Wireless device emergency services connection and panic button, with crime and safety information system
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.
1. A method of registering and distributing an alarm, the method comprising:
registering, at a server, that an alarm button has been pressed on a communications device;
determining a location of the communications device based at least in part on a phone number or TCP/IP address assigned to the communications device;
accessing a database to determine a safety network associated with the communications device, the safety network comprising address information of parties to contact;
accessing the database to determine address information of subscribers proximate the location of the communications device;
sending messages to at least one address of a party in the safety network and to at least one address of a proximate subscriber; and
sending at least one additional message to an emergency services center.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising
transmitting the location as part of at least one of the messages.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the emergency services center is chosen based on the location.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one message comprises a SIP message.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the communications device comprises a mobile device or a wired device.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one additional message is sent after a predetermined interval of time.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising adding a party to the safety network in accordance with a request from a user of the communications device.
8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising initiating a multiparty communication between a group consisting of at least two of the safety-network parties, subscribers, and emergency services center.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the parties in the safety network are selected based at least in part on the location or a time of pressing the alarm button.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the database further comprises information concerning a user of the communications device, the information comprising a parent/guardian, name, address, picture, gender, hair color, eye color, ethnicity, height, weight, date of birth, fingerprint, DNA information, or current photo.
11. A system for registering and distributing an alarm, the system comprising:
a. a processor operable to execute computer program instructions; and
b. a memory operable to store computer program instructions executable by the processor, for performing the steps of:
i. registering, at a server, that an alarm button has been pressed on a communications device;
ii. determining a location of the communications device based at least in part on a phone number or TCP/IP address assigned to the communications device;
iii. accessing a database to determine a safety network associated with the communications device, the safety network comprising address information of parties to contact;
iv. accessing the database to determine address information of subscribers proximate the location of the communications device;
v. sending messages to at least one address of a party in the safety network and to at least one address of a proximate subscriber; and
vi. sending at least one additional message to an emergency services center.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the communications device comprises a mobile device or a wired device.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one additional message is sent after a predetermined interval of time.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the steps further comprise adding a party to the safety network in accordance with a request from a user of the communications device.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the steps further comprise initiating a multiparty communication between a group consisting of at least two of the safety-network parties, subscribers, and emergency services center.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the parties in the safety network are selected based at least in part on the location or a time of pressing the alarm button.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the database further comprises information concerning a user of the communications device, the information comprising a parent/guardian, name, address, picture, gender, hair color, eye color, ethnicity, height, weight, date of birth, fingerprint, DNA information, or current photo.