Digital assistant for emergency calling

A device for providing an emergency service, the device comprising:

• one or more hardware processors;
• a memory, storing instructions, which when executed, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
• detecting that an emergency service call has been initiated or started at the device;
• automatically initiating a digital assistant in response to detecting that the emergency service call has been initiated or started, the digital assistant configured to provide generated audio to the device and a receiver device of the emergency service call;
• parsing audio during the emergency service call to determine a request for location information of the device, the request explicitly or implicitly requesting the location information for the device;
• generating, by the digital assistant, an audio signal based on the request for location information;
• and
• responsive to the determined request for the location information of the device, automatically providing the audio signal to the device and the receiver device, by the digital assistant in the emergency service call, the audio signal originated by the digital assistant and the audio signal indicating a location based on the location information.

An apparatus for providing an emergency service, the apparatus comprising:

• means for detecting that an emergency service call has been started at the apparatus;
• means for automatically initiating a digital assistant in response to detecting that the emergency service call has been initiated or started, the digital assistant configured to provide generated audio to the apparatus and a receiver device of the emergency service call;
• means for parsing audio during the emergency service call to determine a request for location information of the device, the request explicitly or implicitly requesting the location information for the device;
• generating, by the digital assistant, an audio signal based on the request for location information;
• and
• responsive to the determined request for the location information of the device, means for automatically providing the audio signal to the apparatus and the receiver device, by the digital assistant in the emergency service call, the audio signal originated by the digital assistant and the audio signal indicating a location based on the location information.