THE SOLUTION

Tendler Cellular has developed and patented the first-ever system for reporting to dispatch centers the location of the stricken individual through telling the dispatcher in English where the caller is. This is done through "voice' synthesis in which the FoneFinder tells the location of the phone calling 911 to the dispatcher. The system is GPS based and requires absolutely no infrastructure, either at a cell site or at the dispatch center.

FoneFinder phones are provided with an internal GPS engine and the FoneFinder chip set which is utilized to tell the EMS dispatcher the location of the stricken individual, the cellular telephone number, the identity of the individual, and other information, all in English. Because the transmission is in English and uses the normal audio channel, cell sites do not need to be adapted to any particular digital format (such as CDPD, CDMA, TDMA, and FDMA). More importantly, the system is instantly deployable through the provision of these unique FoneFinder phones.

The FoneFinder System can be Provided to customers at either zero cost or no more than $100.00 additional cost due to a second FoneFinder System feature... the 911 Back-Up System.

The optional 911 Back-Up System operates as follows. After termination of the cellular 911 call, the FoneFinder phone automatically dials a 911 back-up dispatch center which ascertains if EMT s have been dispatched to the scene . The charge for this is $50.00 per call as an insurance policy, developing a revenue stream to the carriers to offset the cost of the FoneFinder phones.

Alternatively, it is proposed that the added cost of providing the FoneFinder System be amortized as a $4.00 /month service charge for three years.

As a result FoneFinder phones can be given to the public "free." The result is a massive implementation of a simple system to allow EMS centers to locate stricken individuals. The FoneFinder System is thus self-funding, universal and instantly implemented.

Tendler Cellular provides the FoneFinder function through it's sale of chip sets to cell-phone manufacturers such as Mitsubishi, Audiovox, Nokia, Motorola and Ericcson.

In addition to providing the FoneFinder chip sets, for those dispatch services which do not have electronic maps, Tendler Cellular provides an extremely inexpensive mapping system through Blue Marble Geographics which provides images on floppies for use in 286 or better PCs. Once a latitude and longitude is heard it can be typed in and a cursor is instantly placed on the map noting the location of the phone. The maps can be made available to EMT dispatch offices or police stations at a cost of no more than $300.00 per county.

Note that optional activation is obtained by a specialized hands free cradle which activates the FoneFinder when the air bag goes off, when the car alarm is tripped, when the FoneFinder phone is paged or simply to call AAA for directions.

The FoneFinder System meets the criteria set forth in the Report and Order which requires that the location and cellular phone number of the caller be transmited to the EMT dispatch center. EMS units report that this type of system provides the essential information, which can be used with virtually no training and hardware cost. It is noteworthy that EMS helicopter crews currently use lat/lon to ascertain the location of an emergency situation.

The broadcast of location only when there is an emergency keeps the location of the cellular phone user private until emergency activation, thus avoiding the invasion of privacy issues associated with continuous monitoring of the location of cellular calls by triangulation or range finding systems.

With FoneFinder there is absolutely no infrastructure cost. no chances to cellular Phone switches and no cost to the recipient of the message (dispatcher), as the location of the stricken individual/vehicle is broadcast verbally.