Method and apparatus for creating emergency social network

摘要

A mobile application for execution on a handheld computing device stores data regarding connections to public safety answering points with which to share information in an emergency situation and establishes connections with an appropriate public safety answering point upon activation of an emergency button, wherein the connections include voice, text, image and video connections. A user is able to create a list of contacts for a private social emergency response network with which to send previously stored private information in an emergency. In an emergency, the mobile application establishes a platform via which the user and those on the private social emergency response network can share information. The mobile application also sends previously stored private information to those on the list during an emergency.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable media having stored thereon a mobile application to be executed on a handheld computing device to cause a processor to:
store data regarding connections to one or more of public safety answering points with which to share information in an emergency situation; establish one or more connections with an appropriate one of the one or more public safety answering points upon activation of an emergency button, wherein said one or more connections include one or more of the following connections: voice, text, image and video; enable a user to store private information to share in an emergency situation; enable a user to create and store a list of contacts for a customized private social emergency response network with which to send the stored private information in an emergency situation; establish, during an emergency situation, a platform via which the user and those listed in the list of contacts for the customized private social emergency response network can share information; and send to those on the list of contacts the stored private information during an emergency situation, wherein the mobile application further causes the processor to establish a telephone connection with the public safety access point by determining whether the handheld computing device is located in a domestic location or a foreign location, and: (i) if the handheld computing device is located in a domestic location, the mobile application causes the processor to display an emergency telephone number and establish a telephone call using the displayed emergency telephone number; or (ii) if the handheld computing device is located in a foreign location, the mobile application causes the processor to display a local emergency telephone number and a telephone number of an embassy for a user of the handheld computing device and establish a telephone call using the displayed local emergency telephone number and/or the displayed embassy telephone number.