Systems and methods for providing emergency information

• US 8,164,438 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2008
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harry J. Clark Jr, Linda Dougherty-Clark
• Original Assignee: Harry J. Clark Jr, Linda Dougherty-Clark
• Inventors: Dougherty-Clark, Linda
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hung T.
• Application Number:
  US12/188,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20100033320A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.12, 340/425.5, 340/436, 340/438, 340/573.1, 340/901, 340/903, 340/988, 340/539.11, 340/573.4, 707/104.1, 707/10
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

In one general aspect, emergency information for a person is received from a user. A unique identifier for the person is generated. The unique identifier is associated with the emergency information. The emergency information is stored on an emergency information device. The unique identifier is associated with the emergency information device. The emergency information device is sent to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method using a processor, the method comprising:

receiving emergency information for a person from a user at a remote location;

generating a unique identifier for the person;

associating the unique identifier with the emergency information;

storing the emergency information on an emergency information device;

associating the unique identifier with the emergency information device; and

sending the emergency information device with the stored emergency information processed by the processor to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the emergency information is received through the internet.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the emergency information is received through the telephone network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the emergency information on an emergency information device comprises:

generating speech data from the emergency information; and

storing the generated speech data on the emergency information device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the speech data is generated from the emergency information by a computer using text-to-speech processing.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the speech data is generated by a human reading the emergency information into a recording device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the emergency information includes medical information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the emergency information includes contact information.