Communication network for providing emergency services
First Claim
1. A communication network for providing emergency services, the communication network comprising:
- an emergency services network connected to a packet network, the emergency services network comprising;
a plurality of emergency services, and a plurality of response gateways connected to the emergency services; and
a plurality of conforming emergency systems connected to the packet network, each of the conforming emergency systems facilitates the establishment of a media channel with one of the response gateways, wherein a conforming emergency system (CES), responsive to establishing a media channel with one of the response gateways over the packet network and responsive to an emergency event, transmits a retrieval key over the media channel to the one response gateway;
the one response gateway, responsive to receiving the retrieval key from the CES, transmits queries for information corresponding with the retrieval key, receives the information originating from the emergency services corresponding with the retrieval key, and transmits the information over the media channel to the CES to facilitate the CES in handling an emergency event.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a communication network that includes a plurality of conforming emergency systems, a packet network, and an emergency services network. The emergency services network includes a plurality of response gateways and a plurality of emergency services. Each of the conforming emergency systems facilitates the establishment of a media channel with one of the response gateways. In any one of the conforming emergency systems, responsive to establishing a media channel over the packet network with a response gateway and responsive to an emergency event (e.g., a 9-1-1 call, a 1-1-2 call, etc), the conforming emergency system transmits a retrieval key for the emergency event over the established media channel to the response gateway. The response gateway transmits a query for information corresponding with the retrieval key. Responsive to receiving the information originating from the individual emergency services corresponding with the retrieval key, the response gateway transmits the information over the media channel to the conforming emergency system.
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1. A communication network for providing emergency services, the communication network comprising:
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an emergency services network connected to a packet network, the emergency services network comprising;
a plurality of emergency services, and a plurality of response gateways connected to the emergency services; and
a plurality of conforming emergency systems connected to the packet network, each of the conforming emergency systems facilitates the establishment of a media channel with one of the response gateways, wherein a conforming emergency system (CES), responsive to establishing a media channel with one of the response gateways over the packet network and responsive to an emergency event, transmits a retrieval key over the media channel to the one response gateway;
the one response gateway, responsive to receiving the retrieval key from the CES, transmits queries for information corresponding with the retrieval key, receives the information originating from the emergency services corresponding with the retrieval key, and transmits the information over the media channel to the CES to facilitate the CES in handling an emergency event. - 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, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of operating a communication network for providing emergency services, the communication network comprising an emergency services network and a plurality of conforming emergency systems connected to a packet network, the emergency services network comprising a plurality of emergency services and a plurality of response gateways connected to the emergency services, the method comprising the steps of:
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in each of the conforming emergency systems, facilitating the establishment of a media channel with one of the response gateways;
in one of the conforming emergency systems (CES), responsive to establishing a media channel with one of the response gateways over the packet network and responsive to an emergency event, transmitting a retrieval key over the media channel to the one response gateway;
receiving the retrieval key in the one response gateway, and transmitting a query for information corresponding to the retrieval key; and
receiving the information in the one response gateway originating from the emergency services corresponding with the retrieval key, and transmitting the information over the media channel to the CES to facilitate the CES in handling the emergency event. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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