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US 2010/0166154 A1Published application
System and method for flexible forwarding of emergency call information
AssigneeVIXXI Solutions, Inc.
InventorRichard A. Peters
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AssigneeVIXXI Solutions, Inc.
InventorRichard A. Peters
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The present invention is directed generally to geographic referenced telephone switching. 9-1-1 emergency telephone calls are routed to alternative public safety answering points (PSAPs) based on the caller's location in relation to the proper emergency service provider and the availability of primary and backup PSAPs. Essentially the formatter gathers and verifies caller information, matches transmission formats with the a determined call destination, generates and transmits a data communication with caller information, and terminates the phone call at the proper endpoint. In certain embodiments, calls that would typically be routed to PSAP equipment are routed to non-standard PSAP devices such as a cellular telephone operable to receive text messages.
A method for routing a geographically-sensitive communication comprising:
A method for routing a geographically-sensitive communication comprising:
A call reformatting unit comprising:
The call reformatting unit of 12 further comprising logic for determining an emergency response location.
The call reformatting unit of 12 wherein the received location information is a set of geographic coordinates.
The call reformatting unit of 12 wherein the determining logic for determining data communication protocol further comprises logic for determining a data communication format.
The call reformatting unit of 12 wherein the determining logic and generating logic is configured on an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
The call reformatting unit of 12 wherein the determining logic and generating logic is configured on a gate array.
A telephone switching device comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, wherein execution of said computer readable program code by a processor of said switching device causes the device to perform a method comprising:
The telephone switching device of 18 wherein the location information for the telecommunications device is an automatic location identification number.
The telephone switching device of 18 wherein the location information for the telecommunications device is geographic coordinates.
The telephone switching device of 18 wherein the determining by the telephone switching device an emergency response location comprises querying an automatic location identification database.
The telephone switching device of 18 wherein the determining by the telephone switching device an emergency response location comprises querying an geospatial router.
The telephone switching device of 22 wherein the identifying by the telephone switching device a data message protocol for the communication end point comprises querying a protocol database.
The telephone switching device of 23 wherein the generating a data message in the data message protocol with the data message format comprises using a template.
The telephone switching device of 18 wherein the identifying by the telephone switching device a data message format for the communication end point comprises querying a format database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.