Emergency assistance system using bluetooth technology

The present invention relates to an emergency assistance system. More particularly, it relates to a system that implements Bluetooth™ technology in an airbag crash sensor and in a cellular phone to communicate with an emergency rescue station. An emergency assistance system () that transmits vehicle and occupant information to an emergency station () in the event of a vehicle crash condition. The system () includes a vehicle crash sensing system () that senses the vehicle crash condition and transmits a crash signal through a first port () using Bluetooth™ technology. A cellular phone () having GPS () receives the crash signal through a second port () using Bluetooth™ technology, which in turn is coupled to a controller () within the cellular phone (). In response to receipt of the crash signal, the controller () enables the cellular phone () to initialize a telephone call to the emergency station () and to transmit a signal to the emergency station () identifying the current location of the vehicle and the vehicle condition.