Method for confirming end point location of 911 calls
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1. A method comprising:
- responsive to a user-initiated communication from a user-operated telecommunications device to a non-911 communications address, requesting from the user a verification of a current location of a user-associated telecommunications device, the current location automatically provided to the user, the user-operated telecommunications device distinct from the user-associated telecommunications device.
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising receiving, from a user-operated telecommunications device, a user-initiated communication to a non-911 communications address. The method can comprise automatically providing a user with a current location of a user-associated telecommunications device. The method can comprise requesting, from the user, verification of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
responsive to a user-initiated communication from a user-operated telecommunications device to a non-911 communications address, requesting from the user a verification of a current location of a user-associated telecommunications device, the current location automatically provided to the user, the user-operated telecommunications device distinct from the user-associated telecommunications device.
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2. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
receiving from the user-operated telecommunications device the user-initiated communication to the non-911 communications address.
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3. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
automatically providing the user with a spoken current location of the user-associated telecommunications device.
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4. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
receiving a communications address of the user-associated telecommunications device.
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5. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
receiving a communications address of the user-associated telecommunications device from the user.
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6. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
receiving at an Internet site a communications address of the user-associated telecommunications device.
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7. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
- recording a communications address of the user-associated telecommunications device.
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8. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
receiving information indicative of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device.
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9. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
obtaining information indicative of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device from an Automatic Location Information database.
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10. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
obtaining information indicative of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device from a mobile positioning center.
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11. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
obtaining information indicative of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device from a triangulation source.
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12. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
obtaining information indicative of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device from a GPS source.
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13. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
obtaining information indicative of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device from an Emergency Service Message Entity.
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14. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
- via wireless packet data, providing to the user-operated telecommunications device information indicative of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device.
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15. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
providing the user with a communications address to contact to modify information indicative of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device.
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16. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., wherein the user-initiated communication comprises a telephone call.
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17. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., wherein a provided current location of the user-associated telecommunications device is provided to the user via text-to-speech conversion.
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18. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., wherein the user-associated telecommunications device is a wireless user-operated telecommunications device.
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19. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., wherein the user-associated telecommunications device is a wireline user-operated telecommunications device.
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20. A system comprising:
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a communication processor adapted to receive from a user-operated telecommunications device a user-initiated communication to a non-911 communications address;
a location processor adapted to automatically provide a user with a current location of the user-operated telecommunications device, the user-operated telecommunications device distinct from the user-associated telecommunications device; and
a verification processor adapted to request from the user a verification of the current location of the user-operated telecommunications device.
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21. A machine-readable medium storing machine-executable instructions for activities comprising:
in response to receipt from a user-operated telecommunications device a user-initiated communication to a non-911 communications address, requesting from the user a verification of a current location of a user-associated telecommunications device, the current location automatically provided to the user, the user-operated telecommunications device distinct from the user-associated telecommunications device.
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