System and method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device

A method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device (32), said method comprising the steps of:

• establishing a monitoring database (34) including identifications for a plurality of user devices (32) and user information associated with each of the user devices (32) including a list of contacts to be contacted in an emergency for each user of each user device (32);
• building a call list within the monitoring database (34) based upon the user information prioritizing the contacts and methods of notifying the contacts;
• establishing an internet protocol (IP) address for the monitoring database (34);
• establishing an IP address for each user device (32);
• selecting one of the user devices (32) in the database;
• establishing communication over the Internet (36) between the monitoring database (34) and the selected user device (32);
• retrieving the call list associated with the selected user device (32);
• automatically notifying a contact from the call list of the emergency through the monitoring database (34) using either internet protocols or public-switched telephone networks in response to establishing communication between the monitoring database (34) and the selected user device (32);
• receiving a response electronically to the monitoring database (34) from the contact;
• identifying the response from the contact as one of accepted, not accepted, or unresponsive with the monitoring database (34);
• and
• automatically continuing to notify additional contacts through the monitoring database (34) until the response is identified as accepted by one of the contacts.

An emergency alert system (30) comprising:

• a user device (32) carried by a user having a housing (112), a processor (74) communicating via internet protocols (IP), a memory source (82) storing an IP address for said user device (32) and an IP address for a monitoring database (34), a global positioning system (GPS) receiver (38) in communication with said processor (74), a radio frequency (RF) module (42) in communication with said processor (74) for transmitting and receiving RF signals, a cellular modem (40) in communication with said processor (74) for establishing a cellular connection, a speaker (78), and a microphone (80);
• wherein said user device (32) transmits an incident inquiry via either the RF module (42) or the cellular modem (40) via the internet protocols;
• a cradle (48) having a RF module (50) for communicating with said user device (32) via radio frequencies and a wireline module (138) being connected to the Internet (36);
• and
• a monitoring database (34) having an internet protocol address and including identifications for a plurality of user devices (32) and user information associated with each of said user devices (32) including a list of contacts to be contacted in an emergency for each user of each user device (32);
• wherein said monitoring database (34) automatically notifies a contact of the emergency utilizing internet protocols and receives a response electronically from the contact as one of accepted, not accepted, or unresponsive and automatically continues to notify additional contacts until the response is accepted by one of the contacts.