MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING IN CASE OF EMERGENCY STATE AND METHOD FOR ENTERING SUCH STATE
First Claim
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a control unit for controlling the operation of the terminal;
an interface unit (MMI) for receiving commands from a user to the control unit, and for displaying information;
a memory unit capable of storing contact information; and
wherein the control unit is adapted to receive through the interface unit a predefined ICE code relative to “
in case of emergency”
information, and, in response to said ICE code, to cause the mobile terminal to enter an In Case of Emergency (ICE) state.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mobile terminal having an “in case of emergency (ICE) state”. The In Case of Emergency (ICE) state is reachable by pressing a predefined code, suitably ‘I’, ‘C, ‘E’ (which on most phones correspond to ‘4’, ‘2’, ‘3’) and then an additional button e.g. the ‘Send’-, ‘Accept’- or ‘Call’ key. This action overrides ‘keylock’, ‘phone lock’ and use of ‘PIN-code’ etc similarly to the current emergency number handling. The action causes the ICE contact information to be displayed on the mobile phone or other suitable actions. If more than one contact is available in the ICE contact information storage, a list of alternative ICE contacts may be displayed. The invention also relates to a corresponding method and computer program product implementing the method.
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21 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a control unit for controlling the operation of the terminal; an interface unit (MMI) for receiving commands from a user to the control unit, and for displaying information; a memory unit capable of storing contact information; and wherein the control unit is adapted to receive through the interface unit a predefined ICE code relative to “
in case of emergency”
information, and, in response to said ICE code, to cause the mobile terminal to enter an In Case of Emergency (ICE) state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method in a mobile terminal comprising:
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receiving a predefined ICE code relative to “
in case of emergency”
information; andin response to said ICE code, causing the mobile terminal to enter an In Case of Emergency (ICE) state. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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