Patent ID: 8339257
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A firearm for reporting activity therein to a reporting center terminal via a public wireless mobile communication network, comprising: a firearm including a trigger assembly coupled to a housing; a sensor coupled to the firearm and located within the housing for sensing a discharge of the firearm; and a wireless communication unit within the housing configured to transmit a message to a base station of the public wireless mobile communication network indicating occurrence of the discharge of the firearm for communication to the reporting center terminal, in response to sensing of the firearm discharge by the sensor, wherein: the wireless communication unit comprises: the wireless communication unit is configured to include an identification associated with the firearm and data regarding location of the firearm in the transmitted message, and the message transmitted by the wireless communication unit located within the housing includes one or more of a Short Message Service (SMS) message or a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message configured to be processed by a Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocol gateway providing protocol conversion between the SMPP protocol and Internet protocols.