LIST-BASED EMERGENCY CALLING DEVICE
First Claim
1. An emergency services automatic dialing device, comprising:
- a wireless receiver for receiving, from a portable transceiver, a signal indicating that a panic button has been pushed and for receiving speech from a user of the portable transceiver;
a memory for storing a list of at least one alternate number that may be called before dialing an emergency services number;
a dialer for calling the at least one number in the list before dialing the emergency services number;
a detector for detecting a status of the call to the at least one number in the list, wherein the dialer dials the emergency services number if the detector does not detect that a callee at the at least one number in the list has indicated that the emergency services number does not need to be called; and
a voice transmitter for providing speech from the user of the portable transceiver to the callee upon the callee answering a call to the at least one number in the list but without playing any message when the emergency services number has been called.
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Abstract
An emergency services automatic dialing device enables at least one number in a list of alternate numbers to be called prior to dialing an emergency services number (e.g., 911). This enables a user of a corresponding portable transceiver to try to reach someone else (e.g., a family member) before having to resort to calling emergency services (e.g., 911 for fire department, police or ambulance). The dialing device can call several numbers in a list until all the numbers are exhausted before dialing the emergency services number. Calling the list of numbers can also be overridden by pressing a button on the portable transceiver in a particular way.
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31 Claims
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1. An emergency services automatic dialing device, comprising:
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a wireless receiver for receiving, from a portable transceiver, a signal indicating that a panic button has been pushed and for receiving speech from a user of the portable transceiver; a memory for storing a list of at least one alternate number that may be called before dialing an emergency services number; a dialer for calling the at least one number in the list before dialing the emergency services number; a detector for detecting a status of the call to the at least one number in the list, wherein the dialer dials the emergency services number if the detector does not detect that a callee at the at least one number in the list has indicated that the emergency services number does not need to be called; and a voice transmitter for providing speech from the user of the portable transceiver to the callee upon the callee answering a call to the at least one number in the list but without playing any message when the emergency services number has been called. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An emergency services automatic dialing device, comprising:
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a wireless receiver for receiving, from a portable transceiver, a signal indicating that a panic button has been pushed and for receiving speech from a user of the portable transceiver; a memory for storing a list of at least one alternate number that may be called in addition to dialing an emergency services number; a dialer for calling the at least one number in the list and for dialing the emergency services number and bridging together the calls to the at least one number in the list and the emergency services number; and a voice transmitter for providing speech from the user of the portable transceiver to the callee upon the callee answering a call to the at least one number in the list but without playing any message when the emergency services number has been called. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An emergency services automatic dialing device, comprising:
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a DTMF detector for detecting that an emergency services number has been dialed; a memory for storing a list of at least one alternate number that may be called after terminating a call to the emergency services number; a dialer for calling the at least one number in the list after terminating the call to the emergency services number; a message playback device for playing back a message indicating that a call was recently completed to the emergency services number; and a transmitter for sending an activation to a portable transceiver to begin voice communication between the portable transmitter and the emergency services automatic dialing device after the termination of the call to the emergency services number. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An emergency services automatic dialing device, comprising:
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a memory for storing a list of at least one alternate number that may be called in addition to dialing an emergency services number; a low voltage detector for detecting a low voltage condition of a battery of at least one of a wireless transceiver and the emergency service automatic dialing device; a dialer for calling the at least one number in the list after detecting the low voltage condition in the battery of the at least one of the wireless transceiver and the emergency service automatic dialing device; and a message playback device for playing back a message indicating the low voltage condition in the battery of the at least one of the wireless transceiver and the emergency service automatic dialing device, the message being played back to a callee corresponding to the at least one number in the list dialed by the dialer.
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22. An emergency services automatic dialing device, comprising:
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a memory for storing a list of at least one alternate number that may be called in addition to dialing an emergency services number; an error checking device for detecting an absence of an available line for dialing at least one of the emergency services number and the list of at least one alternate number; and a voice announcement playback device for playing back a voice announcement indicating the absence of the available line. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An emergency services automatic notification device, comprising:
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a DTMF detector for detecting that an emergency services number has been dialed; a memory for storing a list of at least one alternate contacts that may be contacted after terminating a call to the emergency services number; a notifier for notifying, after terminating the call to the emergency services number, the at least one contact in the list that a call was recently completed to the emergency services number; and a voice announcement playback device for playing back a voice announcement indicating that the notifier notified the at least one contact in the list that a call was recently completed to the emergency services number. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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