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LIST-BASED EMERGENCY CALLING DEVICE

  • US 20090203350A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2009
  • Published: 08/13/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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