Method and apparatus for communicating emergency information using wireless devices
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsNorman Krasner, Thomas Wolf, Leonid Sheynblat
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing emergency notification by a wireless mobile device in response to triggering a sensor. A detection system, which may be located within a vehicle, comprises one or more sensors configured to sense an emergency event and transmit a message via a wireless link regarding the emergency event. For example, the wireless mobile device may be programmed to call a predetermined emergency number such as E911, and transmit data including position and other information from the mobile device to the emergency number in response to the received message.
Claims1
A wireless mobile device comprising:
- a sensor for sensing an event;
- a processor in electrical communication with the sensor;
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- a wireless communication device in electrical communication with the processor for transmitting a data message or voice call upon sensing a predefined event, wherein the sensor, processor and wireless communication device are integrated into a single device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.