EMERGENCY INFORMATION SERVICES

• US 20120258680A1
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rave Wireless Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Rave Wireless Incorporated
• Inventors: Piett, William Todd, Serra, Matthew A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,516,122 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• 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 method for providing user data to an emergency service provider includes enrolling a user in an emergency information system, including configuring a communication device associated with the user to deliver an access identifier to an emergency service provider when the user contacts the emergency service provider using the communication device. The method also includes maintaining, in a data storage module of the emergency information system, a database including user data associated with the user. The user data is associated with the access identifier. The method further includes receiving, via a communication network linked to the emergency information system, an access request from the emergency service provider, the access request including the access identifier; and providing, via the communication network, at least some of the user data associated with the requested access identifier to the emergency service provider.

Claims

1. A method for providing user data to an emergency service provider, comprising:

enrolling a user in an emergency information system, including configuring a communication device associated with the user to deliver an access identifier to an emergency service provider when the user contacts the emergency service provider using the communication device;

maintaining, in a data storage module of the emergency information system, a database including user data associated with the user, the user data associated with the access identifier;

receiving, via a communication network linked to the emergency information system, an access request from the emergency service provider, the access request including the access identifier; and

providing, via the communication network, at least some of the user data associated with the requested access identifier to the emergency service provider.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the access identifier includes a URI.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the access identifier includes a telephone number.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the user includes at least one of data characterizing the user and a pointer to data characterizing the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting at least some of the user data based on access permissions associated with the user data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting at least some of the user data based on an aging score of the user data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing at least some of the user data includes providing a marker indicative of an aging score of the user data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the user data from a source of the user data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the source of the user data includes at least one of the user, a communication service provider used by the user, and a third party data source associated with the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the access request includes receiving the access request when the user contacts the emergency service provider.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the access request includes periodically receiving the access request.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein enrolling the user includes configuring a plurality of communication devices associated with the user.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is associated with a plurality of users.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein enrolling the user includes validating the communication device associated with the user.

15. A method for providing user data to a service provider, comprising:

enrolling a user in an emergency information system;

maintaining, in a data storage module of the emergency information system, a database including user data associated with the user;

maintaining, in the data storage module, data representative of access permissions associated with access to at least a portion of the user data;

receiving, via a communication network linked to the emergency information system, an access request from the service provider; and

providing, via the communication network, at least some of the user data to the service provider, including selecting the at least some user data on the basis of the data representative of access permissions.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein enrolling the user includes accepting input associated with the access permissions.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein selecting at least some user data on the basis of the data representative of access permissions includes selecting at least some user data based in part on an identity of the service provider.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein selecting the at least some user data on the basis of the data representative of access permissions includes selecting the at least some user data based in part on the user data.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least some user data is not provided in response to a communication from the user.

20-29. -29. (canceled)