Emergency call from a cell phone
OwnerMark Ogram, Wayne Rodinventors
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Abstract
The invention provides a portable communications apparatus which is useful for reporting positional status report to a user-selected recipient(s). Using a global-positioning-receiver (i.e. GPS) to generate a location indicia of the portable communications apparatus, and a pre-defined user-generated message with at least one user-defined recipient, the apparatus, when activated by the user, sends the user-defined message, together with the location information, to the user-defined recipient. This information is useful for alerting the recipient of the user's location or to notify the recipient that assistance is needed.
Claims16
A portable communications apparatus comprising:
- a) a global-positioning-receiver generating a location indicia of a location of the portable communications apparatus;
- b) a communications system capable of sending a message to a user-defined remote receiver;
- c) a messaging system having,
- 1) a user defined message,
- 2) at least one user-defined remote receiver identifier, and,
- 3) a location identifiers employing the location indicia;
- d) a mapping system employing the location indicia and generating a current position map therefrom;
- and,
- wherein, when said messaging system is activated by a user of the portable communications apparatus initiating an emergency call via the communications system, the user-defined message and the location identifiers together with the current position map are sent to a destination separate from the emergency call location and associated with each of the at least one user-defined remote receiver identifier.
A cellular telephone comprising:
- a) a global-positioning-receiver generating a location indicia of a location of cellular telephone;
- and,
- b) a messaging system having,
- 1) a user-defined message,
- 2) a user-defined remote receiver identifier being not associated with an emergency notification site, and,
- 3) location identifiers employing the location indicia;
- and,
- wherein, when a user activates a 9-1-1 call, said messaging system is activated by the cellular telephone, the user-defined message and the location identifiers are formed into a status message and sent to a destination associated with the user-defined remote receiver identifier.
A portable communications system comprising:
- a) a receiving/transmitting apparatus configured to receive messages from a first remote apparatus and transmit messages to a second remote apparatus;
- b) a receiving unit configured to receive messages from the receiving/transmitting apparatus;
- and,
- c) a transmitting unit being portable and configured to transmit message to the receiving/transmitting apparatus when a 9-1-1 call is made, said transmitting unit having,
- 1) a global-positioning-receiver generating a location indicia indicative of a location of the transmitting unit, and,
- 2) a messaging system, when activated, communicating, via the receiving/transmitting apparatus, a status message having the location indicia to the receiving unit remote from the 9-1-1 call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.