Patent ID: 9602994
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for mediating transmission of an emergency communication, the method comprising: establishing a first group consisting of communication devices of emergency contacts for a reporting party, each communication device communicatively coupleable to each other; establishing a second group consisting of communication devices of emergency response entities for a reporting party, including a communication device of the reporting party, each of the communication devices of the emergency response entities and the reporting party not communicatively coupleable to the first group of communication devices; establishing a communications path between an emergency response entity in the second group and the communication device of the reporting party in response to an emergency event; automatically sending a notification to the first group about the emergency event, the notification including the ability of the first group to hear and view audio and video and text messages from the reporting party, or to hear and view audio and video and text messages between the reporting party and the emergency response entity; delivering to the emergency response entity an alert communication from the communication device of the reporting party, the alert communication comprising at least a location of the communication device and visual content captured by the communication device; and in response to the notification, automatically facilitating an exchange of communication between the communication devices within the first group about the emergency event, the exchange of communication being independent of the emergency response entity and the reporting party.