Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-04-06 Thread Pander
Perhaps you can also merge the functionality with
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Anti-Theft_Mode and avoid the patent thing.

Lothar Behrens wrote:
> Besides all the discussion. Is this here really yet patented?
> 
> http://www.brainshell.de/patentmarkt_ikt.php
> http://www.brainshell.de/upload/Openmoko_de01b9e8b4.pdf
> 
> If a patent would disable an emergeny functionality like automating  
> the alert
> in case of 'changing behaviour' (accels), or it makes the device a bit  
> more
> expensive, because it helps save live, I must say patents are the  
> wrong way.
> 
> I think, such an important issue should not be patented, because it is  
> a feature
> all phones should become and not only these whose manufacturer are  
> willing
> to pay the patent licenses.
> 
> Also, in my view, the amount of invention is not quite high to  
> eligible for a patent.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Is there prior art?
> http://www.steiger-stiftung.de/GPS-Ortung-So-funktioniert-s.67.0.html
> 
> An interactive location is established and is provided by many  
> services, does an automation
> of them by a change in accelorometer behavior not be always the  
> conclusion to be the best?
> 
> Wouldn't that idea in someones head earlyer?
> 
> Lothar
> 
> Am 19.03.2009 um 01:18 schrieb Rask Ingemann Lambertsen:
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 02:58:10PM +0100, Tilman Baumann wrote:
>>> Harald Welte wrote:
 On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:06:20PM +0100, Tilman Baumann wrote:
> PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no  
> matter if
> the number is a emergency number in tie state.
 that depends on what the network operator does.
>>> Yep, but there seems to be some international agreement on the
>>> significance of 112.
>>> I don't have any quote yet, but as far as I understood it is even
>>> required to by the GSM standards. But that might be wrong.
>>   A D112 AT command is mentioned in the 3GPP TS 07.07 specification  
>> which you
>> can get from here:
>> http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/0707.htm
>> Quoting section "8.3 Enter PIN +CPIN":
>>
>>  NOTE:   Commands which interact with ME that are accepted when ME is
>>  pending SIM PIN, SIM PUK, or PH‑SIM are: +CGMI, +CGMM,
>>  +CGMR, +CGSN, D112; (emergency call), +CPAS, +CFUN, +CPIN,
>>  +CDIS (read and test command only), and +CIND (read and test
>>  command only).
>>
>>   I don't know where the D112 command is documented. I also haven't  
>> looked
>> through the commands to see if there is a loophole such that you can  
>> dial
>> 112 without making an emergency call.
>>
>>   Btw, a few days ago danish media had a news story about unintended
>> emergency calls. It appears that the answering machine offered by many
>> telcos is partly to blame. What happens is that you press and hold  
>> "1" to
>> speed dial your answering machine, press "1" to listen to a message  
>> and
>> press "2" to delete a message. Doing so leaves the number 112 on the
>> display...
>>
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>> a year
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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-04-06 Thread Lothar Behrens
Besides all the discussion. Is this here really yet patented?

http://www.brainshell.de/patentmarkt_ikt.php
http://www.brainshell.de/upload/Openmoko_de01b9e8b4.pdf

If a patent would disable an emergeny functionality like automating  
the alert
in case of 'changing behaviour' (accels), or it makes the device a bit  
more
expensive, because it helps save live, I must say patents are the  
wrong way.

I think, such an important issue should not be patented, because it is  
a feature
all phones should become and not only these whose manufacturer are  
willing
to pay the patent licenses.

Also, in my view, the amount of invention is not quite high to  
eligible for a patent.

What do you think?

Is there prior art?
http://www.steiger-stiftung.de/GPS-Ortung-So-funktioniert-s.67.0.html

An interactive location is established and is provided by many  
services, does an automation
of them by a change in accelorometer behavior not be always the  
conclusion to be the best?

Wouldn't that idea in someones head earlyer?

