Method and System for Initiating and Handling an Emergency Call
First Claim
1. A method of making an emergency voice call from a portable computing device, comprising:
- communicating with a cellular base station;
determining a cellular base station identifier that corresponds to the cellular base station;
locating a public safety answering point identifier associated with the cellular base station identifier, the public safety answering point identifier corresponding to a public safety answering point responsible to handle emergency calls being routed through the cellular base station;
identifying a voice call destination number associated with the public safety answering point identifier; and
utilizing the voice call destination number in order to communicate with the public safety answering point.
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Abstract
A system and method of making an emergency voice call from a portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device communicates with the cellular base station. A cellular base station identifier that corresponds to the cellular base station is determined. A public safety answering point identifier associated with the cellular base station identifier is determined. The public safety answering point identifier corresponds to a public safety answering point responsible to handle emergency calls being routed through the cellular base station. A voice call destination number is identified. The voice call destination number is associated with the public safety answering point identifier. The voice call destination number is utilized to communicate with the public safety answering point.
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49 Claims
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1. A method of making an emergency voice call from a portable computing device, comprising:
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communicating with a cellular base station;
determining a cellular base station identifier that corresponds to the cellular base station;
locating a public safety answering point identifier associated with the cellular base station identifier, the public safety answering point identifier corresponding to a public safety answering point responsible to handle emergency calls being routed through the cellular base station;
identifying a voice call destination number associated with the public safety answering point identifier; and
utilizing the voice call destination number in order to communicate with the public safety answering point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A portable computing device to make an emergency voice call, comprising:
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a cellular transceiver that communicates with a cellular base station, the cellular transceiver being configured to determine a cellular base station identifier that corresponds to the cellular base station;
a processor that locates a public safety answering point identifier associated with the cellular base station identifier in a lookup table, the public safety answering point identifier corresponding to a public safety answering point responsible to handle emergency calls being routed through the cellular base station, the processor being configured to identify a voice call destination number associated with the public safety answering point identifier; and
a dialer module that initiates communication with the public safety answering point utilizing the voice call destination number. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of making a voice call from a portable computing device, comprising:
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communicating with a cellular base station;
determining a cellular base station identifier that corresponds to the cellular base station;
locating a call center identifier associated with the cellular base station identifier, the call center identifier corresponding to a call center responsible to handle calls being routed through the cellular base station;
identifying a voice call destination number associated with the call center identifier; and
utilizing the voice call destination number in order to communicate with the call center. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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