Patent ID: 7907931

Claim:
A portable communications device for wearing on a person for communicating a signal indicative of the location of the person to a predetermined location, wherein the communications device is operable in conjunction with a wireless enabled telecommunications terminal equipment device for communicating the signal indicative of the location of the person to the predetermined location, and the portable communications device comprises a position determining circuit for communicating with an external electronic positioning system for determining the location of the device, an input interface for receiving an input signal, a wireless transmitter for transmitting a signal from the device to the wireless enabled telecommunications terminal equipment device via a wireless communications link, a microprocessor responsive to an input signal entered through the input interface for reading a signal indicative of the location of the device from the position determining circuit, and for operating the wireless transmitter for transmitting an activating signal to the wireless enabled telecommunications terminal equipment device, the activating signal comprising a signal indicative of the identity of the device and the signal indicative of the location of the device, the activating signal being provided for activating the wireless enabled telecommunications terminal equipment device for communicating the signals indicative of the identity and location of the device to the predetermined location via a telecommunications network.