Lothar

Am 19.03.2009 um 01:18 schrieb Rask Ingemann Lambertsen:

> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 02:58:10PM +0100, Tilman Baumann wrote:
>> Harald Welte wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:06:20PM +0100, Tilman Baumann wrote:

 PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no  
 matter if
 the number is a emergency number in tie state.
>>>
>>> that depends on what the network operator does.
>>
>> Yep, but there seems to be some international agreement on the
>> significance of 112.
>> I don't have any quote yet, but as far as I understood it is even
>> required to by the GSM standards. But that might be wrong.
>
>   A D112 AT command is mentioned in the 3GPP TS 07.07 specification  
> which you
> can get from here:
> http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/0707.htm
> Quoting section "8.3  Enter PIN +CPIN":
>
>   NOTE:   Commands which interact with ME that are accepted when ME is
>   pending SIM PIN, SIM PUK, or PH‑SIM are: +CGMI, +CGMM,
>   +CGMR, +CGSN, D112; (emergency call), +CPAS, +CFUN, +CPIN,
>   +CDIS (read and test command only), and +CIND (read and test
>   command only).
>
>   I don't know where the D112 command is documented. I also haven't  
> looked
> through the commands to see if there is a loophole such that you can  
> dial
> 112 without making an emergency call.
>
>   Btw, a few days ago danish media had a news story about unintended
> emergency calls. It appears that the answering machine offered by many
> telcos is partly to blame. What happens is that you press and hold  
> "1" to
> speed dial your answering machine, press "1" to listen to a message  
> and
> press "2" to delete a message. Doing so leaves the number 112 on the
> display...
>
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> a year
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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-18 Thread Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 02:58:10PM +0100, Tilman Baumann wrote:
> Harald Welte wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:06:20PM +0100, Tilman Baumann wrote:
> >>
> >> PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no matter if  
> >> the number is a emergency number in tie state.
> > 
> > that depends on what the network operator does.
> 
> Yep, but there seems to be some international agreement on the 
> significance of 112.
> I don't have any quote yet, but as far as I understood it is even 
> required to by the GSM standards. But that might be wrong.

   A D112 AT command is mentioned in the 3GPP TS 07.07 specification which you
can get from here:
http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/0707.htm
Quoting section "8.3Enter PIN +CPIN":

NOTE:   Commands which interact with ME that are accepted when ME is
pending SIM PIN, SIM PUK, or PH‑SIM are: +CGMI, +CGMM,
+CGMR, +CGSN, D112; (emergency call), +CPAS, +CFUN, +CPIN,
+CDIS (read and test command only), and +CIND (read and test
command only).

   I don't know where the D112 command is documented. I also haven't looked
through the commands to see if there is a loophole such that you can dial
112 without making an emergency call.

   Btw, a few days ago danish media had a news story about unintended
emergency calls. It appears that the answering machine offered by many
telcos is partly to blame. What happens is that you press and hold "1" to
speed dial your answering machine, press "1" to listen to a message and
press "2" to delete a message. Doing so leaves the number 112 on the
display...

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-18 Thread Steve " 'dillo" Okay

On Mar 18, 2009, at 04:28 , Chris Samuel wrote:

> On Wednesday 18 March 2009, arne anka wrote:
>
>> well, it fits the wet dreams of germany's current top terrorists  
>> hunter
>> (register everyone who buys a sim card) -- and there are no numbers
>> mentioned of abuse.
>
> In 2003 our local telco monopoly released numbers show about 70% of  
> emergency
> calls were not real - so about 7 million false calls to 000 (the  
> Australian
> emergency number) in *Melbourne* each year.  That's getting on for  
> 2 per head
> of population.
>
> That includes hoaxes, mistakes, fax machines (yes, really), unlocked
> mobiles pocket-dialing 000, school kids, people calling 000 to  
> report a car
> blocking their drive because their local police station went to an  
> answer
> phone, etc.

Hmmm...I wonder how much of that could be avoided by choosing  
something like
"911" or "909" or (as stated on the TV show "IT Crowd")  "0118 999  
881 999 119 7253"  :)
instead of 3 consecutive presses of the most exposed digit on the  
phone keypad.

It's a lot harder to keypad mash those than just 000.


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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-18 Thread Chris Samuel
On Wednesday 18 March 2009, arne anka wrote:

> well, it fits the wet dreams of germany's current top terrorists hunter  
> (register everyone who buys a sim card) -- and there are no numbers  
> mentioned of abuse.

