COMMUNICATIONS METHOD

• US 20100311388A1
• Filed: 06/21/2010
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MobileHelp, LLC
• Original Assignee: Integrity Tracking LLC
• Inventors: Flippo, Robert, Janetis, Elias
• Granted Patent: US 8,447,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/17 Emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/34 Power consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

A system for 2-way data and voice communication with a user A base station in communicates with a response center. A portable device has a cellular transceiver module, a GPS module and an emergency call button, and is in two-way communication with a response center for communicating the location of the portable device to the response center in response to activation of the emergency call button. A wearable pendant has a panic button, and outputs a signal in response to activation of the panic button. The portable device receives the signal and contacts the response center in response to the signal when the portable device is not in proximity to the base station; and the base station receives the signal and the base station communicates with the response center when the portable device is in proximity of the base station.

Claims

1. A system for two-way data and voice communication with a user comprising:

a base station in communication with a response center;

a portable device having a cellular transceiver module, a GPS module and an emergency call button, in two-way communication with a response center for communicating the location of the portable device to the response center, and in response to activation of the emergency call button causing the mobile device to communicate with the response center; and

a wearable pendant having a panic button, and outputting a signal in response to activation of the panic button, the portable device receiving the signal and contacting the response center in response to the signal when the portable device is not in proximity to the base station; and

the base station receiving the signal and the base station communicating with the response center when the portable device is in proximity of the base station.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device communicates with the response center when not in the proximity of the base station, and in response to activation of the emergency call button.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device communicates the location of the portable device to the response center in response to the signal when the portable device is not in proximity to the base station.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the base station is incorporated into a security system for a house.

5. A method of two-way data and voice communication with a user utilizing a portable device and a base station, the portable device having a cellular transceiver, module, GPS module and an emergency call button, and a wearable pendant having a panic button comprising the steps of:

depressing the panic button on the wearable pendant when the portable device is not in proximity of the base station to output a signal;

receiving the signal at the portable device, the portable device autodialing a response center in response to the signal when not in proximity of the base station; and

the base station autodialing the response center in response to the signal when the portable device is in proximity to the base station.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the portable device transmits GPS location data to the response station.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of allowing voice communication between a user of the portable device and the response center upon auto dialing the response center.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the base station receives the signal.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the mobile device causes the base station to autodial the response center when the portable device is in proximity to the base station.