System and method

1. A system comprising:

a first apparatus provided with a first transceiver which can be activated by an emergency button in order to send a signal to a communication apparatus;

a communication apparatus provided with a second transceiver for receiving the signal, and a third transceiver for establishing contact with an emergency response centre; and

an application which can be activated by reception of the signal and with which the communication apparatus can request data from the first apparatus;

the application performing an assessment of the data; and

the third transceiver activating the response centre subject to the assessment.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the signal is not dependent on the cause and the data.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the application can set up a connection with the first apparatus over which the data are sent.

4. The system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first transceiver sends the signal as part of a series of signals, and the application can be activated by any signal of the series of signals in order to set up the connection and request the data.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the communication apparatus can be activated so as to send an instruction to the first apparatus in order to deactivate the signal.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the application can be activated by an internal cause of the first apparatus.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication apparatus comprises notifying means for notifying a user of the communication apparatus that a signal has been received.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the notifying means notify the content of one or more of the data.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the data comprises notification that emergency button has been pressed.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the application and the third transceiver can be activated based on receiving the signal.

11. A method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving a signal from a first apparatus with a communication apparatus which is provided with a second transceiver for receiving the signal and with a third transceiver for establishing contact with an emergency response centre;

(b) activating, on the basis of reception of the signal, the second transceiver with which the communication apparatus requests data from the first apparatus;

(c) an application performing an assessment of the data; and

(d) activating the third transceiver to establish contact with the emergency response centre subject to the assessment.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein steps (b)-(d) are not dependent on the content of the signal.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the application is activated by reception of the signal so as to set up a connection with the first apparatus and the data are requested over the connection.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the step of activating the application is not dependent on reception of further signals from the first apparatus, reception of each further signal from which is a basis for activating the application.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the communication apparatus is activated so as to send an instruction to the first apparatus in order to deactivate a first transceiver which transmits the signal.