System and method for providing data to an emergency call center

• US 8,165,560 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2008
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Stenquist, Anna
• Primary Examiner(s): Cordero, Marivelisse Santiago
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, MONG-THUY THI
• Application Number:
  US12/194,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20100048159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.3, 455/412.1, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/90.1, 379/45, 379/106.02
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications

Abstract

Described are techniques for transmitting information from a calling device to an emergency call center upon the initiation of a call to the emergency call center. The techniques may involve the automatic transmission of data, such as image data captured with a camera, biological information, or a profile about a person. In one embodiment, an individual'"'"'s profile includes data to access medical information stored by a server, such as data to access the medical information over data access restriction functions of the server. In other embodiments, the user may select a profile to transmit from plural profiles, or not to send a profile.

Claims

1. A method of providing information to an emergency call center, comprising:

initiating a call with an electronic device to the emergency call center; and

automatically transmitting a profile with information about a person to the emergency call center from the electronic device, the profile including at least one of bibliographic information, contact information for another person, or medical history information, and the profile further including data to access medical information stored by a server, the data to access medical information stored by a server includes a network or Internet address of the server and data to access the medical information by the emergency call center or an emergency responder over data access restriction functions of the server; and

wherein the profile is transmitted as one of an electronic mail message, a text message, a multimedia message, or as part of an internet protocol call; and

the profile further includes an activity log of communications transmitted or initiated using the electronic device within a predetermined period of time before initiation of the call to the emergency call center including calls, text messages and electronic mail messages.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the call is a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) call made using IP multimedia subsystem.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein data from a camera or a biometric device is transmitted as part of the communication.