First aid information for cellular telephones and electronic devices

• US 7,612,680 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2006
• Issued: 11/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chee Fai Wai, John R. Eubank
• Original Assignee: Chee Fai Wai, John R. Eubank
• Inventors: Eubank, John R., Wai, Chee Fai
• Primary Examiner(s): Crosland; Donnie L
• Application Number:
  US11/541,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20070102527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,127 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing storage and display of emergency data and other reference materials on a cellular telephone, electronic telephone, multimedia player or other electronic device. Emergency information, first aid procedures, spiritual guidance, and reference information is embedded or otherwise stored on an electronic device, for later retrieval. Storage on the electronic device prior to the time of needs ensures that the information will be available whether or not a communication signal is available to the user.

Claims

1. A method of storing reference information on an electronic device, comprising:

storing reference information embedded in the read only memory of the electronic device for later retrieval, where said information is selected from the group of emergency response information, first aid care, or emergency preparedness information;

wherein further the electronic devices performs a check to determine whether a signal strength between the electronic device and a service provider for said electronic device is below a predetermined level and only unlocks at least a portion of said information when the signal strength is below the predetermined level.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said electronic device is chosen from the group of cellular telephones, electronic phone, VOIP phone, POTS phone, PSTN phone, satellite phone, and PBX phone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said electronic device is chosen from the group of media player, personal data assistant, gaming device, portable computer, global positioning satellite displays, and laptop computer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said information is displayed on the electronic device in the form of audio, video, or text or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said information is provided as original equipment by a manufacturer of the electronic device prior to shipping the electronic device to a end user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said information is provided by a service provider of the electronic device prior to the service provider activating the electronic device for use by a subscriber.

7. A method of storing reference information on an electronic device, comprising:

storing reference information embedded in the read only memory of the electronic device for later retrieval, where said information is selected from the group of emergency response information, first aid care, health information, or emergency preparedness information;

wherein said information is locked and unavailable to the user until the user accepts a license to use the information.

8. A method of storing reference information on an electronic device, comprising:

storing reference information embedded in the read only memory of the electronic device for later retrieval, where said information is selected from the group of emergency response information, first aid care, health information, or emergency preparedness information;

wherein at least a portion of said information is locked until a communication with a remote party has been attempted.

9. A method of providing emergency and first aid information on a telephone handset for connecting over a network to a service provider, comprising:

providing said telephone handset with at least one memory device and one display;

storing the emergency and first aid information on said at least one memory device;

wherein said emergency and first aid information can be recalled from memory and displayed on the display when said telephone handset is not actively connected to a service provider network; and

wherein said information is locked and unavailable to the user prior to accepting a license to use the information.

10. A method of providing emergency and first aid information on a telephone handset for connecting over a network to a service provider, comprising:

providing said telephone handset with at least one memory device and one display;

storing the emergency and first aid information on said at least one memory device;

wherein said emergency and first aid information can be recalled from memory and displayed on the display when said telephone handset is not actively connected to a service provider network; and

wherein the electronic devices performs a check to determine whether a signal strength between the telephone handset and the service provider network for said telephone handset is below a predetermined level and only unlocks at least a portion of said information when the signal strength is below the predetermined level.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said telephone handset is chosen from the group of cellular telephones, electronic phone, VOIP phone, POTS phone, PSTN phone, satellite phone, and PBX phone.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein said emergency and first aid information is displayed on the electronic device in the form of audio, video, or text or a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said information is provided as original equipment by a manufacturer of the telephone handset prior to shipping the telephone handset to an end user.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein said information is provided by the service provider of the telephone handset prior to the service provider activating the telephone handset for use by a subscriber.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein said emergency and first aid information is embedded in read only memory of said telephone handset by one of said manufacturer and said service provider.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising supplement said emergency and first aid information with supplemental information downloaded over a network and storing said information in RAM.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising replacing at least a portion of said emergency and first aid information with said supplemental information when said emergency and first aid information is displayed on the display.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising displaying both a portion of said supplemental information and a portion of said emergency and first aid information on the display.