# US 2024/0206013 A1 · Emergency report processing for communication cell covered by different emergency agencies > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0206013 A1 - Document ID: US20240206013A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/905,505 - Filed: 2021-09-30 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-19 - Assignees: Rakuten Mobile, Inc. - Applicants: Rakuten Mobile, Inc. - Inventors: Kenichiro AOYAGI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240206013A1 ## CPC - H04W 76/50: for emergency connections - H04M 11/04: with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - H04W 64/006: {with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination} - H04W 84/06: Airborne or Satellite Networks (space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An emergency report processing apparatus includes: an emergency report detection unit that detects emergency report from a communicator in a communication cell including jurisdictional areas of different emergency agencies; a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information suggesting the location of the communicator in the communication cell; a location estimation unit that estimates the jurisdictional area of the either emergency agency in which the communicator is located based on the location information; and a connection control unit that connects the communicator to the emergency agency of the estimated jurisdictional area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An emergency report processing apparatus comprising: an emergency report detection unit that detects emergency report from a communicator in a communication cell including jurisdictional areas of different emergency agencies; a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information suggesting the location of the communicator in the communication cell; a location estimation unit that estimates the jurisdictional area of the either emergency agency in which the communicator is located based on the location information; and a connection control unit that connects the communicator to the emergency agency of the estimated jurisdictional area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The emergency report processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication cell includes a satellite communication cell in which the communicator can communicate via a communication satellite, a satellite communication information acquisition unit that acquires information indicating that the communicator is in the satellite communication cell is further provided, and the location information acquisition unit acquires the location information in the satellite communication cell at least for the communicator located in the satellite communication cell. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The emergency report processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the location information acquisition unit acquires the location information from an activity data collection unit that collects activity data of one or more communicators. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The emergency report processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the location information acquisition unit acquires the location information from NWDAF (Network Data Analytics Function) as the activity data collection unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The emergency report processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the location information acquisition unit acquires the location information from LMF (Location Management Function) as the activity data collecting unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The emergency report processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the location information acquisition unit acquires historical data of the locations of one or more communicators as the location information from the activity data collection unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The emergency report processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the location information acquisition unit acquires historical data of the location of the communicator as the location information from the communicator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The emergency report processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the location information acquisition unit acquires the location information in advance before the emergency report detection unit detects an emergency report from the communicator. ### Claim 9 An emergency report processing method comprising: detecting emergency report from a communicator in a communication cell including jurisdictional areas of different emergency agencies; acquiring location information suggesting the location of the communicator in the communication cell; estimating the jurisdictional area of the either emergency agency in which the communicator is located based on the location information; and connecting the communicator to the emergency agency of the estimated jurisdictional area. ### Claim 10 A computer-readable medium storing an emergency report processing program that causes a computer to perform: detecting emergency report from a communicator in a communication cell including jurisdictional areas of different emergency agencies; acquiring location information suggesting the location of the communicator in the communication cell; estimating the jurisdictional area of the either emergency agency in which the communicator is located based on the location information; and connecting the communicator to the emergency agency of the estimated jurisdictional area.