Personal communication system and method of use
First Claim
1. A personal emergency communicator system comprising:
- a housing sized to be personally portable;
a first location circuit within said housing to generate first position data,a phone book storage area within said housing, said phone book storage area containing a plurality of data entries including location data corresponding to each of said plurality of data entries to generate second position data;
a transmitter within said housing to transmit data comprising one of said first position data and said second position data; and
a receiver within said housing to receive remote command data.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A personal communication system for communication with another entity uses global positioning system receiver, phone book storage, and audio input as alternative forms of generating position data. A transmitter communicates a service request and the position data to the other entity, which in turn, relays the request to the appropriate party. Alternatively, the personal communicator may directly contact the desired individual. The personal communicator also includes a plurality of command buttons to control operation and a display to provide the user with instructions and data. The personal communicator also includes a sound generator to generate a loud sound upon manual command by the user or by remote command from the other entity. The transmitter can be an analog data link or part of any packet data radio communication link.
361 Citations
19 Claims
-
1. A personal emergency communicator system comprising:
-
a housing sized to be personally portable; a first location circuit within said housing to generate first position data, a phone book storage area within said housing, said phone book storage area containing a plurality of data entries including location data corresponding to each of said plurality of data entries to generate second position data; a transmitter within said housing to transmit data comprising one of said first position data and said second position data; and a receiver within said housing to receive remote command data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A portable personal communication method comprising the steps of:
-
sensing a command; determining user location from primary position data; providing alternative position data including the steps of accessing a phone book storage area containing a plurality of data entries, including location data corresponding to said data entries and sensing user input to select a particular data entry from said phone book storage area to supplement said primary position data; and transmitting at least one of said primary and secondary position data to a service provider. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A personal emergency communicator which enables a user to inform a remote site of a present location of the user, comprising:
-
a housing sized to be personally portable; a transmitter within said housing; a position location circuit coupled to the transmitter to transmit user location data to the remote site, the position location circuit comprising a memory which stores a plurality of phone book entries entered by the user, and which stores site location data in association with the phone book entries; and a user interface which enables the user to select a phone book entry, and to initiate a transmission of the site location data associated with the phone book entry to the remote site. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
-
Specification