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US 2012/0237002 A1Published application
Triggering a 911 voice call from a non-voice message
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsDewayne Sennett, Brian Daly
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Abstract
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 that the PSAP can not handle non-voice based calls, the communication network is utilized to establish a voice based call with the PSAP.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a non-voice based emergency call;
- determining a location of a device from which the non-voice based emergency call was provided;
- identifying a public safety answering point (PSAP) that serves the location;
- determining that the identified PSAP does not support non-voice based calls;
- and
- providing a notification message, the notification message comprising an indication to initiate a voice based call between the device and the identified PSAP.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an input/output portion configured to:
- receive a non-voice based emergency call;
- and
- provide a notification message comprising an indication to initiate a voice based call between a device and an identified public safety answering point (PSAP);
- and
- a processing portion configured to:
- determine a location of the device from which the non-voice based emergency call was provided;
- identify the PSAP that serves the location;
- and
- determine that the identified PSAP does not support non-voice based calls.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a non-voice based emergency call;
- determining a location of a device from which the non-voice based emergency call was provided;
- identifying a public safety answering point (PSAP) that serves the location;
- determining if the identified PSAP supports non-voiced based calls;
- when it is determined that the identified PSAP supports non-voiced based calls, providing the non-voice based emergency call to the identified PSAP;
- and
- when it is determined that the identified PSAP does not support non-voice based calls, providing a notification message, the notification message comprising an indication to initiate a voice based call between the device and the identified PSAP.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.