Patent ID: 9717101
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G16H,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for communicating an emergency condition of a user by use of a mobile device, the mobile device having network communication functionalities, the method comprising: by use of an emergency mobile app stored on the mobile device of the user, displaying a first on-screen button for the user to actuate in response to an emergency condition, the first on-screen button being displayed on each of a plurality of display pages of the mobile device, each of the plurality of display pages including multiple on-screen buttons associated with apps or functions, the first on-screen button floating over other ones of the multiple on-screen buttons on the plurality of display pages such that the first on-screen button is visually displayed over the other ones of the multiple on-screen buttons; in response to actuation of the first on-screen button by the user, displaying a confirm-emergency button associated with the emergency mobile app to ensure that the user intends to send emergency communications; and in response to actuation of the confirm-emergency button by the user, automatically communicating, by use of the mobile device, (i) a plurality of text messages to a plurality of designated recipients indicating that the user has encountered the emergency condition, and (ii) a phone call to a designated public-safety organization from which the user is requesting an emergency service, wherein, in response to the mobile device receiving no voice input from the user after the actuation of the emergency button, the phone call including a pre-recorded audio message that is recorded prior to actuation of the emergency button, the pre-recorded audio message includes a location portion that indicates the user's location when the user actuated the emergency button, the location portion of the pre-recorded audio message being selected from a plurality of possible location portions that have been pre-recorded prior to actuation of the emergency button.