Patent ID: 8199003

Claim:
A personal communication device comprising: a set of environmental sensors sensing occurrence of environmental circumstances; a user input module; an analysis module in communication with the set of environmental sensors and the input module, wherein the analysis module classifies a current user situation at least partially based on an output from the set of environmental sensors, including a combination of environmental circumstances occurring in a particular order, an input to the user input module, and occurrence of at least one environmental circumstance that is indicative of a developing danger; and an emergency action module in communication with the analysis module, wherein the emergency action module receives a command from the analysis module to assume control of at least one operating feature and/or at least one component of the personal communication device at least partially based on the user situation classification, wherein the at least one component includes a transceiver in communication with a communication network, wherein the emergency action module dials a responding party at a telephone number determined partially by the situation classification, wherein the emergency action module reports the developing danger in the absence of an input of a safety code to the user input module, and wherein the emergency action module enables the responding party to assume control over the at least one operating feature and/or the at least one component of the device.