Wireless Panic Button Emergency Routing via SIP Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing telecommunications infrastructure is inadequate in providing accurate and timely location information and additional user data to emergency services from wireless devices, often connecting calls to incorrect or inconvenient Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), due to legacy configurations and the inability to integrate modern digital and wireless systems with emergency response systems.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that registers an alarm button press on a mobile device, determines the device's location, and sends this information to an emergency services center using SIP messages, allowing for the selection of the nearest PSAP and periodic updates, ensuring that accurate location and user data are transmitted to emergency responders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If legacy telecommunications infrastructure is used for emergency calls, then existing systems can be maintained with minimal changes, but accurate location information and user data cannot be transmitted to the correct PSAP
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system comprising a server and database that mediates between the wireless device and PSAP. When a panic button is activated, the device sends a signal to the server, which then retrieves location information and user data from the database, determines the appropriate PSAP, and facilitates the connection. This intermediary architecture enables accurate location transmission without requiring complex reconfiguration of existing telecommunications infrastructure.
2Reliability
If wireless devices are integrated with emergency services systems, then accurate location and user data can be transmitted, but the telecommunications infrastructure requires significant reconfiguration
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service functionality where the wireless device automatically activates the panic button upon detecting an emergency condition, and the server automatically retrieves location information, determines the appropriate PSAP, and initiates the connection without requiring manual configuration or intervention. This self-service approach improves emergency service connection reliability while minimizing the need for complex infrastructure reconfiguration.
3Reliability
If panic button activation sends information to multiple addresses, then comprehensive notification is achieved, but information transmission time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the database with multiple notification addresses and pre-determining the routing logic for different emergency scenarios. When the panic button is activated, the server quickly retrieves the appropriate addresses and transmits information simultaneously or in a predetermined sequence, reducing the actual transmission time while maintaining comprehensive notification coverage.
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AI summary
A system and method for providing a conduit to send information to emergency services from a wireless device. Systems and methods for registering an alarm button on a wireless device and sending to public and/or private emergency services providers information related to the wireless device including its location, information about a wireless device end user and/or subscriber associated with the wireless device, and information recorded by one or more wireless devices during and subsequent to the time the alarm button is activated.