Identifying source of TTY based emergency call
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsBrian Kevin Daly, DeWayne A. Sennett
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Abstract
An message may be sent to an emergency call center. Before the message is received by the emergency call center, it may be determined that at least a portion of the message is not formatted in accordance with a teletypewriter protocol. The message may be reformatted in accordance with a TTY protocol. A second message may be provided to a public safety answering point. The second message may comprise the reformatted message and an indication of the original protocol of the reformatted message.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a first message, the first message formatted according to a first protocol;
- determining that at least a portion of the received first message is not formatted in accordance with a second protocol;
- generating a reformatted message via a protocol server, wherein the generating comprises reformatting each portion of the at least one portion of the received first message formatted in accordance with the first protocol to a respective portion formatted in accordance with the second protocol;
- and
- providing a second message, wherein the second message comprises the reformatted message and an indication of the first protocol.
A device comprising:
- a memory comprising executable instructions;
- and
- a processor in communications with the memory, the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving a first message, the first message formatted according to a first protocol;
- determining that at least a portion of the received first message is not formatted in accordance with a second protocol;
- generating a reformatted message, wherein the generating comprises reformatting each portion of the at least one portion of the received first message formatted in accordance with the first protocol to a respective portion formatted in accordance with the second protocol;
- and
- providing a second message, wherein the second message comprises the reformatted message and an indication of the first protocol.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving a first message, the first message formatted according to a first protocol;
- determining that at least a portion of the received first message is not formatted in accordance with a second protocol;
- generating a reformatted message, wherein the generating comprises reformatting each portion of the at least one portion of the received first message formatted in accordance with the first protocol to a respective portion formatted in accordance with the second protocol;
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- providing a second message, wherein the second message comprises the reformatted message and an indication of the first protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.