WIRELESS DEVICE EMERGENCY SERVICES CONNECTION AND PANIC BUTTON, WITH CRIME AND SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM

• US 20110111728A1
• Filed: 11/12/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellular Mobile Routing Company LLC
• Original Assignee: Mobiletrec, Inc.
• Inventors: Lonstein, Tony Charles, FERGUSON, DANIEL LEE
• Granted Patent: US 8,588,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A system and method for providing a conduit to send information to emergency services from a wireless device. Systems and methods for registering an alarm button on a wireless device and sending to public and/or private emergency services providers information related to the wireless device including its location, information about a wireless device end user and/or subscriber associated with the wireless device, and information recorded by one or more wireless devices during and subsequent to the time the alarm button is activated.

Claims

1. A method of registering and distributing an alarm, comprising:

registering that an alarm button has been pressed from a mobile device;

accessing a database to read address information for parties to contact;

sending at least one message to at least one address;

determining elapsed time and at a predetermined interval, sending at least one additional message to an emergency services center.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one message comprises a SIP message.

2. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

determining the location of the mobile device; and

transmitting the location as part of at least one of the messages.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the emergency services center is chosen based on the location.

5. A system for registering and distributing an alarm, the system comprising:

a processor operable to execute computer program instructions; and

a memory operable to store computer program instructions executable by the processor, for performing the steps of;

registering that an alarm button has been pressed from a mobile device;

accessing a database to read address information for parties to contact;

sending at least one message to at least one address;

determining elapsed time and at a predetermined interval, sending at least one additional message to an emergency services center.

6. A computer program product for registering and distributing an alarm, comprising:

a computer readable medium;

computer program instructions, recorded on the computer readable medium, executable by a processor, for performing the steps of

registering that an alarm button has been pressed from a mobile device;

accessing a database to read address information for parties to contact;

sending at least one message to at least one address;

determining elapsed time and at a predetermined interval, sending at least one additional message to an emergency services center.

7. A method for registering an alarm on a wireless device, the method comprising:

providing software on the wireless device;

registering a key on the wireless device as a Panic Button;

determining that the key is pushed;

sending a request from the wireless device to a server;

receiving from the server information including an address; and

sending a text message from the wireless device to the address.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining the location on the wireless device;

sending the location and an identifier as part of the text message.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

sending a message from the server to a police station nearest to the location if an escalation code and the identifier is sent to the server.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining elapsed time and at a predetermined interval, sending a message from the wireless device to a call center;

sending a message from the call center to the wireless device;

determining additional elapsed time and at an additional predetermined interval, sending at least one message from the call center to a police station nearest to the location.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

sending information stored on the server to the police station.