Emergency Service Interface for Cross-Border Location Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to provide consistent emergency contact numbers across different countries and do not facilitate easy sharing of location information during emergencies, leading to potential delays that can be critical in life-threatening situations.
Innovation Solution
A rescue system that automatically detects location changes and adjusts emergency contact numbers based on jurisdiction, integrates activity recognition to determine appropriate emergency services, and enables sharing of tracking information with designated users or agencies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If emergency contact numbers are customized for each country, then local emergency services can be reached, but users may dial the wrong number when traveling or forget the local number in distress
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the user's current location and retrieves the appropriate emergency contact number without requiring manual input or memory recall by the user. The device performs the information retrieval service itself based on GPS coordinates, eliminating the need for users to remember or look up local emergency numbers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-loads and stores emergency contact information for multiple jurisdictions in advance. When the user travels to a new location, the appropriate emergency number is already available in the device's memory, ready for immediate retrieval and display, eliminating any delay in obtaining the correct number.
2Ease of operation
If users manually describe their location to emergency services, then no additional equipment is needed, but valuable time is lost and accuracy may be insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the manual mechanical process of describing location verbally with an automated electronic system. GPS coordinates are automatically obtained through satellite reception and transmitted digitally to emergency services, eliminating the need for users to manually describe their location and reducing errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary automated system between the user and emergency services for location information transmission. Instead of direct verbal communication about location, the device acts as an intermediary that automatically retrieves, processes, and transmits precise GPS coordinates to the emergency response system.
3Measurement precision
If GPS coordinates are manually retrieved and communicated, then location can be shared, but time is lost in locating and reading the coordinates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs the entire process of obtaining, formatting, and transmitting GPS coordinates without requiring user intervention. The device serves itself by continuously monitoring its location and making the coordinates available for immediate sharing with emergency services or designated contacts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously tracks and pre-processes GPS coordinates in the background before they are needed. When emergency services or designated contacts require location information, the coordinates are already prepared and ready for immediate transmission, eliminating any retrieval delay.
4Reliability
If emergency services are contacted without automatic location sharing, then privacy is maintained, but location information cannot be conveyed to rescuers
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages location sharing by detecting when emergency services are contacted and initiating coordinate transmission without requiring explicit user authorization at the moment of emergency. The device handles the entire process autonomously, reducing the complexity of user interaction while maintaining reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
An application initiates a communications session with an emergency services agency. The application determines an emergency contact services interface with an association to a first destination address corresponding to a first country in which the user device last initialized the application. The application determines, based on location data, whether the user device has entered a second country, and reprograms, in response to determination of entry into the second country, the emergency contact services interface with an association to a second destination address of an emergency services agency of the second country. Responsive to detecting selection of the emergency contact services interface, a data communication session is established with the emergency services agency of the second country, the data communication session sharing at least audio and auxiliary information with the emergency services agency of the second country.