Patent ID: 8504033

Claim:
An electronic device for generating and transmitting an emergency message, comprising: a memory storing program for generating the emergency message and location information of the electronic device; a detection unit to generate a start signal when sensing a trigger operation of a user; a location acquisition unit to periodically acquire location information of the electronic device, and sending the location information each time acquired by the location acquisition unit to the memory; a processing unit to execute the program stored in the memory to generate the emergency message based on the acquired location information, wherein, the processing unit acquires the location information stored the memory, the acquired location information is the location information which is sent by the location acquisition unit to the memory at the most recent time point and the processing unit generates the emergency message based on the acquired location information; and a transmission unit to transmit the generated emergency message to one or more pre-determined target addresses; wherein the location acquisition unit is a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip or an assisted-GPS (AGPS) chip; wherein the location acquisition unit is configured for periodically updating the location information which is acquired periodically and only storing the updated location information to the memory, and the processing unit is configured for acquiring the latest updated location information from the memory, and generating the emergency message according to the acquired updated location in a preset format.