Patent ID: 8744401

Claim:
An emergency notification system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a vehicle location device located in the vehicle, wherein the vehicle location device is configured to provide data regarding the current location of the vehicle; an emergency notification device located in the vehicle, wherein: the emergency notification device is configured to receive input data regarding the vehicle, process the input data to determine if a specified emergency event has occurred, and upon the determination that the specified even has occurred, transmit substantially at the same time a first and a second type of emergency notification signals, which contain at least the current location data provided by the vehicle location device, to a cellular base station comprising a transceiver configured to relay the second type of signal to an emergency call center upon receipt of the second type of signal, the base station further includes an emergency receiving/transmitting device configured to: receive the first type of emergency notification signal, compare the current location data of the vehicle to the predetermined location of the base station; upon determining the current location data of the vehicle meets a location criteria with respect to the location of the base station, transmit a third type of signal including at least the same data that was in the first type of signal directionally to at least a remote emergency responder receiving device; the system further comprises an emergency responder receiving device configured to receive the third type signal from the transmitting/receiving device, wherein the emergency responder device is located in an emergency responder vehicle and comprises a display that is configured to visually show at least some of the data obtained from the received third type signal; and a second vehicle locating device located in the emergency responder vehicle; wherein the second vehicle locating device is configured to obtain current location data of the emergency responder vehicle to the emergency responder receiving device; the emergency receiving device is further configured to display the data obtained from the third type of signal on the display only if the emergency responder receiving device determines that the location of the emergency responder vehicle is within a predefined distance to the location of the vehicle having the emergency notification device which sent the first type emergency notification signal.