Patent ID: 7286648

Claim:
A method for providing distributed notification, the method comprising: receiving a location signal at a base station from a remote device associated with a subscriber, the location signal containing data relating to a location of the device; determining from the location signal a street address associated with the location of the device; storing a contact profile that includes respective contact data associated with each of a plurality of contacts associated with the remote device; testing the contact data associated with each of the plurality of contacts, to validate that the contact data for each is valid, the testing comprising initiating a test call to each of the contacts; providing to each of the plurality of contacts and to an emergency service, from the base station, a respective notification message that contains identification data corresponding to an identity of the subscriber and the street address associated with the location of the device; obtaining an updated notification message from the remote device, wherein the updated notification message reflects a current location of the device; and providing the updated notification message to each of the plurality of contacts and to the emergency service until a deactivation event occurs.