Patent ID: 7092695

Claim:
An emergency cellular telephone for establishing communication with multiple emergency response services, comprising: a handheld housing; a cellular transmitter disposed within the housing for transmitting only first and second outgoing cellular signals, the first outgoing cellular signal for establishing a first communication session with a first emergency response service and the second outgoing cellular signal for establishing a second communication session with a second emergency response service; a cellular receiver disposed within the housing for receiving only first and second incoming cellular signals, the first incoming cellular signal received from the first emergency response service during the first communication session, and the second incoming cellular signal received from the second emergency response service during the second communication session; a power supply disposed within the housing for supplying electrical power for the telephone; a first activation button attached to the housing that, if pressed a first time when the telephone is in an off mode, causes the electrical power from the power supply to be provided to the cellular transmitter and receiver, initiates activation of the cellular receiver to search for an available cellular system channel, and initiates activation of the cellular transmitter to transmit the first outgoing cellular signal to establish communication with the first emergency response service, thereby simplifying communication with the first emergency response service in a stressful situation; a second activation button attached to the housing that, if pressed a first time when the telephone is in the off mode, causes the electrical power from the power supply to be provided to the cellular transmitter and receiver, initiates activation of the cellular receiver to search for an available cellular system channel, and initiates activation of the cellular transmitter to transmit the second outgoing cellular signal to establish communication with the second emergency response service, thereby simplifying communication with the second emergency response service in a stressful situation; and the cellular transmitter operable to transmit the first outgoing cellular signal to establish the first communication session regardless of whether the transmitter had last established a first communication session or a second communication session, and operable to transmit the second outgoing cellular signal to establish the second communication session regardless of whether the transmitter had last established a first communication session or a second communication session.