Patent ID: 7145462
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: A61B,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an alert message relating to an actor in an environment with an automated monitoring and response system, the method comprising: (a) providing at least one sensor; (b) storing facts about at least one of the actor and the environment; (c) identifying an existence of at least one emergency situation relating to the actor or the environment, wherein identifying includes evaluating sensory data provided by the at least one sensor located in the environment in conjunction with the stored facts; (d) generating a primary alert message component of primary information for enabling a response to the at least one emergency situation, wherein the primary alert message component includes: (e) automatically generating a supplemental alert message component comprising non-primary supplemental information relating to the actor and/or the environment and giving context to the at least one emergency situation; and (f) electronically sending the primary and supplemental alert message components to at least one designated responder.