Patent ID: 8688069

Claim:
A mobile communication system comprising: a remote communication system configured to transmit communications to and receive communications from a plurality of mobile radios over one or more wireless communication channels that are dedicated to an emergency service; a remote messaging system configured to receive location information from a plurality of mobile radios over one or more wireless messaging channels, different from the wireless communications channels, and to aggregate this location information; a plurality of mobile radios, each comprising: a communication transceiver configured to transmit communications to and receive communications from the remote communication system over one of the wireless communication channels; a biometric interface configured to receive biometric feedback diagnostic data of a user of the mobile radio; a location sensing system configured to sense the location of the mobile radio; a user interface configured to: receive communications from a user of the mobile radio and deliver them to the communication transceiver for delivery to the remote communication system over one of the wireless communication channels; receive communications from the communication transceiver, which the communication transceiver receives from the remote communication system over one of the wireless communication channels, and deliver them to the user; and receive a request from the user to transmit information indicative of the location of the mobile radio to the remote messaging system; and a message transmitter, separate from the communications transceiver, configured to transmit the location of the mobile radio sensed by the location sensing system and the received biometric feedback diagnostic data to the remote messaging system, over one of the wireless messaging channels, in response to the request by the user.