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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175226 | Methods, systems and products for emergency location Methods, systems, and products provide emergency services. A sender's communications address and an emergency response communications address are associated to a profile. A current geographic location associated with the sender's communications address is retrieved ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175225 | Preventing emergency communication system notification congestion The invention discloses a method and system for preventing emergency communication system notification congestion by automatically identifying the telecommunications site transmitting an emergency call or through reporting of an address from which the call is made. | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165273 | Customer premises equipment configured to place emergency calls using data networks Customer premises equipment may include a memory, a modem/router, and a communications device at a customer premises. The memory may be configured to store an address for a public safety answering point corresponding to the customer premises. The modem/router may be... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149997 | Protocol converting 9-1-1 emergency messaging center Delivery of Next Generation 9-1-1 emergency services to an Internet Protocol (IP) Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) is enabled using an existing or legacy selective router and Automatic Location Information (ALI) database. Using a protocol converting 9-1-1 messag... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149996 | Providing routing information to an answering point of an emergency services network Networks, systems, and methods are disclosed for handling alternate routing scenarios for emergency calls or other special number calls, such as a 9-1-1 call. In routing an emergency call, an emergency services network identifies a primary answering point (e.g., a P... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8102972 | Emergency services selective router interface translator A selective router interface translator for placement between legacy selective routers and their location databases translates location queries from legacy selective router interfaces to newer protocol location databases using newer protocol interfaces, e.g., a NENA... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098798 | Logging call data for failed emergency calls A method of logging call data for failed emergency calls includes: receiving from a calling party an emergency call that is to be routed to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) (40) over a telecommunications network (20); determining if the received ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085905 | Multimedia emergency services A system and method for remotely controlling one or more monitoring devices in a user's household in the event of emergency so as to more productively monitor the emergency situation on a real-time basis. The monitoring devices may include a number of multimedia ins... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085904 | Emergency communication method, server, network and computer program for such communication This method includes: a step (1, 2A, 2B) of a server receiving a request from a calling terminal to set up a call between the calling terminal and an emergency call center, and a step (5) of se... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081738 | Visual communication system and its main apparatus According to one embodiment, an apparatus accommodates a telephone terminal and an emergency call terminal, wherein the telephone terminal is associated with the first video camera and a first display, the emergency call terminal is associated with a second video ca... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077831 | Method for handling emergency service in network communication The present invention discloses a method for handling an emergency service in a network communication, including: sending, by an emergency service initiating side, an emergency service identifier together with the emergency service to a network side; and allocating,... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073110 | System and method for location identification A system for location identification in a local area network comprising: a current limited voltage source; a telecommunications outlet; communication cabling connecting the current limited voltage source to the telecommunications outlet; and a location identifier as... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073111 | Systems and methods for providing 9-1-1 services to nomadic internet telephony callers A system for facilitating 9-1-1 service delivery to internet telephony customers is provided. The system includes a server device for receiving a 9-1-1 call from a user device via a data network, where the 9-1-1 call are based on “9-1-1” digits dialed at the use... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068587 | Nationwide table routing of voice over internet protocol (VOIP) emergency calls The present invention is used in an emergency network to identify and provide the correct public safety access point (PSAP) to service an emergency call originating from a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscriber. Data stores in an emergency services network a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059789 | Automatic location identification (ALI) emergency services pseudo key (ESPK) ESQK and/or ESRK (ESxK) number pool exhaustion and reuse errors are eliminated by replacing the ESxK identifier with an emergency services pseudo key (ESPK) identifier. A positioning center (MPC/VPC) replaces an ESxK received with a query with a ESPK in a return mes... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050386 | Mobile automatic location identification (ALI) for first responders Automatic Location Indication (ALI) data is digitally transferred from a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to a first responder via a web site accessed by the first responder. The web site lists each live E911 call within their jurisdiction, and appends the calle... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8036342 | Methods and systems for providing foreign call back number compatibility for VoIP E9-1-1 calls Systems and methods provide foreign call back number compatibility. The systems and methods receive a local telephone number assigned to a subscriber, the subscriber having a non-local telephone number as the normal calling number of the subscriber. Furthermore, the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7995709 | Method and apparatus for using a single local phone number for routing out of area phone numbers A method and apparatus for providing a single shadow number to be associated with one or more out of area phone numbers that have registered service addresses in the same local area. For instance, if multiple subscribers with service addresses within the same local ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991124 | Method and system for collecting contemporaneous information relating to a critical event The present invention is directed to a method and system for collecting contemporaneous information relating to a critical event. The method includes receiving a call requesting an emergency response to a critical event and in response to the call, using at least on... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7974388 | Advanced port-based E911 strategy for IP telephony An enterprise network includes at least one communication device 208-1, an Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) Layer 2 switch 206, and a corresponding enterprise switch 208. The communication device 208-1 is connected to at leas... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974389 | Method of providing 911 service to a private branch exchange A method of providing 911 service to a private branch exchange, includes grouping a plurality of private telephone numbers into a set. An outgoing telephone line for a 911 call is assigned to the set. A location information for the outgoing telephone line is input i... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7961849 | Implementing an emergency services solution A system, method, and apparatus for redirecting an emergency communication include initiating emergency communication from an endpoint. Unavailability of a softswitch is determined, and an emergency server is identified that handles call control for emergency commun... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953209 | Provisioning of emergency services in a voice-over-packet environment The delivery of emergency services to users of a set of communication devices in a packet-switched network is enabled by a method that determines a routing key corresponding to a particular directory number that is associated with a particular communication device, ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953210 | Switch proxy for providing emergency stand-alone service in remote access systems A switch proxy comprising a controller, a translations database and a switching fabric are connected to a trunk group between a remote terminal and its controlling local switching system. The switch proxy monitors control and alarm signals to and from the switching ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945026 | Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) E911 metro street address guide (MSAG) validation An overlay list of MSAG-valid addresses is created for use in lieu of (or in addition to) the lat/lon or postal address which otherwise would go with an E911 VoIP 911 call. This overlays the nation with a series of MSAG-addressed polygons, with center points identif... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940896 | Adaption of emergency calls to the emergency services network based on caller location The invention includes a technique for integrating emergency calling for VoIP users with legacy emergency services to facilitate adapting to the evolving emergency services network and the services that are available in a given location. Generic location information... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933385 | Emergency alert for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) A voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) positioning center (VPC) is implemented in configuration with support from a text-to-voice module, emergency routing database, and VoIP switching points (VSPs) to allow a public safety access point (PSAP) or other emergency cent... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7924984 | Method and system for determining physical location of emergency service callers on a packet switched network Pluggable communication modules, e.g. SFP, XFP, XENPAK, on a service provider's packet switched network will include network monitoring capability, e.g. Intelligent Pluggable Modules. The Intelligent Pluggable Modules are configured to detect emergency calls. When a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920679 | Communication system and method for notifying persons of an emergency telephone call A communication system for notifying persons of an emergency telephone call is provided according to the invention. The communication system includes a communication network configured to receive a user-initiated emergency telephone call from a caller. The communica... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912185 | System and method for providing the precise location of a cell phone making an emergency call The present invention relates to providing precise location data to a 911 operator of a cell phone operator who initiates a 9-1-1 call and, more particularly, to the interaction of transmitting circuitry in a cellular telephone and complementary receiving circuitry ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903791 | Enhanced E911 location information using voice over internet protocol (VoIP) An E-9-1-1 voice-over-IP (VoIP) solution is provided wherein a 911 call from a wireless VoIP device is routed directly to the correct Public Safety Answer Point (PSAP) via dedicated trunks, together with correct location information and call-back number. VoIP gatewa... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899159 | Method and apparatus for providing in country phone numbers and routing rules A method and apparatus for providing a common database to store regionalized and localized dialing plans and emergency contact information of major international countries and cities around the world are disclosed. This database collects feeds from foreign network s... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894579 | Managing emergency services on a per-telephone-number basis Computer readable storage media containing computer executable instructions for performing methods for managing emergency services on a per-communication-address basis in a call distributor are described herein. A plurality of different communications addresses may ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894578 | E911 location services for users of text device relay services A system receives, from a text device, an emergency call placed by a hearing-impaired party, the emergency call being associated with information identifying a location of the text device. The system also identifies a public safety answering point (PSAP) based on th... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7844034 | Method and system for bridging third parties into calls A method and system for bridging third parties into calls. When a subscriber places a call to a designated number, such as 9-1-1 for instance, the network will automatically connect the call to a conference bridge and to the called party. Further, the network will a... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839982 | Systems and methods for routing emergency communications In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a remote device configured to receive an emergency communication from a subscriber device, a Public-Switched Telephone Network (“PSTN”) switch, and a remote access device connected to the remote device and t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826599 | Control of a calling party's telephone service features by a call taker at a public safety answering point A method of administering an emergency call service in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) (60) includes: receiving a call at a switching facility (70) from an end user terminal (EUT) (52) served by the facility (70), the facility ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826598 | Method, system and apparatus for identifying an emergency service location of an internet protocol telephony client A method, system and apparatus for providing emergency service location of an IP telephony client. A request for an emergency call is received from the IP telephony client. Subsequently, it is determined whether an actual location of the IP telephony client is encom... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7801282 | Emergency call handling in a voice-over-packet environment A network element for use in a network that provides voice-over-packet services to a plurality of communication devices, each of the communication devices being associated with a respective directory number. The network element comprises an interface connectable to ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796738 | Methods, systems and computer program products for providing a E911 network A method for providing a E911 edge network. The method includes assigning public safety answering points (PSAPs) to ports located in a network, where each of the ports is associated with a calling party number (CPN) and a geographic location. The method also include... | 09/14/2010 |
