Portable public safety answering point (psap)
AssigneeIntrado Life & Safety, Inc.
InventorKevin Gene Flowers
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Abstract
Particular example embodiments described herein can provide for a system, an apparatus, and a method for helping to enable a portable PSAP. The portable PSAP can include a protective case, auxiliary lighting, status indicator lights, one or more handsets, one or more handset cradles, a communication adapter, an instruction manual, a security pack, a speaker, an ethernet adapter, a power strip, a battery, one or more handset jacks, a communication engine, a PSAP engine, an input keyboard, one or more processors, memory, and/or an antenna. One or more portable PSAPs may be deployed in a remote area, in or around a geofenced event, or in urban areas.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- activating a portable public safety answering point (PSAP) to create a remote PSAP center by establishing a public switch telephone network (PSTN) connection for communications to and from the portable PSAP, wherein the portable PSAP includes:
- a communication adapter to help enable PSTN communications to and from the portable PSAP;
- a PSAP engine configured to allow a PSAP operator to dispatch emergency services to an emergency;
- a PSAP input keyboard;
- and
- a headset jack;
- and
- moving the portable PSAP to create a new remote PSAP center without loosing the established PSTN connection for communications to and from the portable PSAP.
A portable public safety answering point (PSAP), comprising:
- memory;
- at least one processor;
- a communication adapter to help enable a public switch telephone network (PSTN) connection for communications to and from the portable PSAP;
- a PSAP engine configured to allow a PSAP operator to dispatch emergency services to an emergency event;
- a PSAP input keyboard;
- and
- a headset jack, wherein a PSAP operator can plug a headset worn by the PSAP operator into the headset jack and communicate with users reporting the emergency event.
A method comprising:
- recognizing that a public safety answering point (PSAP) center has become inoperable;
- locating a portable PSAP and moving the portable PSAP away from the inoperable PSAP center, wherein the portable PSAP includes:
- a communication adapter;
- a PSAP engine configured to allow a PSAP operator to dispatch emergency services to an emergency;
- a PSAP input keyboard;
- and
- a headset jack;
- and
- activating the portable PSAP to create a new PSAP center away from the inoperable PSAP center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.