In 2003 our local telco monopoly released numbers show about 70% of emergency 
calls were not real - so about 7 million false calls to 000 (the Australian 
emergency number) in *Melbourne* each year.  That's getting on for 2 per head 
of population.

That includes hoaxes, mistakes, fax machines (yes, really), unlocked
mobiles pocket-dialing 000, school kids, people calling 000 to report a car 
blocking their drive because their local police station went to an answer 
phone, etc..

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-17 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Do  12. März 2009 schrieb Harald Welte:
> the practical implementation can look quite different.  The German 
government
> e.g. now legally mandates that an operator will refuse to take emergency
> calls from phones with no SIM card inserted.
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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-17 Thread Steve " 'dillo" Okay

On Mar 17, 2009, at 07:57 , arne anka wrote:

>> Well it can go either way. Many costs are made when reacting to false
>> calls and less resources are available for serious calls.
>
> well, it fits the wet dreams of germany's current top terrorists  
> hunter
> (register everyone who buys a sim card) -- and there are no numbers
> mentioned of abuse.

That would explain why I had such problems getting a SIM card during  
my recent trip to
Europe. I knew it was some sort of overreaction like that.
  *sigh*.
Your government learns too well from ours :)
The one good thing that came out of the whole mess was that it  
pointed out that the majority of
my SIM problems during the trip were political/bureaucratic and not  
due to an intrinsic problem with the FR.

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-17 Thread arne anka
> Well it can go either way. Many costs are made when reacting to false
> calls and less resources are available for serious calls.

well, it fits the wet dreams of germany's current top terrorists hunter  
(register everyone who buys a sim card) -- and there are no numbers  
mentioned of abuse.

> Also, who is
> using a phone without a SIM card anyway?

a lot of people have got one in the car or elsewhere exactly to make  
emergency calls w/o having to pay for a sim.

but that's off topic.

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-17 Thread Pander
arne anka wrote:
>> Yep, but there seems to be some international agreement on the
>> significance of 112.
> 
> at least in all states of the eu 112 has to work -- the last member to  
> implement it only recently was bulgaria (see  
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Eine-Notrufnummer-fuer-alle-27-EU-Laender--/meldung/132427).
> 
> though, in germany in future emergency calls are possible only _with_ a  
> sim card inserted  
> (http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Kein-Notruf-ohne-SIM-Karte--/meldung/132539).
> inhowfar that is a way to remedy the alleged misuses of emergency numbers  
> seems rather questionable -- will probably kill more people than it saves.

Well it can go either way. Many costs are made when reacting to false
calls and less resources are available for serious calls. Also, who is
using a phone without a SIM card anyway?

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-17 Thread arne anka
> Yep, but there seems to be some international agreement on the
> significance of 112.

at least in all states of the eu 112 has to work -- the last member to  
implement it only recently was bulgaria (see  
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Eine-Notrufnummer-fuer-alle-27-EU-Laender--/meldung/132427).

though, in germany in future emergency calls are possible only _with_ a  
sim card inserted  
(http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Kein-Notruf-ohne-SIM-Karte--/meldung/132539).
inhowfar that is a way to remedy the alleged misuses of emergency numbers  
seems rather questionable -- will probably kill more people than it saves.

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-17 Thread Tilman Baumann
Harald Welte wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:06:20PM +0100, Tilman Baumann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm just wondering if there are any open standards for emergency  
>> services for location.
>> I'm thinking about services like http://www.steiger-stiftung.de  
>> (European, websites in other languages should be available)

I have asked them. They are basically not prepared to share any 
information on details.
It is somehow a service they provide, but how it is implemented is unknown.

Reply to my question if I might have some information to make my phone 
use their service, the answer was 'there are many phones which support 
us...'
Yes, and I want to become one of them. But this is to much to ask from 
them. Stupid fuckers.
I'm sure they did not even understand what I was asking. :-/

eCall seems to be a more open system, but still no real informations to 
find. And it as a slightly different focus too.

>>   A SMS to the respective emergency (112, 911) number containing the  
>> GPS position could be a start, but then someone has to read it.
>> I would guess there is a standard for a computer readable format.
>>
>> Building a emergency call app would be a nice thing to have.
>>
>> PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no matter if  
>> the number is a emergency number in tie state.
> 
> that depends on what the network operator does.

