Patent ID: 9538344
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. In a mobile device, a method for sending a data message from said mobile device to at least one emergency contact, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether a mobile network of the mobile device supports concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched communications; if the mobile network supports concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched communications sending the data message to the at least one emergency contact during an emergency call; if the mobile network does not support concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched communications and the emergency call is a circuit-switched voice call, determining whether the data message can be sent over a circuit-switched network, and, if the data message can be sent over the circuit-switched network, sending the data message to the at least one emergency contact over the circuit-switched network; and if the mobile network does not support concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched communications and the emergency call is a packet-switched voice call, determining whether the data message can be sent over a packet-switched network, and, if the data message can be sent over the packet-switched network, sending the data message to the at least one emergency contact over the packet-switched network; wherein the at least one emergency contact is selected based on a setting in the mobile device.