Patent ID: 8451984
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: B61L,G08B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for processing emergency calls made by a person to a central location with an attendant, the method comprising the steps of providing a pendent to the person, the pendent comprising a wireless transmitter responsively sending a signal directed to the central location when the pendent is activated by the person, the signal containing an identifier for the person; providing the person with a speakerphone system having a telephone number, a telephone receiver, a speaker, and a control module, the speakerphone system installed in the general proximity of the person, the speakerphone system responsive to a specified caller identification received on a telephone channel; activating the pendent by the person to send the signal; receiving the signal at the central location; determining at the central location, in response to the identifier contained in the signal, the telephone number of the speakerphone system; initiating a telephone call to the speakerphone system from a telephone channel having the specified caller identification; receiving the telephone call with the specified caller identification by the speakerphone system; examining the caller identification of the telephone call by the speakerphone system; if the caller identification is equal to the specified caller identification, then in response: otherwise,