IP-based enhanced emergency services using intelligent client devices
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1. A method of configuring a packet based phone for initiating an emergency call in a packet based network, comprising:
- receiving an ERL record at a packet based phone, said ERL record being associated with the phone'"'"'s emergency response location; and
transmitting from the packet-based phone at least a portion of the ERL record as part of an emergency call setup process.
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Abstract
Providing enhanced emergency services (E-911) to an IP Telephony-based PBX or similar system, by utilizing aspects of the intelligence of end-user SIP client devices to address challenges and difficulties associated with E-911-like services in LAN-based telephony environments.
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69 Claims
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1. A method of configuring a packet based phone for initiating an emergency call in a packet based network, comprising:
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receiving an ERL record at a packet based phone, said ERL record being associated with the phone'"'"'s emergency response location; and
transmitting from the packet-based phone at least a portion of the ERL record as part of an emergency call setup process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of configuring a packet based phone for initiating an emergency call in a packet based network, comprising:
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determining an ERL of the packet based phone; and
transmitting a corresponding ERL record to the packet based phone, said ERL record including parameters enabling the packet based phone to initiate an emergency 911 call. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of configuring a packet based phone for initiating an emergency call in a packet based network, comprising:
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receiving an ERL record at a packet based phone, the ERL record containing at least one or more ELINs and address information for contacting one or more emergency PSTN gateways;
responsively storing at least the information in the ERL record required to initiate a 911 call. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of configuring a packet based phone for initiating an emergency call in a packet based network, comprising:
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establishing a plurality of ERL records, each of the ERL records containing at least the following information;
ERL ID;
textual location description;
managed network connection points associated with the ERL;
ELINs associated with the ERL;
PSTN gateways associated with the ERL;
establishing a plurality of phone location information records, each of the phone location records containing at least the following information;
a IP address of the phone;
a MAC address of the phone;
a serial number of the phone;
an ERL ID associated with the phone;
a managed network connection point associated with the phone;
an ELIN associated with the phone;
one or more PSTN gateways associated with the phone; and
transmitting to a phone at least part of the ERL record including parameters enabling the packet based phone to initiate an emergency 911 call. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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