Systems and methods for location management and emergency support for a voice over internet protocol device
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsChaoxin Charles Qiu, Richard L. Khan, Robert F. Dailey
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Abstract
Example systems and methods to manage location information for emergency services support of an internet protocol (“IP”) communication device are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves storing first and second geographic location information in a first list of geographic location information associated with an internet protocol device. The first list is stored at a service provider server. At least a partial copy of the first list is communicated from the service provider server to the internet protocol device for storing as a second list of geographic location information in the internet protocol device.
Claims20
A method to update geographic location information comprising:
- storing first and second geographic location information in a first list of geographic location information associated with an internet protocol device to enable provisioning of location-based emergency services to the internet protocol device, the first list being stored at a service provider server, wherein the first geographic location information includes a first street address and the second geographic location information includes a second street address;
- and in response to the internet protocol device connecting to a network, communicating at least a partial copy of the first list from the service provider server to the internet protocol device for storing as a second list of geographic location information in the internet protocol device, the second list of geographic location information storing entries indicative of a plurality of different geographic locations associated with the internet protocol device.
An apparatus to update geographic location information associated with providing emergency services, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store first and second geographic location information in a first list of geographic location information associated with an internet protocol device to enable provisioning of location-based emergency services to the internet protocol device, the memory being located at a service provider server, wherein the first geographic location information includes a first street address and the second geographic location information includes a second street address;
- and a device configuration interface configured to, in response to a geographic address update in the memory, communicate at least a partial copy of the first list from the service provider server to the internet protocol device for storing as a second list of geographic location information in the internet protocol device, the second list of geographic location information storing a plurality of entries indicative of a plurality of different geographic locations.
A machine accessible storage device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to perform a method comprising:
- storing first and second geographic location information in a first list of geographic location information associated with an internet protocol device to enable provisioning of location-based emergency services to the internet protocol device, the first list being stored at a service provider server, wherein the first geographic location information includes a first street address and the second geographic location information includes a second street address;
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- communicating at least a partial copy of the first list from the service provider server to the internet protocol device for storing as a second list of geographic location information in the internet protocol device, the second list of geographic location information storing a plurality of entries indicative of a plurality of different geographic locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.