Microsoft was today granted a patent for accessing data used by the emergency services.
“The present invention provides a method and system for maintaining emergency data in a manner that provides straightforward user access thereto via a displayed emergency page (or set of pages) or other suitable user interface,” according to the Patent documentation. “In one embodiment, the operating system or other suitable components maintain a repository of emergency data such that emergency type information can be aggregated and displayed in one place.
Link: The Register
