Direct dispatcherless automatic vehicle-to-vehicle and non-vehicle to vehicle police/emergency medical service notification system for life threatening accidents, hijackings, thefts and medical emergencies

Abstract

A time-critical automatic, instantaneous and direct (dispatcherless) vehicle to vehicle, auto-routing Police/Emergency Medical Service vehicle, notification and response system that provides interactive and direct communication between a vehicle, non-vehicle, e.g. parked aircraft, property or individual in need of immediate emergency assistance, and the nearest (primary) mobile P/EMS vehicle that is available to respond to the exigency. Rapid notification and response is achieved by using a conventional Global Positioning System (GPS), a cellular phone optionally having positioning capability for transmitting the emergency signal, and a vehicle fleet management system (FMS). The latter is modified and designed to operate with a flawless vehicle theft and/or accident characterization technology. The central processing unit processes data from the GPS/FMS automatically and routes a distress call to a secondary or tertiary P/EMS vehicle, i.e., the next closes P/EMS emergency response vehicle(s), if the primary (nearest) P/EMS does not acknowledge receipt of the request for immediate assistance and intent to respond within a predetermined period. Optionally, a time-critical, life and property threatening multi-channel emergency number 767 (SOS) is presented to differentiate between the well known and often used 911 police emergency number.

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