Yep, but there seems to be some international agreement on the 
significance of 112.
I don't have any quote yet, but as far as I understood it is even 
required to by the GSM standards. But that might be wrong.

> The SIM card has a list of
> emergency numbers.  If you call one of those numbers, or make an emergency
> call without a SIM card inserted, the phone will do itts request for a 
> physical
> channel indicating its a EMERGENCY call, and then use EMERGENCY SETUP instead
> of SETUP, so the network can decide to rather kill somebody elses call and 
> free
> resources for your emergency call in case the cell is otherwise full.

That would be a great thing to have indeed. This needs to be included in 
the (FSO) dialer/contacts framework. Including the other special numbers 
the sim has, like ones own.



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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-03-17 Thread Harald Welte
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:06:20PM +0100, Tilman Baumann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm just wondering if there are any open standards for emergency  
> services for location.
> I'm thinking about services like http://www.steiger-stiftung.de  
> (European, websites in other languages should be available)
> 
>   A SMS to the respective emergency (112, 911) number containing the  
> GPS position could be a start, but then someone has to read it.
> I would guess there is a standard for a computer readable format.
> 
> Building a emergency call app would be a nice thing to have.
> 
> PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no matter if  
> the number is a emergency number in tie state.

that depends on what the network operator does.  The SIM card has a list of
emergency numbers.  If you call one of those numbers, or make an emergency
call without a SIM card inserted, the phone will do itts request for a physical
channel indicating its a EMERGENCY call, and then use EMERGENCY SETUP instead
of SETUP, so the network can decide to rather kill somebody elses call and free
resources for your emergency call in case the cell is otherwise full.

that's at least the theory from the protocol side.

the practical implementation can look quite different.  The German government
e.g. now legally mandates that an operator will refuse to take emergency
calls from phones with no SIM card inserted.

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-02-24 Thread Lothar Behrens
Even if the GPS location is not actually got, the phone software in  
that case
could activate GPS automatically. When GPS has a fix the app could  
assist in

taking another call or, if no reaction of the user do it automatically.

Navit could be used to locate the city and street near the location  
and this could be

spd-say'ed.

The human in danger then only has to accept to do the followup call,  
nothing more.

In case all is fine he/she could dismiss.

Doing all the combination of locating and navit, will help in the  
typical situation
one isn't really in the position to 'think' about what to tell to the  
operator.


There are several articles and at least one I have read or have seen  
about doing

emergency calls in carcrash for sample with the car - GPS application.

Would that help ?

Lothar

Am 24.02.2009 um 15:30 schrieb Pander:


Tilman Baumann wrote:

Am 24.02.2009 um 12:38 schrieb Helge Hafting:


Tilman Baumann wrote:

Hi,

I'm just wondering if there are any open standards for emergency
services for location.
I'm thinking about services like http://www.steiger-stiftung.de
(European, websites in other languages should be available)

A SMS to the respective emergency (112, 911) number containing the
GPS position could be a start, but then someone has to read it.
I would guess there is a standard for a computer readable format.

Building a emergency call app would be a nice thing to have.

PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no matter
if
the number is a emergency number in tie state.
If you have the gps coordinates, just tell them over the phone as  
you

make the call. They will use it if they have gps eqipment, which is
likely.


As log as you are able to do so.
I'm more thinking about something like a machine readable side  
channel

paralel to a regular emergency call.

BTW. the German ADAC is completely helpless if you provide them GPS
coordinates.


Automating this seems dangerous in that your SMS to the
emergency service is delayed by a few minutes as the phone  
struggle to

get the first fix. When you talk, you can fall back on other
descriptions of the place (addresses, road names) if coordinates
aren't
available.


Depends, when a GPS fix is made it will be much more precise and
quicker.

