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Method and system for routing emergency communications

  • US 20050243973A1
  • Filed: 04/30/2004
  • Published: 11/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising the following steps:

  • receiving a communications address from a voice-over internet protocol communications device;

    associating the communications address with a database of at least one emergency communications address to determine if the communications address is an emergency communications address;

    if the communications address is an emergency communications address, then;

    using a positioning system to determine the location co-ordinates of the voice-over internet protocol communications device, associating the location co-ordinates and an emergency communications profile with an emergency communications signal of the voice-over internet protocol communications device, the emergency communications profile including at least one of (1) emergency data, (2) an emergency data communications address for accessing the emergency data, and (3) at least one emergency communications address, accessing the emergency data communications address and associating the emergency data with the emergency communications signal, communicating the emergency communications signal to at least one communications network, wherein the communications network detects, decodes, and matches the location co-ordinates to a public safety access provider for the emergency communications address, and connecting the emergency communications signal to the public safety answering point of the emergency communications address.

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