Patent ID: 8538374

Claim:
A method in a mobile device comprising: receiving at a mobile device an activation triggering input for an emergency communications application, wherein the emergency communication application runs on the mobile device and facilitates information exchanges between an emergency communications server and the mobile device; determining an emergency mode associated with the received activation message, wherein an emergency mode outlines user preferences specific to the emergency mode for the emergency communications application; determining one or more emergency contacts to whom one or more emergency messages are to be sent, wherein the one or more emergency messages are also determined, wherein the one or more emergency messages differ for different emergency mode profiles of the emergency communication server or for different emergency contacts of the mobile device, wherein the one or more emergency messages are preconfigured by the emergency communications application user; capturing one or more additional information items to be attached to the one or more emergency messages; automatically launching emergency communications associated with the determined emergency mode, wherein launching emergency communications comprises sending the one or more emergency messages to the one or more emergency contacts; determining whether or not the emergency communications application has been terminated; responsively capturing one or more updated additional information items to be sent with one or more update emergency messages; and continuing to send the one or more update emergency messages until the emergency communications application has been terminated.