Patent ID: 8842810
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G08B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting an alert communication, the method comprising: activating at least one media capturing device of a communications device associated with a reporting party upon an occurrence of an emergency event; establishing a communications path with an emergency response entity; and transmitting a location of the communications device and visual content captured by the at least one media capturing device of the communications device to the emergency response entity; disabling the communications device upon receipt of a disable command by the communications device from an authorized party, wherein the disable command is sound-based input received by the communications device; prior to establishing a communications path with an emergency response entity, executing a test transmission of an alert communication by transmitting a location of the communications device and visual content captured by the at least one media capturing device of the communications device to an intermediary server that is communicatively couplable with the emergency response entity, the communications device, and one or more emergency contacts, wherein the intermediary server sends a test signal to any of the emergency response entity and the one or more emergency contacts.