System and method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device

摘要

The subject invention provides a system and method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device ( 32 ). The method establishes a monitoring database ( 34 ) including identifications for a plurality of user devices ( 32 ) and user information associated with each of the user devices ( 32 ). An internet protocol (IP) address is established for the monitoring database ( 34 ) and for each user device ( 32 ). The monitoring database ( 34 ) includes contacts to be contacted in an emergency for each user of each user device ( 32 ) and receives priority information for notifying the contacts. Communication is established between one of the user devices ( 32 ) and the monitoring database ( 34 ) and the monitoring database ( 34 ) automatically processes the priority information to notify the contact using either internet protocols or public-switched telephone networks.