Patent ID: 8583076
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An emergency communication method comprising: receiving an indication of an emergency situation; detecting, for each of a plurality of users, a device at which that user is present; retrieving location information for the device at which each of the plurality of users is present; determining which of the plurality of users are in a vicinity of the emergency situation based on the location information; determining for each user determined to be in the vicinity of the emergency situation whether that user is within a specific subset of users; for each of the plurality of users determined to be in the vicinity of the emergency situation and determined to be within the specific subset of users, transmitting a first emergency message to the device at which that user is present in a media format associated with the device, wherein the first emergency message comprises a request for two separate confirmation messages, including: in response to determining that one of the first confirmation message and the second confirmation message is not received within a predetermined period of time for one of the users determined to be in the vicinity of the emergency situation and determined to be within the specific subset of users, re-sending the first emergency message to the device at which that user is present; for each of the plurality of users determined to be in the vicinity of the emergency situation and determined not to be within the specific subset of users, transmitting a second emergency message, different from the first emergency message, to the device at which that user is present in a media format associated with the device, wherein the second emergency message comprises a request for two separate confirmation messages, including: in response to determining that one of the third confirmation message and the fourth confirmation message is not received within a predetermined period of time for one of the users determined to be in the vicinity of the emergency situation and determined to be within the specific subset of users, re-sending the second emergency message to the device at which that user is present.