Method of integrating emergency information in a mobile device
First Claim
1. A method, performed by a wireless communications device, of integrating emergency information into an emergency information screen displayable on the wireless communications device, the method comprising:
- automatically, and without user intervention, identifying one or more emergency contacts in an address book containing contact information for a plurality of contacts by searching the address book for a predetermined designation associated with each of the one or more emergency contacts and transferring the contact information for the one or more emergency contacts from the address book to an In Case of Emergency (ICE) application for display on the emergency information screen;
polling the address book by the ICE application to ascertain whether any updates have been made to the one or more emergency contacts; and
transferring the updates from the address book to the ICE application.
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Abstract
A wireless communications device displays an emergency information screen presenting emergency contact information for one or more emergency contacts. This emergency contact information is automatically integrated from the address book by identifying contacts in the address book that have been designated by the owner of the device as emergency contacts. The device can automatically update the emergency contact information by periodically polling the address book to ascertain whether any changes have been made to the contact information.
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1. A method, performed by a wireless communications device, of integrating emergency information into an emergency information screen displayable on the wireless communications device, the method comprising:
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automatically, and without user intervention, identifying one or more emergency contacts in an address book containing contact information for a plurality of contacts by searching the address book for a predetermined designation associated with each of the one or more emergency contacts and transferring the contact information for the one or more emergency contacts from the address book to an In Case of Emergency (ICE) application for display on the emergency information screen; polling the address book by the ICE application to ascertain whether any updates have been made to the one or more emergency contacts; and transferring the updates from the address book to the ICE application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer readable medium comprising code which when loaded into memory and executed on a processor of a wireless communications device is adapted to cause the device to perform acts of:
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automatically, and without user intervention, identifying one or more emergency contacts in an address book containing contact information for a plurality of contacts by searching the address book for a predetermined designation associated with each of the one or more emergency contacts and transferring the contact information for the one or more emergency contacts from the address book to an In Case of Emergency (ICE) application for display on the emergency information screen; polling the address book by the ICE application to ascertain whether any updates have been made to the one or more emergency contacts; and transfer the updates to the ICE application. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A wireless communications device comprising:
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a processor operatively coupled to a memory for receiving and storing contact information for each of a plurality of contacts in an address book; and a display operatively coupled to the memory and processor for executing an In Case of Emergency Application (ICE) for displaying contact information on an emergency information screen for one or more emergency contacts that have been designated as emergency contacts from among the plurality of contacts stored in the address book, wherein the processor is configured to automatically, and without intervention, identify the one or more emergency contacts by searching the address book for a predetermined designation associated with each of the one or more emergency contacts and to automatically transfer the contact information for the one or more emergency contacts from the address book for display on the emergency information screen, and wherein the processor and memory further cooperate to poll the address book to ascertain whether any updates have been made to the one or more emergency contacts and to transfer the updates to the ICE application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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