Alpha tagging and type indication of emergency call number
First Claim
1. A method for providing an emergency call by a user of a mobile phone to a mobile phone network, comprising the steps of:
- inputting an emergency call number into a mobile phone; and
attaching to the emergency call number a location-independent emergency service category that is identified by each mobile network in the same way.
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Abstract
A user of a mobile terminal is enabled to call emergency services in a wireless telecommunications network, whether or not the user is in a foreign country. If the user signals for emergency help by sending an emergency call code to the base station, the user is connected to an emergency center corresponding to the user'"'"'s base station. The user may also be provided with an emergency services display. Further, the user may be connected to a specific type of emergency center corresponding to the user'"'"'s base station, if the user signals for the specific type of emergency center by sending a service category to the base station. These emergency signals sent from the mobile terminal to the base station are location-independent, and therefore work well at an international level.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for providing an emergency call by a user of a mobile phone to a mobile phone network, comprising the steps of:
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inputting an emergency call number into a mobile phone; and
attaching to the emergency call number a location-independent emergency service category that is identified by each mobile network in the same way. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile terminal (102) for allowing a user to make different categories of emergency calls having a plurality of different respective functions, to a radio network subsystem in a wireless telecommunications network, when the user is located in a foreign country or a home country, comprising:
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a data file and call conversion circuit (302) for providing a location-independent emergency signal (304), responsive to a customized emergency user input signal (306) having a magnitude indicative of a user seeking selected emergency assistance, wherein required emergency user input does not change when the mobile terminal (102) is taken across an international border;
a transmit and receive device (308), responsive to a raw incoming transmitted signal (309), and responsive to the location-independent emergency signal (304), for providing an outgoing transmission signal (310), wherein the customized emergency user input signal (306) is selected from a plurality of allowed emergency user input signals that can be programmably customized to suit the user, and wherein the location-independent emergency signal (304) is included within a plurality of different allowed location-independent emergency signals having 25 different respective functions effectuated by the outgoing transmission signal (310). - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for allowing a mobile terminal (102) to make different categories of emergency calls, having a plurality of different respective functions, to a radio network subsystem (128) in a wireless telecommunications network, when the user is located in a foreign country or a home country, comprising:
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a mobile terminal (102), responsive to a customized emergency signal (402) having a magnitude indicative of selected emergency assistance sought by the user, for providing a location-independent emergency transmission signal (406) that is included within a plurality of different allowed location-independent emergency transmission signals having different respective functions; and
a radio network subsystem (128), responsive to the location-independent emergency transmission signal (406), for providing to the mobile terminal (102) an emergency response signal (408), wherein the customized emergency signal (402) is selected by the user from a plurality of allowed emergency user input signals in a manner that is programmably customized to suit the user and in a manner that does not change when the mobile terminal (102) is taken across international borders, and wherein the radio network subsystem (128) further comprises a base station (114) in direct wireless communication with the mobile terminal (102) over a wireless interface, and a radio network controller (112) in communication with the base station (114). - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A smart card operational within a mobile terminal in a wireless communication network, the smart card comprising an emergency call code file that further comprises an emergency call code, an alpha identifier, and a service category which are location-independent, wherein the emergency call code file is for translating emergency data from a format which was input by a user into a format that is location-independent.
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