may instead be pre-designated by the subscriber to be in an alternative mode, e.g., by SMS, switched telephone, etc. An option is included for the emergency caller to cancel the automatic notification. The location of the emergency caller may be configurably provided to a notified emergency contact.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of automatically notifying a pre-designated emergency contact relating to an emergency call, comprising:
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receiving an emergency call from a given subscriber; determining at least one pre-designated emergency contact to be automatically contacted subsequent to said receipt of said emergency call; generating a notification message to be sent to said at least one pre-designated emergency contact; and sending said generated notification message to said at least one pre-designated emergency contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for automatically notifying a pre-designated emergency contact relating to an emergency call, comprising:
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means for receiving an emergency call from a given subscriber; means for determining at least one pre-designated emergency contact to be automatically contacted subsequent to said receipt of said emergency call; means for generating a notification message to be sent to said at least one pre-designated emergency contact; and means for sending said generated notification message to said at least one pre-designated emergency contact. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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