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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8422640 | Method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages A method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device, of a communication system, having a controller element to send a selection of ty... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8417533 | Method and system for the fire response dispatch protocol of an emergency dispatch system A method and system for receiving, processing, responding and managing firefighter request calls is described. A consistent, standard and systematic process is provided which in combination with adequate training, supervision and quality assurance service to provide... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8401154 | Emergency text communications A system includes one or more devices connected to or within one of a group of emergency services networks. The one or more devices may generate a text message that includes information identifying a user device, information identifying a geographic location of the ... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8396191 | Anti-social protocol for emergency dispatch Systems and methods are provided to guide an emergency dispatcher in responding to emergency calls involving a hate crime or other anti-social behavior. The systems and methods can include an emergency police dispatch protocol configured to facilitate uniform and co... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8369487 | Enhanced 911 notification for internet enabled alarm system The present invention allows an alarm monitoring service to ally with a PSAP provider to allow our customers to direct connect to the 911 center responsible for their home, but no matter where the customer calls from. When an alarm monitoring company or middleware p... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8369488 | Triggering a 911 voice call from a non-voice message A voice based emergency call, such as a call to 911, is provided to a public safety answering point (PSAP) triggered from a non-voice based emergency call. When a non-voice based call is sent to a PSAP that does not accept non-voice based calls, upon determining tha... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8355483 | Stroke diagnostic and intervention tool for emergency dispatch A system and method to assist an emergency medical dispatcher in responding to emergency calls. A computer implemented emergency dispatch protocol includes interrogatories for a dispatcher to ask a caller to generate an appropriate response. A diagnostic tool is pro... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8335298 | Pandemic diagnostic and intervention tool for emergency dispatch A system and method to assist an emergency medical dispatcher in responding to emergency calls. A computer implemented emergency medical dispatch protocol includes interrogatories for a dispatcher to ask a caller to generate an appropriate response. A diagnostic too... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8335297 | System and method for a telephone panic button Methods for implementing emergency services on a telephony network are presented. A server receives an indication from a telephone handset that a “panic” button has been selected. A call connection is determined and a call is connected based on instructions asso... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8325882 | Providing context information for emergency calls A communication network comprises a calling device, a call processing system, and a customer information system. The calling device transmits a call request for an emergency call to the call processing system. The call request includes a caller identification that i... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8300772 | Method and apparatus for emergency call processing In one embodiment of the invention, a number of transport protocol streams are established between a signaling session border controller (S-SBC) and a data session border controller (D-SBC). A subset of the number of transport protocol streams are dedicated for carr... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8284906 | Message mapping for forced hold call handling in a VoP environment If a communication client disconnects from a call, an interworking service node may receive from the communication client a disconnect message indicative of an attempt to disconnect the call and send a forced hold message to place the call on forced hold in response... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8270574 | Emergency calls in internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) over evolved packet core (EPC) networks A device receives an emergency call invite generated by a user device associated with an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) media gateway, and forwards the emergency call invite to a location resource function/route determination function (LRF/RDF) de... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8259909 | Method of notifying a party of an emergency An emergency notification system. The system includes a first server for receiving a communication from a telecommunications network and for transmitting a message to a subscriber of the notification system. The system also includes a second server in communication ... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8254529 | Method and apparatus for emergency services number alerting in an internet protocol network A method and apparatus for identification of emergency conditions present at a given geographic location of an Internet Protocol (IP) based device and the subsequent appropriate alerting of an Emergency Services Notification (ESN) telephone number. The method and ap... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8233591 | Forced hold call handling in a VoP environment The present invention provides a technique for providing a forced hold service such as is used for an emergency services call, which is supported at least in part over a packet network. The forced hold service acts to effectively hold a connection for the call with ... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8218733 | Telephone emergency response systems and methods An emergency system includes a gateway and a database in communication with the gateway. The database comprises first routing information for establishing a first communication link between a communication device and a controller, second routing information for esta... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8208605 | Extended efficient usage of emergency services keys An emergency services key (e.g., ESQK or ESRK) is guaranteed to be available from a limited size ESQK pool. A plurality of ESQKs are grouped into a pool of emergency service keys “ESQK Pool ID”, each including anywhere from 1 to N number of ESQKs. Each ESQK pref... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8204177 | Offender message delivery system A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8199885 | Method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages A method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device, of a communication system, having a controller element to send a selection of ty... | 06/12/2012 |
| 8195528 | Method and system for processing communications orders A method, system, and medium are provided for processing customer orders associated with providing telephony services via a telecommunications network and with services provided via a cable network. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a service-order-en... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8194826 | Handling emergency calls using EAP A user (terminal) is allowed to make an emergency voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone call through an access network, such as a wireless local area network (WLAN) using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). The emergency call can be made with or without au... | 06/05/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
