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System and method for text messaging for emergency response

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  • US 9,319,859 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2014
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for guiding a dispatcher when communicating with a person needing assistance via a communication device regarding an emergency incident and for dispatching an emergency dispatch response to the incident, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • presenting, on a dispatch center computer device, a pre-scripted interrogation comprising a plurality of preprogrammed inquiries for the dispatcher to present to the person needing assistance in order to systematically obtain a description of the incident, wherein the description of the incident comprises responses by the person needing assistance to the plurality of preprogrammed inquiries;

    automatically sending, using the dispatch center computer device, at least one preprogrammed inquiry to the person needing assistance as an SMS/MMS message responsive to a dispatcher input at the dispatch center computer device without the dispatcher copying and/or transcribing the at least one preprogrammed inquiry;

    receiving, on the dispatch center computer device, input representative of the responses by the person needing assistance to the preprogrammed inquiries of the pre-scripted interrogation;

    determining automatically on the dispatch center computer device a determinant value from one of a plurality of pre-established determinant values based on the input representative of the responses by the person needing assistance to one or more of the plurality of preprogrammed inquires; and

    generating an emergency dispatch response by emergency responders based on the determinant value.

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