First responder wireless emergency alerting with automatic callback and location triggering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8970366-B2
Application number	US-201313887870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2013
Priority date	Aug 8, 2005
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

Using wireless features, a public service agency is enabled to provide alert information to first responders. An automatic call back from the first responder triggers a voice call launching a location fix on the current location of the first responder. Preferably delivery confirmation that the responder has received the message is received. Once the location fix has been completed, then driving directions with map images are sent to the first responder based on their current location and desired destination for response.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of providing emergency alert information to a first responder, comprising:
transmitting an emergency message to a wireless first responder device, said emergency message including a callback number;
receiving a callback from said first responder device, at said callback number;
triggering a current location fix of said first responder device, in response to said received callback; and
transmitting turn-by-turn travel directions between said cu…

Assignees

• Telecomm Systems Inc

Inventors

• Titus Mark A
• Pohutsky Joseph

Classifications

• G08B25/006 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08B25/10

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04M2242/14

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M11/04

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/90

  Electricity · mapped topic