Patent ID: 8508361

Claim:
A personal locator device comprising: a housing including a processor being coupled to a bus, and a memory being coupled to the bus disposed in the housing; a global positioning system comprising a receiver and a transmitter, the receiver and transmitter being coupled to the bus; the memory comprising an identification code; a mobile communication unit being coupled to the bus; a user interface comprising at least two inputs disposed on the housing, and wherein at least one input is configured to store a telephone number of a child's mother when said input is activated and at least the other input is configured to store the telephone number of a child's father when said at least other input is activated; a power source; the transmitter being adapted to be controlled by the processor to provide a distress signal to a remote entity, the distress signal identifying the personal locator device by the identification code that a user associated with the personal locator device is in distress; and the mobile communication unit being adapted to be programmable to initiate communication to one of at least two individuals with each individual associated with one of the at least two inputs; and the personal locator device being adapted to not include a keypad for entering destination information to individuals other than the at least two inputs being preset in the memory so the personal locator device qualifies to be carried in a setting that prohibits mobile telephones.