Patent ID: 7308246
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An emergency notification system comprising: a mobile communication network including a cellular telephone terminal; an emergency notification device for receiving an emergency notification, said emergency notification device comprising a database, said database storing a unique ID uniquely associated with said cellular telephone terminal and personal information associated with said unique ID; a communication line connecting said mobile communication network and said emergency notification device; said cellular telephone terminal including display means for displaying a menu displaying at least a first and a second item for identifying respectively at least a first and a second, different emergency on a display screen, said emergency being other than GPS information; and means for transmitting to said emergency notification device a first emergency notification in response to selection of a first one of said first and second items in said menu by a user of said terminal, and a second emergency notification in response to selection of a second of the first and second items in said menu, said first and second emergency notifications automatically identifying said unique ID of the cellular telephone terminal and said selected one of the first and second items to said emergency notification device without the need for voice communication, wherein each of the first emergency notification and second emergency notification is transmitted to the same emergency notification device, wherein said emergency notification device includes means responsive to the first emergency notification from said cellular telephone terminal for transmitting a message indicative of a first occurrence of a received emergency notification to at least a first telephone registered in relation to said cellular telephone terminal and means responsive to the second emergency notification from said cellular telephone terminal for transmitting a message indicative of a second occurrence of a received emergency notification to a second telephone registered in relation to said cellular telephone terminal.