Patent ID: 8032108

Claim:
A method for transmitting an emergency call including emergency information from a vehicle using a mobile communication system, comprising: triggering an emergency call at the vehicle, establishing a data connection to an emergency call assistance center via the mobile communication system in which the data connection comprises a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) connection, transmitting a first portion of the emergency information to the emergency call assistance center using the WAP data connection as a request for a uniform resource locator (URL) that includes the first portion of the emergency information within the URL request, establishing a first voice connection to the emergency call assistance center via the mobile communication system, and transmitting a dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) message including a second portion of the emergency information using the established first voice connection wherein the first portion of the emergency information and the second portion of emergency information include redundant emergency information; and synchronizing the first portion of the emergency information and the second portion of the emergency information at the emergency assistance center such that errors during transmission may be corrected.