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Method for operating an emergency call system, emergency call system

  • US 9,936,366 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2016
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating an emergency call system having at least one mobile device and a plurality of receiving stations, the at least one mobile device having at least one mobile device radio module configured to transmit an emergency call, each of the plurality of receiving stations having at least one receiving station radio module and an alarm device and being configured as a router, the at least one receiving station radio module being configured to receive the emergency call from the at least one mobile device, and the alarm device being configured to output an acoustic alarm signal and/or a visual alarm signal, the method comprising:

  • to set up the emergency call system, storing in the plurality of receiving stations position data of neighboring receiving stations, position data of reference points and information about a protective effect of the receiving stations at the reference points;

    transmitting the emergency call from the at least one mobile device to a first of the plurality of receiving stations to trigger the alarm signal;

    determining a position of the at least one mobile device relative to the plurality of receiving stations; and

    ,depending on the determined position of the at least one mobile device and the information about the protective effect of the receiving stations at the reference points, selecting only one of the plurality of receiving stations to trigger the alarm signal of the selected receiving station'"'"'s alarm device to attract an attention of a third party in a vicinity of the selected receiving station.

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