An access control system utilizes authorized users' mobile electronic devices for transmitting biometric identifiers in combination with using a key card, for authenticating the user's access privileges for unlocking a secure door. The system may further verify proximity of the user's device to the access control reader, which verifies correspondence of the key card with the transmitted biometric characteristics. The system may further require entry of a PIN into the user's device, for its transmission to the access control system for access confirmation. A scanner scans the area around its geographic location for search signals emitted by mobile electronic devices, and identifies a position, a type, and an address of each device, using characteristics of the search signals. Audio analytics detect/identify a position of sudden sound fluctuations indicating a gunshot/fight incident, and correlates the incident location to a device location. Video analytics correlate imaged people with detected electronic devices.

A mobile device (101) includes: a memory for storing contact information of the mobile device, a transceiver for exchanging voice and/or data signals within a telecommunications network, wherein the mobile device is configured to: provide (501, 513) the contact information to a server in the network, initiate (202), in response to a first user input, a first voice connection to the server; and at least one of receive (2051), from the server, command data for initiating (2052) a second voice connection to a called party identified in the contact information; and send (2054) authorization to the server to access user credentials included in the contact information.

A mobile terminal apparatus checks if a user is a proper user based on the operation of the user and, if the result of authentication is negative, uploads predetermined data, which is part of data stored in a memory, to a predetermined server. After the transmission is completed, the mobile terminal apparatus erases the uploaded data from the memory. It is also possible to instruct the mobile terminal apparatus to upload and erase data from an external source using an electronic mail or a telephone tone signal sequence. This may protect data contained in mobile terminal apparatus that has been lost, from a person who improperly attempts to access the data.

In a plurality of described embodiments, various modules of an application for a client device may operate to enhance personal security for an individual user, and promote public safety in general. An incident reporting module provides the capability for users to submit descriptive details and a location of an incident, with selective uploading of images, which may be transcoded for faster transmission, to be followed by uploading of high resolution images once bandwidth permits. Transmission of the incident report is authenticated by the application generating a unique watermark based on a serial number of the client device, and by transmitting of the incident report with the unique watermark included thereon. The application is configured for maintaining a chain of custody of the incident report, by authenticating an ID of a user transmitting, the report.

A computer-implemented method for tracking a user includes: configuring a client device for entering: a starting point for a trip, a destination, mode of transportation, and indication of starting the trip; configuring the server for identifying a preferred rout based upon: a distance of the trip, a crime rate of areas between the starting point and destination, and the mode of transportation; configuring the server for calculating an allotted time for the trip; configuring the client device for continuously transmitting its location to the server; configuring the server for continuously monitoring the location of the client device; configuring the client device for selectively transmitting an alarm message to the server when the client device deviates beyond a threshold amount from the preferred route or he allotted time for the trip; and configuring the server for notifying a family member and local police when the panic alarm message is received.

A mobile computerized apparatus configured to provide membership status in a roadside assistance program after occurrence of a roadside event is disclosed. The apparatus executes instructions that cause/allow the apparatus to receive input related to an electronic membership card, retrieve from a data store membership information associated with the vehicle, and dynamically update the electronic membership card for display on the apparatus.

System and method for intelligent call blocking with block mode are provided. Said system comprises at least one of a local number database and a cloud number database, as well as a monitoring module used for monitoring the phone number of mobile terminal and preprocessing, an analyzing module used for analyzing obtained phone number by means of at least one of the local number database and the cloud number database and synthesizing marking information that is obtained by such analyzing, a displaying module used for displaying said marking information in a set area of said mobile terminal, a phone number marking module used for receiving marking information that is inputted by the user and is correlated with said phone number and delivering said marking information to the cloud number database; wherein, said local number database stores a part of or all of the phone numbers and corresponding marking information which have been verified and are stored in said cloud number database.

A computer-implemented system provides user chat by location functionality including: configuring two or more client devices for communicating wirelessly over a network with a server, and the server for communicating wirelessly over the network with client devices; configuring the client devices for displaying a push-to-talk button, with toggling of the push-to-talk button enabling voice communicating with the other of the two or more client devices; configuring the server for limiting the voice communicating to being only with the other of the two or more client devices positioned within a threshold radial distance; configuring each of the two or more client devices for setting of a respective the threshold distance; and configuring each of the two or more client devices for displaying an interactive map, and positioning on the interactive map a respective icon for each of the two or more client devices at its GPS location.

Systems and methods for processing emergency communications are provided. A system may receive an emergency communication initiated by an emergency communicator. The system may detect a data field action in response to an emergency receiver entering a data input based on the emergency communication. The system may capture a timestamp of when the data field action occurred. The system may generate a communication snippet based on the action timestamp and a snippet length. The communication snippet may be configured to provide context from the emergency communication to the data input. The system may transmit the communication snippet and the data input to an emergency responder.