Patent ID: 8301463
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for automatically establishing a connection with a communications server, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a mobile communication device, an emergency signal from activation of a single emergency button located in an emergency button port under a slide cover that only covers the emergency button port on the mobile communication device without user input of an emergency services number; responsive to the mobile communication device receiving the emergency signal from the activation of the single emergency button without the user input of the emergency services number, establishing, by the mobile communication device, the connection with the communications server automatically for a current locale of the mobile communication device and automatically recording, by the mobile communication device, audio input data from a microphone and visual input data from a camera, wherein the visual input data is a video clip of a predetermined length automatically taken by the camera intermittently at predetermined time intervals after the activation of the single emergency button; transmitting, by the mobile communications device, the emergency signal, the audio input data, and the visual input data associated with the activation of the single emergency button to the communications server; determining, by the mobile communication device, that the connection with the communications server is severed; and responsive to the mobile communication device determining that the connection with the communications server is severed, stopping, by the mobile communication device, automatic recording and transmitting functions associated with the activation of the single emergency button.