Emergency call system

• US 6,614,883 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2001
• Issued: 09/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elliot Baum
• Original Assignee: Elliot Baum
• Inventors: Baum, Elliot, Starr, Gilbert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US09/775,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20010017912A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: 379/37, 379/51, 379/40, 379/41, 379/42, 379/39, 379/46, 379/69, 379/38
• US Class Current: 379/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

An emergency call system by which a caller can automatically call a plurality of other parties to leave an emergency message, includes an emergency call unit having a memory for storing telephone numbers to be called and an emergency message, an emergency key, and a microprocessor for controlling storage of the telephone numbers and emergency message in the memory, after the dial tone is obtained, dialing the telephone numbers in sequence upon activation of the emergency key, starting a transmit of the emergency message to the dialed telephone number to automatically advise of an emergency after a predetermined time after the telephone number has been dialed and no busy signal has been detected during a predetermined time period, and restarting the transmit of the emergency message to the dialed telephone number to automatically advise of an emergency after detecting each ring-back from each telephone number.

Claims

1. An emergency call system by which a caller can automatically call a plurality of other parties to leave an emergency message, including an emergency call unit comprising:

a memory for storing a plurality of telephone numbers to be called and at least one emergency message,

an input/output device for connecting said emergency call unit for making a telephone call,

at least one emergency key, and

a microprocessor connected with said memory, said at least one emergency key and said input/output device for;

controlling storage of said plurality of telephone numbers to be called and said at least one emergency message in said memory,

obtaining a dial tone for making a telephone call,

after the dial tone is obtained, dialing said telephone numbers in sequence upon activation of at least one said emergency key,

detecting each ring-back from each dialed telephone number,

starting a transmit of said at least one emergency message to said dialed telephone number to automatically advise of an emergency after a predetermined time after the telephone number has been dialed and no busy signal has been detected during a predetermined time period,

restarting the transmit of said at least one emergency message to said dialed telephone number to automatically advise of an emergency after detecting each ring-back from each said dialed telephone number.

2. An emergency call system according to claim 1, wherein said microprocessor repeats said restarting of the transmit for each ring-back of each dialed telephone number until a predetermined number of ring-backs have been detected for each telephone number, and thereafter dials a next stored telephone number.

3. An emergency call system according to claim 1, wherein said microprocessor repeats said dialing of said telephone numbers and starting and restarting the transmit to said dialed telephone numbers, until at least one of:

all said read out telephone numbers have been dialed at least once, and

a predetermined time has elapsed.

4. An emergency call system by which a caller can automatically call a plurality of other parties to leave an emergency message, including an emergency call unit comprising:

a memory for storing a plurality of telephone numbers to be called and at least one emergency message,

an input/output device for connecting said emergency call unit for making a telephone call,

a first speaker and a first microphone through which a caller can communicate, with the called party,

a second speaker and a second microphone through which a called party can communicate with the caller,

at least one emergency key, and

a microprocessor connected with said memory, said at least one emergency key and said input/output device for;

controlling storage of said plurality of telephone numbers to be called said at least one emergency message in said memory,

obtaining a dial tone for making a telephone call,

after the dial tone is obtained, dialing said telephone numbers in sequence upon activation of at least one said emergency key,

starting a transmit of said at least one emergency message to each said dialed telephone number to automatically advise of an emergency,

thereafter permitting oral communication between the caller and the called party through the speakers and microphones, and

permitting listening by the called party upon activation of one said predetermined key by the called party and permitting speaking by the called party upon activation of another said predetermined key by the called party.

5. An emergency call system by which a caller can automatically call a plurality of other parties to leave emergency message, including an emergency call unit comprising:

a memory for storing a plurality of telephone numbers to be called and at least one emergency message,

an input/output device for connecting said emergency call unit for making a telephone call,

a first speaker and a first telephone through which a caller can communicate with the called party,

a second speaker and a second microphone through which a called party can communicate with the caller,

at least one emergency key, and

a microprocessor connected with said memory, said at least one emergency key and said input/output device for;

controlling storage of said plurality of telephone numbers to be called and said at least one emergency message in said memory,

obtaining a dial tone for making a telephone call,

after the dial tone is obtained, dialing said telephone numbers in sequence upon activation of at least one said emergency key,

starting a transmit of said at least one emergency message to each said dialed telephone number to automatically advise of an emergency,

thereafter emergency oral communication between the caller and the called party through the speakers and microphones, and

automatically controlling speaking and listening between the caller and the called party to change over front one of the caller and the called party to the other of the caller and the called party after preset periods of time.