Patent ID: 8626112

Claim:
A method for generating an emergency message, the method comprising: determining a location of a wireless device in response to receiving a request initiated from one of a plurality of emergency message buttons of the wireless device, the plurality of emergency buttons are configured to initiate communication of respective emergency messages related to different emergency categories; generating an emergency message related to the respective emergency category in response to the request, wherein the plurality of emergency message buttons are soft-buttons selected by a user for utilization by the wireless device, and wherein the generated emergency message is populated with additional information associated with (1) the emergency category of the generated emergency message, (2) the location of the wireless device, and (3) personal information of a user of the wireless device; communicating the generated emergency message from the wireless device to an emergency message router over a wireless communications network in response to the emergency message being generated; determining at the emergency message router, based upon knowledge of the capabilities of selected PSAPs and based upon the determined location of the wireless device, a PSAP which is closest to the wireless device and further having the capacity to receive the generated emergency message populated with (1) the emergency category of the generated emergency message, (2) the location of the wireless device, and (3) personal information of a user of the wireless device; and routing the generated emergency message to the determined PSAP.