Patent ID: 8014789

Claim:
A method of determining a location of a cell phone or PDA at a location apart from the cell phone or PDA, comprising: obtaining information at the cell phone or PDA relating to reception of signals by the cell phone or PDA; transmitting the obtained information from the cell phone or PDA to a remote facility situated separate and apart from the cell phone or PDA; monitoring received sounds at the cell phone or PDA via a microphone of the cell phone or PDA; programming the cell phone or PDA to analyze the received sounds, the programming step comprising training the cell phone or PDA to recognize the sounds of accidents involving a vehicle; transmitting an accident indication signal to the remote facility when a sound of an accident involving the vehicle is recognized from the monitored received sounds; and determining, at the remote facility, the location of the cell phone or PDA from the information transmitted from the cell phone or PDA when the accident indication signal is received.