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Panic button IP device
| Details |
Inventors: Zellner, Samuel N.; Enzmann, Mark J.; Moton, Jr., Robert T.;
Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Primary Examiner: Maung; Zarni
Assistant Examiner: Hu; Jinsong
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
A device for requesting emergency assistance having a built-in panic button that may be implemented in hardware or software. The device may be in a wearable configuration so that the user in need of emergency help can carry the device on the user's person, or the device may be located at a fixed location accessible by the user. Activation of the panic button by the user results in the device automatically transmitting one or more TCP/IP messages over the Internet to an emergency service center requesting emergency help and identifying the user requesting such help. The emergency service center may also communicate, e.g., via Internet e-mail, with the device (and, hence, with the user) prior to dispatching emergency help. The resources of the Internet may thus be advantageously harnessed to allow users to request emergency help using the device of the present invention. Internet-based emergency help message delivery may be useful in many situations, for example, when the person in need of help is mute, disabled or in a situation that prevents that person from orally requesting emergency help. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention contemplates a device for requesting emergency assistance, comprising a processing unit; a panic button coupled to the processing unit, wherein the panic button is configured to send a first indication to the processing unit when a user of the device activates the panic button; and a web browser module coupled to the processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to send a second indication to the web browser module in response to the first indication, and wherein the web browser module is configured to deliver a help request message in a TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) format to an emergency service center (ESC) in response to the second indication.
In one embodiment, the web browser module connects the device to the Internet and sends the help request message to the ESC over the Internet.
The device may further include a memory unit to store the help request message to be sent to the ESC.
The memory may also store various personal information about the user, e.
g.
, the identity of the user, the location or address of the user, any known medical condition the user is suffering from, etc.
Such additional information may be included by the processing unit as part of the help request message sent to the ESC.
Furthermore, the user's voice may also be sent to the ESC as one or more TCP/IP data packets over the Internet.
The panic button may be implemented in hardware or software.
In a hardware implementation, the panic button may be provided as a button on the face of the housing that can be pushed by the user when in need of emergency help.
In a software implementation, a panic button icon may be displayed on a touch-sensitive display screen provided on the housing.
The user may touch the icon to activate the panic button functionality, i.
e.
, to transmit the help request message to the ESC.
In one embodiment, the device may include a location identifier unit that supplies the current location of the device (and, hence, of the user operating the device) to the processing unit to be included as part of the help request message so that ESC personnel may efficiently locate the user who requested the emergency help
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