The present invention is a system and method for reporting an emergency
situation to a called party a using a wireless device. The wireless device
comprises a keyboard and a microprocessor. In one embodiment, when a
specific keystroke sequence is entered using the keyboard, the wireless
device performs the following tasks: (1) disabling one or more components
of the wireless device; (2) establishing a wireless communication session
with the called party; (3) communicating with a location system to
generate location information pinpointing the location of the wireless
device; and (5) providing the location information to the called party. In
other embodiments, the wire device performs additional tasks, including:
(6) capturing content during the wireless communication; (7) communicating
with the location system to generate subsequent location information; and
(8) providing one or more of the subsequent location information and the
content to the called party. The called party may then use the location
information and the content to perform one or more actions, including
providing help to the user of the wireless device.
