Emergency response system with personal emergency device
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1. A system for contacting help comprising:
- an emergency device carried on the person of a user, said emergency device having a wireless sending unit activated by an activation unit, wherein the emergency device is formed so as to prevent accidental activation;
a mobile telephone having a wireless receiving unit adapted to receive signals from said wireless sending unit, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
in which said emergency device sends a signal to said mobile telephone in response to the activation of said wireless sending unit; and
said mobile telephone calls said emergency number in response to said signal, wherein if the emergency device does not receive a response from the mobile telephone, the emergency device then automatically signals other telephones with a distinctive signal pattern.
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Abstract
An emergency request system includes a portable emergency device designed to be carried on the person of a user, the emergency device containing stored data useful in the event of an emergency, such as data on medical problems of the user, contact information of a person able to supply information when the user is incapacitated and location information as to the present location of the user. The emergency request system includes a cellular phone that supports Bluetooth and software that interacts with the portable emergency device and the 911 emergency system.
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1. A system for contacting help comprising:
- an emergency device carried on the person of a user, said emergency device having a wireless sending unit activated by an activation unit, wherein the emergency device is formed so as to prevent accidental activation;
a mobile telephone having a wireless receiving unit adapted to receive signals from said wireless sending unit, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
in which said emergency device sends a signal to said mobile telephone in response to the activation of said wireless sending unit; and
said mobile telephone calls said emergency number in response to said signal, wherein if the emergency device does not receive a response from the mobile telephone, the emergency device then automatically signals other telephones with a distinctive signal pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- an emergency device carried on the person of a user, said emergency device having a wireless sending unit activated by an activation unit, wherein the emergency device is formed so as to prevent accidental activation;
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15. An apparatus for contacting help comprising:
- an emergency device carried on the person of a user, said emergency device having a wireless sending unit activated by an activation unit; and
a mobile telephone having a wireless receiving unit adapted to receive signals from said wireless sending unit, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
in which said emergency device sends a signal to said mobile telephone in response to the activation of said wireless sending unit; and
said mobile telephone calls said emergency number in response to said signal, if an operator at the emergency number answers by voice and then does not receive a voice response in reply, the signal from the medical devices is interpreted as a medical emergency, wherein if the emergency device does not receive a response from the mobile telephone, the emergency device then automatically signals other telephones with a distinctive signal pattern. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- an emergency device carried on the person of a user, said emergency device having a wireless sending unit activated by an activation unit; and
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21. An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computing device in a mobile telephone handset, the medium embodying instructions executable by the computing device for performing method steps comprising:
- receiving signals from a wireless sending unit carried on the person of a user, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
in which an emergency device sends a signal to said mobile telephone in response to the activation of said wireless sending unit; and
said mobile telephone calls said emergency number in response to said signal, wherein the wireless sending unit is capable of turning on the mobile telephone, wherein if the emergency device does not receive a response from the mobile telephone, the emergency device then automatically signals other telephones with a distinctive signal pattern. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- receiving signals from a wireless sending unit carried on the person of a user, said mobile telephone being adapted for communicating with a telephone network to call an emergency number;
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