Validating and supplementing emergency call information

• US 10,419,917 B1
• Filed: 04/04/2019
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2018
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Banjo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Banjo, Inc.
• Inventors: Patton, Damien, Mehta, Rish, Gratton, Christian, Gowda, Varun, Dodd, Michael B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Heiber, Shantell L
• Application Number:
  US16/374,939
• Time in Patent Office: 166 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• 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]

Abstract

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for validating and supplementing emergency call information. A Public Safety Answering Point receives an emergency (e.g., 911) call from a mobile device. Parts of the emergency call are processed to identify an emergency call location. Characteristics of the emergency call are combined with characteristics of other signals to identify and emergency call event, including the emergency call location. The emergency call event is sent to the Public Safety Answering Point. Prior to receiving phase II data and possibly even prior to receiving phase I data, the Public Safety Answering Point receives the event. The Public Safety Answering Point tailors dispatch of emergency resources responding to the emergency call based on characteristics of the event, including the originating location.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a normalized emergency call signal derived from an original emergency call that was routed from a carrier network to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP);

identifying a probable origination location of the original emergency call from features of the normalized emergency call signal;

accessing one or more additional normalized signals within a specified distance of the probable origination location;

validating the probable origination location, from features of the one or more additional signals, to establish a validated origination location;

detecting an event from the features of normalized emergency call signal based on the validated origination location, the event including the validated origination location and a probability that the event is true; and

sending the event to the PSAP notifying the PSAP of additional data related to the original emergency call.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a severity based on characteristics of the normalized emergency call signal and the one or more additional normalized signals; and

including the severity in the event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the normalized emergency call signal comprises receiving a transcript of voice communication within the original emergency call between a mobile telephone caller and a PSAP call taker.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising listening for additional normalized signals in geo cells within the specified distance of the probable location prior to accessing the one or more additional normalized signals.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a normalized emergency call signal comprises receiving a normalized emergency call signal in a Time, Location, Context (TLC) format;

and

wherein accessing one or more additional normalized signals comprises accessing one or more additional normalized signals in the TLC format.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the normalized emergency call signal comprises receiving the normalized signal normalized from an audio overlay indicating the probable call location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the normalized emergency call signal comprises receiving the normalized emergency call signal that was previously stripped of personal information related to the original emergency call.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the event comprises detecting an event category as one or more of:

a fire, a shooting, an active shooter, a traffic accident, a natural disaster, or a protest.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the event further comprises detecting a event features from the one or more additional normalized signals.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the event to the PSAP further comprises sending the event to the PSAP prior to the carrier network sending phase II data to the PSAP.

11. A system comprising:

a processor;

system memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions configured to cause the processor to;

receive a normalized emergency call signal derived from an original emergency call that was routed from a carrier network to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP);

identify a probable location from features of the normalized emergency call signal;

access one or more additional normalized signals within a specified distance of the probable location;

validate the probable location from features of the one or more additional signals to establish a validated location;

detect an event from the features of normalized emergency call signal based on the validated location, the event including the validated location and a probability that the event is true; and

send the event to the PSAP notifying the PSAP of additional data related to the original emergency call.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising instructions configured to:

determine a severity based on characteristics of the normalized emergency call signal and the one or more additional normalized signals; and

include the severity in the event.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein instructions configured to receive a normalized emergency call signal comprise instructions configured to receive a transcript of voice communication between a mobile telephone caller and a PSAP call taker.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising instructions configured to listen for additional normalized signals in geo cells within the specified distance of the location prior to accessing the one or more additional normalized signals.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions configured to receive a normalized emergency call signal comprise instructions configured to receive a normalized emergency call signal in a Time, Location, Context (TLC) format;

and

wherein instructions configured to access one or more additional normalized signals comprise instructions configured to access one or more additional normalized signals in the TLC format.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions configured to receive a normalized emergency call signal comprise instructions configured to receive a normalized signal normalized from an audio overlay indicating the call location.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions configured to receive a normalized emergency call signal comprise instructions configured to receive a normalized emergency call signal previously stripped of personal information related to the emergency call.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions configured to detect an event comprise instructions configured to detect an event categorized as one or more of:

a fire, a shooting, an active shooter, a traffic accident, a natural disaster, or a protest.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions configured to detect an event comprise instructions configured to detect an event from features of the one or more additional normalized signals.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions configured to send the event to the comprise instructions configured to send the event to the prior to the carrier network sending phase II data to the PSAP.