Patent ID: 8866606

Claim:
A subscriber device for alerting an automated personal emergency response system, comprising: a control module including at least one processing device; a user interface module operatively coupled to the control module, the user interface module including at least: an alert button configured to respond to an alert button press by initiating one or more transmissions to the automated personal emergency response system; and a visual display screen capable of rendering text in at least three colors; and an audio module operatively coupled to the control module, the audio module including at least: an audio file server, the audio file server configured to provide one or more audio voice prompts to a user of the subscriber device without the subscriber device being operatively connected to an external network; one or more speakers; and one or more microphones, wherein at least one speaker and at least one microphone are configured to facilitate communications between a user of the subscriber device and at least some parties joined to a teleconference established by the automated personal emergency response system in response to an alert button press, and wherein the audio module is capable of overriding a user volume setting of the subscriber device in response to a signal received by the subscriber device via an external network.