Emergency number integrated information assimilation device

A method for processing an emergency call, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, at a switch, voice information and Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information associated with a telephone;
• routing, with the switch, the voice information and ANI information to an emergency number answering point;
• dividing the voice information from the ANI information;
• transmitting the voice information to a emergency number controller;
• transmitting the ANI information to a transponding device;
• referencing, with the transponding device, an Automatic Location Information (ALI) database to retrieve ALI information associated with the telephone;
• referencing, with the transponding device, a detailed information storage device to retrieve detailed information associated with the telephone;
• merging the ALI information with the detailed information to produce modified data;
• transmitting the modified data from the transponding device to the emergency number answering point;
• and
• displaying the modified data at a work station, including both the ALI information and the detailed information.