Emergency alert feature on a mobile communication device

A mobile communication device for automatically establishing a connection with a communications server, the mobile communication device comprising:

• a bus system;
• a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores a set of instructions;
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• a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to receive an emergency signal from activation of a single emergency button located in an emergency button port under a slide cover that only covers the emergency button port on the mobile communication device without user input of an emergency services number;
• establish the connection with the communications server automatically for a current locale of the mobile communication device and automatically record audio input data from a microphone and visual input data from a camera in response to receiving the emergency signal from the activation of the single emergency button without the user input of the emergency services number, wherein the visual input data is a video clip of a predetermined length automatically taken by the camera intermittently at predetermined time intervals after the activation of the single emergency button;
• transmit the emergency signal, the audio input data, and the visual input data associated with the activation of the single emergency button to the communications server;
• determine that the connection with the communications server is severed;
• and stop automatic recording and transmitting functions associated with the activation of the single emergency button in response to determining that the connection with the communications server is severed.

A computer program product stored in a computer readable storage device having computer usable program code embodied therein that is executable by a mobile communication device for automatically establishing a connection with a communications server, the computer program product comprising:

• computer usable program code for receiving, by the mobile communication device, an emergency signal from activation of a single emergency button located in an emergency button port under a slide cover that only covers the emergency button port on the mobile communication device without user input of an emergency services number;
• computer usable program code for establishing, by the mobile communication device, the connection with the communications server automatically for a current locale of the mobile communication device and automatically recording, by the mobile communication device, audio input data from a microphone and visual input data from a camera in response to the mobile communication device receiving the emergency signal from the activation of the single emergency button without the user input of the emergency services number, wherein the visual input data is a video clip of a predetermined length automatically taken by the camera intermittently at predetermined time intervals after the activation of the single emergency button;
• computer usable program code for transmitting, by the mobile communication device, the emergency signal, the audio input data, and the visual input data associated with the activation of the single emergency button to the communications server;
• computer usable program code for determining, by the mobile communication device, that the connection with the communications server is severed;
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• computer usable program code for stopping, by the mobile communication device, automatic recording and transmitting functions associated with the activation of the single emergency button in responsive to the mobile communication device determining that the connection with the communications server is severed.