Enabling a person in distress to covertly communicate with an emergency response center
First Claim
1. A method of covertly communicating between a person in distress and an Emergency Response Center using a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
- sending by the person in distress an alert indicating an emergency situation to the Emergency Response Center using the mobile device;
receiving, by the mobile device, a first agreed upon message from the Emergency Response Center, the first agreed upon message being from the Emergency Response Center in response to the alert while appearing not to be in response to the alert; and
displaying, by the mobile device, the first agreed upon message to the person in distress;
wherein after receiving the first agreed upon message, the mobile device sends a data to a processor of a personal transmitter, carried and concealed by the person in distress separately from the mobile device, to cause the processor to start transmitting a location identification.
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Abstract
A means for a person in distress to use a mobile device to communicate covertly with an Emergency Response Center is provided. The means contains a response designed not to alert an abductor of the communication as well as to indicate whether the person is indeed in distress. The means also allows the Emergency Response Center to locate both the distressed person and a mobile device using GPS or triangulation. The device may be in regular operation mode or in distress mode. When the device is in the distress mode, it will appear to be in normal operating mode if in operation or it will appear to be off if off. In addition, the device may be used for forensic purposes since it may provide voice and video data of the situation at an emergency location to the Emergency Response Center.
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1. A method of covertly communicating between a person in distress and an Emergency Response Center using a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending by the person in distress an alert indicating an emergency situation to the Emergency Response Center using the mobile device; receiving, by the mobile device, a first agreed upon message from the Emergency Response Center, the first agreed upon message being from the Emergency Response Center in response to the alert while appearing not to be in response to the alert; and displaying, by the mobile device, the first agreed upon message to the person in distress; wherein after receiving the first agreed upon message, the mobile device sends a data to a processor of a personal transmitter, carried and concealed by the person in distress separately from the mobile device, to cause the processor to start transmitting a location identification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product on a computer readable medium for enabling covert communication between a person in distress and an Emergency Response Center using a mobile device, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium; a plurality of instructions stored in the computer readable storage medium, the plurality of instructions configured to cause a processor of a mobile device to perform actions comprising; enabling the person in distress to send an alert indicating an emergency situation to the Emergency Response Center using the mobile device; receiving, by the mobile device, a first agreed upon message from the Emergency Response Center, the first agreed upon message being from the Emergency Response Center in response to the alert while appearing not to be in response to the alert; displaying, by the mobile device, the first agreed upon message to the person in distress; sending a data to a processor of a personal transmitter, carried separately from the mobile device by the person in distress, to cause the processor to start transmitting a location identification. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for enabling a person in distress to covertly communicate with an Emergency Response Center comprising:
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a mobile device, having a first processor, connected to a personal transmitter, having a second processor, and to the Emergency Response Center, wherein the personal transmitter is carried by the person in distress separately from the mobile device; a storage device connected to a processor of the mobile device; a plurality of instructions and a plurality of code data stored in the storage device, the plurality of instructions configured to cause the processor, responsive to an action by the person in distress, to send an alert indicating an emergency situation to the Emergency Response Center, to receive a first agreed upon message from the Emergency Response Center, the first agreed upon message being in response to the alert while appearing not to be in response to the alert, to display the first agreed upon message to the person in distress;
responsive to agreed upon message, sending a second message to the Emergency Response Center, and responsive to sending the second message, sending a data to the second processor of the personal transmitter to cause the personal transmitter to start transmitting a location identification. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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