Telephone calling card and service

A method of providing a communications service, comprising the steps of:

• receiving at a communications network call setup information from a user, said call setup information including a personal identification code;
• in response to the receipt of said information, simultaneously dialing from said communications network all of a plurality of pre-selected telephone numbers associated with said personal identification code;
• and
• dialing an emergency service when all calls directed to said pre-selected telephone numbers went unanswered by a human being.

A public switched telephone network, comprising:

• at least one central office switching system;
• and
• a services system associated with at least one central office switching system, said services system comprising:
• a database of pre-selected telephone numbers each corresponding to a personal identification code, a sound analysis system comprising a transmitter to send a pre-recorded message and a receiver to determine whether a call has been answered by an answering machine, and an automatic dialing system comprising a computer to automatically call said preselected telephone numbers until a call is successfully completed to an individual and to provide a called party with a location identifier in response to said called party inputting a location request code.