Location based local emergency contact

• US 10,003,918 B1
• Filed: 04/04/2017
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Worldwide Live Holding, LLC
• Original Assignee: Worldwide Live Holding, LLC
• Inventors: Tudor, Charles R., Sleiman, Dani R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Casca, Fred
• Application Number:
  US15/478,296
• Time in Patent Office: 441 Days
• Field of Search: 4554042, 4554041, 4554561, 4554141, 455415, 4554221, 455445, 4554563, 455457, 455521
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/296 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for determining a geographic location of a mobile electronic device and providing a local emergency services number to the mobile electronic device based on the determined geographic location, including receiving a request to place an emergency services call; determining, in response to receiving the request to place the emergency services call, a current cellular geolocation of the mobile electronic device; accessing a cellular geolocation/local emergency services number table; determining a local emergency number for the current cellular geolocation, using the current cellular geolocation and at least some information stored in the cellular geolocation/local emergency number table; and placing the requested emergency services call, using the determined local emergency number for the current cellular geolocation.

Claims

1. A method for determining a geographic location of a mobile electronic device and providing a local emergency services number to said mobile electronic device based on said determined geographic location, comprising:

determining a current cellular geolocation of said mobile electronic device;

establishing said determined current cellular geolocation as a listed current cellular geolocation for said mobile electronic device;

accessing a cellular geolocation/local emergency services number table;

determining a local emergency number for said listed current cellular geolocation, using said listed current cellular geolocation and at least some information stored in said cellular geolocation/local emergency number table;

establishing said determined local emergency number as a listed current local emergency number for said mobile electronic device;

determining a subsequent current cellular geolocation for said mobile electronic device;

accessing information regarding said listed current cellular geolocation for said mobile electronic device;

comparing said listed current cellular geolocation with said subsequent current cellular geolocation;

determining whether said listed current cellular geolocation matches said subsequent current cellular geolocation, within a determined parameter;

updating, if it is determined that said listed current cellular geolocation does not match said subsequent current cellular geolocation, within said determined parameter, said listed current cellular geolocation to said subsequent current cellular geolocation;

accessing a cellular geolocation/local emergency services number table;

determining a subsequent local emergency number for a listed subsequent current cellular geolocation, using said listed subsequent current cellular geolocation and at least some information stored in said cellular geolocation/local emergency number table; and

establishing said determined subsequent local emergency number as said listed current local emergency number for said mobile electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said cellular geolocation/local emergency services number table comprises a listing of at least some local emergency services numbers and information regarding cellular geolocation(s) in which each local emergency services number is valid.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said cellular geolocation/local emergency number table is stored within said mobile electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said cellular geolocation/local emergency number table is stored in an application residing within or accessible by said mobile electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said cellular geolocation/local emergency number table is accessible by said mobile electronic device and/or an application residing within or accessible by said mobile electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said cellular geolocation of said mobile electronic device is determined based upon one or more signals from one or more mobile communications base stations.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a value of said determined parameter is determined, based on said listed current cellular geolocation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a value of said determined parameter is a predefined value.