Android Based Emergency Alert Button
Dhrubajyoti Gogoi1, Rupam Kumar Sharma2

1Dhrubajyoti Gogoi, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Don Bosco College of Engineering & Technology, Guwahati (Assam), India.
2Rupam Kumar Sharma, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Don Bosco College of Engineering & Technology, Guwahati (Assam), India.
Manuscript received on 12 March 2013 | Revised Manuscript received on 21 March 2013 | Manuscript Published on 30 March 2013 | PP: 26-27 | Volume-2 Issue-4, March 2013 | Retrieval Number: D0489032413/13©BEIESP
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Abstract: Android is a java based operating system which runs on the Linux 2.6 kernel. It’s lightweight and full featured. Android applications are developed using Java and can be ported to new platform easily thereby fostering huge number of useful mobile applications. This paper describes about a SOS application being developed and its successful implementation with tested results. The application has target users those sections of the people who surprisingly falls into a situation where instant communication of their whereabouts becomes indispensable to be informed to certain authorized persons at remote end.
Keywords: Gprs, SOS, Security, Android.

Scope of the Article: Agent-Based Software Engineering