Emergency mode operating method and mobile device adapted thereto

• US 20110117875A1
• Filed: 11/16/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Oh, Se Wan, Hong, Jong Seok
• Application Number:
  US12/927,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20110117875A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/066 Telephone sets adapted for data transmision

Abstract

An emergency mode operating method and a mobile device adapted to the method are provided. An emergency phone number is extracted using received DTMF tones. An emergency message and an outgoing emergency call are transmitted via the extracted emergency phone number. The method includes receiving Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) tones from the other mobile device when the mobile device is operated in a call mode, acquiring an emergency phone number using a phone number based on the received DTMF tones, and operating an emergency mode based on the acquired emergency phone number.

Claims

1. An emergency mode operating method of a mobile device, comprising:

receiving Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) tones from the other mobile device when the mobile device is operated in a call mode;

acquiring an emergency phone number using a phone number based on the received DTMF tones; and

operating an emergency mode based on the acquired emergency phone number.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring an emergency phone number comprises:

creating a phone number corresponding to the received DTMF tones;

comparing the created phone number with at least one preset emergency phone number; and

acquiring a phone number consistent with the at least one preset emergency phone number.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein operating an emergency mode comprises:

operating the emergency mode when the phone number based on the DTMF tones corresponds to the emergency phone number.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein operating an emergency mode comprises:

at least one of transmitting an emergency message and making an outgoing emergency call using the phone number based on the DTMF tones.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein operating an emergency mode comprises:

transmitting the emergency message to the other mobile device if the phone number based on the DTMF tones is a phone number of the other mobile device that is currently connected with the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein operating an emergency mode comprises:

transmitting, if the phone number based on the DTMF tones is a phone number of an emergency center, the emergency message to at least one of the emergency center and the other mobile device that is currently connected with the mobile device; and

making an outgoing emergency call via the phone number based on the DTMF tones after the emergency message has been transmitted.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

performing a three way call among the mobile device, the other mobile device and the emergency center after the outgoing emergency call has been made.

8. A mobile device comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) communication unit configured to receive Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) tones when the mobile device is operating in a call mode and transmit an emergency message and an outgoing emergency call, created in an emergency mode, via a communication channel; and

a controller configured to operate the emergency mode if a phone number based on the received DTMF tones is a preset emergency phone number.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to compare the phone number based on the received DTMF tones with at least one preset emergency phone number and operate the emergency mode if the phone number based on the received DTMF tones corresponds to the emergency phone number.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the controller comprises:

an emergency mode processing unit configured to extract the phone number based on the DTMF tones if the mobile device is operated in an emergency mode during a call, and process transmission of an emergency message or an outgoing emergency call if the extracted phone number corresponds to the emergency phone number.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the emergency mode processing unit is configured to create an emergency message containing location information about the mobile device when the mobile device is operated in an emergency mode, and control transmission of the emergency message using the phone number based on the DTMF tones.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the emergency mode processing unit is configured to control transmission of the emergency message to the mobile device if the phone number based on the DTMF tones is the phone number of the other mobile device that is currently connected with the mobile device.

13. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the emergency mode processing unit is configured to control transmission of the emergency message to at least one of the emergency center and the other mobile device that is currently connected to the mobile device if the phone number based on the DTMF tones is the phone number of the emergency center.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the emergency mode processing unit is configured to control transmission of an outgoing emergency call using the phone number based on the DTMF tones after the emergency message has been transmitted.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the emergency mode processing unit is configured to create a control event for performing three way calling among the mobile device, the other mobile device and the emergency center after the outgoing emergency call has been made.

16. A mobile device comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) communication unit configured to;

receive Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) tones when the mobile device is operating in a call mode; and

a controller configured to

create a phone number corresponding to the received DTMF tones,

compare the created phone number with at least one preset emergency phone number; and

operate in an emergency mode if a phone number based on the received DTMF tones is a preset emergency phone number.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the controller comprises:

an emergency mode processing unit configured to extract the phone number based on the DTMF tones, if the mobile device is operating in an emergency mode during a call, and process transmission of an emergency message or an outgoing emergency call if the extracted phone number corresponds to the emergency phone number.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the emergency mode processing unit is configured to create an emergency message containing location information about the mobile device when the mobile device is operating in an emergency mode, and control transmission of the emergency message using the phone number based on the DTMF tones.

19. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the emergency mode processing unit is configured to control transmission of the emergency message to the mobile device if the phone number based on the DTMF tones is the phone number of the other mobile device that is currently connected with the mobile device.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the emergency mode processing unit is configured to control transmission of the emergency message to at least one of the emergency center and the other mobile device that is currently connected to the mobile device if the phone number based on the DTMF tones is the phone number of the emergency center.