Patent ID: 9064412
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for providing information to first responders of vehicle accidents, the method comprising the acts of: transmitting, by the mobile device, location information to one or more backend servers over a wireless network connection in response to receiving a location-based accident information request from a user via a user input; receiving, by the mobile device from the one or more backend servers over the wireless network connection, a list of accidents identified as being in proximity to the mobile device; displaying at least one accident indication for a corresponding at least one accident from the received list of accidents identified as being in proximity to the mobile device; receiving, by the mobile device from the user, a selection of an accident of interest from the displayed at least one accident indication; requesting, by the mobile device and in response to the selection of the accident of interest, information corresponding to the accident of interest; and displaying, by the mobile device, at least one of vehicle-specific and accident-specific information corresponding to the accident of interest.