Patent ID: 6337621
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B60R,G08B,G08G

Abstract:
A security and emergency communication service coordination system for vehicles, comprising:a security apparatus for detecting an abnormal condition occurring in a vehicle and for issuing an alarm; and an emergency communication service apparatus for notifying a response center of an emergency state during an emergency, wherein the security apparatus and the emergency communication service apparatus are connected so that information can be transmitted and received between them; the coordination system operating so that when the security apparatus detects an abnormal condition occurring in the vehicle, the security apparatus notifies the emergency communication service apparatus of the occurrence of the abnormal condition, and in response to the notification, the emergency communication service apparatus notifies a user of the occurrence of the abnormal condition via the response center, and wherein said response center prestores the correspondence among the vehicle ID numbers and the telephone numbers or the pager numbers of the contact locations, the emergency communication service apparatus sends the vehicle ID number together with an abnormal-condition occurrence notification to the response center, and the response center calls the contact location indicated by the vehicle ID number to notify the user; and wherein said emergency communication service apparatus notifies the user of an abnormal condition-detected sensor name via the response center.