Patent ID: 8417210

Claim:
A method for automatically initiating a cellular phone emergency function in response to an airbag deployment within a vehicle, said method comprising: detecting, with a vehicle sensor, at least one of an airbag deployment and at least one condition leading to the airbag deployment; generating, with the vehicle sensor, at least one of an emergency indication signal and an airbag deployment signal upon detection of the at least one of an airbag deployment and at least one condition leading to the airbag deployment; duplicating, with an electrical duplication device, the emergency indication signal for delivery to at least an airbag; receiving, from the vehicle sensor, at least one of the airbag deployment signal and one of the emergency indication signals at an emergency signal assembly, the emergency signal assembly including a body configured to mate with a vehicle accessory receptacle, the body including at least one signal receiving post configured to receive the airbag deployment signal from the vehicle accessory receptacle, a conductor coupled to the at least one signal receiving post for transmitting the airbag deployment signal from the body to a cellular phone, and a wireless communication device configured to transmit the airbag deployment signal from the body to the cellular phone; transmitting the airbag deployment signal from the emergency signal assembly to the cellular phone; and initiating at least one preprogrammed cellular phone emergency function in response to the airbag deployment signal.