Multi-site personal emergency telephone system and method

A method of calling for emergency services within a defined operational area, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a mobile unit capable of transmitting a wireless signal;
• providing base units capable of receiving said wireless signal throughout a predetermined range, wherein each base unit is capable of being activated by an authorized wireless signal and wherein each base unit automatically dials an emergency number when activated;
• connecting said base units to a plurality of telephone lines throughout said operational area, wherein each of said telephone landlines has its own unique automatic location identification data;
• and
• individually authorizing each base unit to identify said wireless signal transmitted by said mobile unit as said authorized wireless signal, wherein said base units then identify said wireless signal transmitted by said mobile unit as said authorized wireless signal.

A method of defining the operational area for a remote transceiver used to call for emergency services, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a portable transceiver capable of wirelessly transmitting an activation signal and audible signals;
• providing a plurality of base units, wherein each base unit is capable of being activated by said activation signal when said portable transceiver transmits said activation signal within a predetermined range, and wherein each said base unit automatically dials an emergency number when activated;
• and
• connecting said base units to a plurality of separate telephone lines, wherein each of said telephone lines has its own automatic location identification data, and wherein said predetermined range of said base units combine to define said operational area for said transceiver.