Apparatus for emergency communications using dual satellite communications systems for redundancy and a means of providing additional information to rescue services to support emergency response

摘要

Method and apparatus for emergency communications using dual satellite communication systems for redundancy and a means of providing additional information to rescue services support emergency response. The system combines the Cospas-Sarsat emergency system for 406 beacons with a secondary means of distress alerting over a commercial satellite system as well as permitting the government agencies responsible for emergency services to directly interface with the person in distress to know about his/her location and to communicate with him or her to resolve the emergency in the best possible way.

主权项

1. A system for emergency communications, comprising:
a communications device, a Cospas-Sarsat satellite communications system, and a commercial satellite communications system; said communications device capable of transmitting messages over each of said Cospas-Sarsat and said commercial satellite communications systems including information that identifies the user of the communication device; said Cospas-Sarsat satellite communications system in communication with one or more local user terminals, said one or more local user terminals in communication with a mission control center, and said mission control center in communication with a rescue coordination center; said commercial satellite communications system in communication with a commercial satellite gateway, said commercial satellite gateway in communication with one or more servers, said servers connected to the Internet; wherein said Cospas-Sarsat satellite communications system and said commercial satellite communications systems are in bi-directional communication by way of an interface, said interface interconnected between said one or more servers and said rescue coordination center; wherein said Cospas-Sarsat satellite communications system can transmit messages to said communications device over said commercial satellite communications system by way of said interface, said interface being provided by a third party service provider in communication with the rescue coordinator center and the internet and the satellite communication system.