And there seems to be a standard for cars to make automatic emergency
calls on accidents.
It is called eCall and no technical information is to be found... :)



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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-02-24 Thread Pander
Tilman Baumann wrote:
> Am 24.02.2009 um 12:38 schrieb Helge Hafting:
> 
>> Tilman Baumann wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm just wondering if there are any open standards for emergency
>>> services for location.
>>> I'm thinking about services like http://www.steiger-stiftung.de
>>> (European, websites in other languages should be available)
>>>
>>>  A SMS to the respective emergency (112, 911) number containing the
>>> GPS position could be a start, but then someone has to read it.
>>> I would guess there is a standard for a computer readable format.
>>>
>>> Building a emergency call app would be a nice thing to have.
>>>
>>> PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no matter  
>>> if
>>> the number is a emergency number in tie state.
>> If you have the gps coordinates, just tell them over the phone as you
>> make the call. They will use it if they have gps eqipment, which is
>> likely.
> 
> As log as you are able to do so.
> I'm more thinking about something like a machine readable side channel  
> paralel to a regular emergency call.
> 
> BTW. the German ADAC is completely helpless if you provide them GPS  
> coordinates.
> 
>> Automating this seems dangerous in that your SMS to the
>> emergency service is delayed by a few minutes as the phone struggle to
>> get the first fix. When you talk, you can fall back on other
>> descriptions of the place (addresses, road names) if coordinates  
>> aren't
>> available.
> 
> Depends, when a GPS fix is made it will be much more precise and  
> quicker.
> 
> And there seems to be a standard for cars to make automatic emergency  
> calls on accidents.
> It is called eCall and no technical information is to be found... :)
> 

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-02-24 Thread Tilman Baumann

Am 24.02.2009 um 12:38 schrieb Helge Hafting:

> Tilman Baumann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm just wondering if there are any open standards for emergency
>> services for location.
>> I'm thinking about services like http://www.steiger-stiftung.de
>> (European, websites in other languages should be available)
>>
>>  A SMS to the respective emergency (112, 911) number containing the
>> GPS position could be a start, but then someone has to read it.
>> I would guess there is a standard for a computer readable format.
>>
>> Building a emergency call app would be a nice thing to have.
>>
>> PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no matter  
>> if
>> the number is a emergency number in tie state.
>
> If you have the gps coordinates, just tell them over the phone as you
> make the call. They will use it if they have gps eqipment, which is
> likely.

As log as you are able to do so.
I'm more thinking about something like a machine readable side channel  
paralel to a regular emergency call.

BTW. the German ADAC is completely helpless if you provide them GPS  
coordinates.

> Automating this seems dangerous in that your SMS to the
> emergency service is delayed by a few minutes as the phone struggle to
> get the first fix. When you talk, you can fall back on other
> descriptions of the place (addresses, road names) if coordinates  
> aren't
> available.

Depends, when a GPS fix is made it will be much more precise and  
quicker.

And there seems to be a standard for cars to make automatic emergency  
calls on accidents.
It is called eCall and no technical information is to be found... :)

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Re: GPS emergency call standards

2009-02-24 Thread Helge Hafting
Tilman Baumann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm just wondering if there are any open standards for emergency  
> services for location.
> I'm thinking about services like http://www.steiger-stiftung.de  
> (European, websites in other languages should be available)
> 
>   A SMS to the respective emergency (112, 911) number containing the  
> GPS position could be a start, but then someone has to read it.
> I would guess there is a standard for a computer readable format.
> 
> Building a emergency call app would be a nice thing to have.
> 
> PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no matter if  
> the number is a emergency number in tie state.

If you have the gps coordinates, just tell them over the phone as you 
make the call. They will use it if they have gps eqipment, which is 
likely. Automating this seems dangerous in that your SMS to the 
emergency service is delayed by a few minutes as the phone struggle to 
get the first fix. When you talk, you can fall back on other 
descriptions of the place (addresses, road names) if coordinates aren't 
available.

Helge Hafting

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GPS emergency call standards

2009-02-24 Thread Tilman Baumann
Hi,

I'm just wondering if there are any open standards for emergency  
services for location.
I'm thinking about services like http://www.steiger-stiftung.de  
(European, websites in other languages should be available)

  A SMS to the respective emergency (112, 911) number containing the  
GPS position could be a start, but then someone has to read it.
I would guess there is a standard for a computer readable format.

Building a emergency call app would be a nice thing to have.

PS: According to Wikipedia, 112 works on all GSM networks no matter if  
the number is a emergency number in tie state.

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