Method and apparatus to concurrently notify emergency contacts during an emergency voice call based on network capability

摘要

A method and apparatus for automatically sending a data message from a mobile device to at least one recipient during or soon after an emergency voice call, the method having the steps of: determining whether the data message can be sent over the network during the emergency voice call, and if yes, creating and sending the data message; and if no, waiting until either the mobile device connects to a new network, wherein the method proceeds back to said determining step, or until the voice call has ended and then creating and sending the data message.

主权项

1. In a mobile device, a method for sending a data message from said mobile device to at least one emergency contact, the method comprising the steps of:
determining whether a mobile network of the mobile device supports concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched communications; if the mobile network supports concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched communications sending the data message to the at least one emergency contact during an emergency call; if the mobile network does not support concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched communications and the emergency call is a circuit-switched voice call, determining whether the data message can be sent over a circuit-switched network, and, if the data message can be sent over the circuit-switched network, sending the data message to the at least one emergency contact over the circuit-switched network; and if the mobile network does not support concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched communications and the emergency call is a packet-switched voice call, determining whether the data message can be sent over a packet-switched network, and, if the data message can be sent over the packet-switched network, sending the data message to the at least one emergency contact over the packet-switched network; wherein the at least one emergency contact is selected based on a setting in the mobile device.