Patent ID: 8107935

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, at a mobile wireless communications device, an activation of an emergency control; responsive to detecting the activation, transmitting, from the mobile wireless communications device, a first communication indicative of an emergency to an Emergency Service Message Entity in a wireless network, wherein the first communication is not a 911 call, wherein the first communication comprises an indication for the Emergency Service Message Entity to transmit an emergency communication to an emergency services provider, and wherein the first communication comprises an indication for the Emergency Service Message Entity to determine whether any further communications are to be transmitted from the Emergency Service Message Entity regarding the first communication; and responsive to detecting the activation, transmitting, from the mobile wireless communications device, a second communication to other than the emergency services provider, wherein the second communication comprises a link to a webpage provided by an Emergency Service Center, wherein the Emergency Service Center receives information regarding the emergency from the Emergency Service Message Entity, and wherein the webpage comprises an indication of a geographical location of the mobile wireless communications device.