Patent ID: 9735896
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,G08B,G16H,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. An emergency response system, comprising: a wearable device communicatively coupled to a backend computing device via a first communication path, the wearable device configured for receiving a test input from a user and transmitting data indicative of the test input to the backend computing device via the first communication path, the data indicative of the test input comprising data identifying the first communication path; a base station communicatively coupled to the wearable device and communicatively coupled to the backend computing device via a second communication path, the base station configured for receiving the data indicative of the test input from the user and simultaneously transmitting the data indicative of the test input over the first communication path and transmitting the data indicative of the test input over the second communication path; and a processor resident on the backend computing device and communicatively coupled to the wearable device via the second communication path and communicatively coupled to the wearable device via the first communication path, the processor configured to receive the data indicative of the test input from the first communication path and the second communication path simultaneously, the data indicative of the test input comprising an identifier identifying the first and/or second communication path, the processor further configured for initiating a call over the first and/or second communication path as is identified in the data indicative of the test input to determine if the first and/or second communication path is operating properly thereby creating redundancy for testing communications between the wearable device and the backend computing device via the first communication path and the second communication path, the processor further configured to wait for a signal from the first communication path and the second communication path identified in memory for the user and when the processor does not receive a test signal from the first communication path and/or the second communication path, the processor transmits a notification that one or both of the first and/or second communication paths is inoperable.