Patent ID: 7920679
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication system for notifying persons of an emergency telephone call, the system comprising: a communication network configured to receive a user-initiated emergency telephone call from a caller device operated by a caller; and a notification system configured to receive the user-initiated emergency telephone call from the communication network, transfer a query for delivery to an emergency system requesting confirmation that the caller device established a connection to the emergency system, receive a response transmitted from the emergency system indicating whether or not the caller device established the connection to the emergency system, determine a location of the caller device, select one or more proximity communication devices from a predetermined communication device grouping based on one or more predetermined proximity criteria, wherein the one or more predetermined proximity criteria comprises a geographical proximity to the location, and generate a notification communication to the one or more proximity communication devices, with the notification communication notifying the one or more proximity communication devices of the user-initiated emergency telephone call.