System, method and apparatus for supporting E911 emergency services in a data communications network
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for supporting enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services, in a data communications network that includes Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephones. A network system includes a host network communicatively coupled to an E911 database management system, a network access device, and a VoIP telephone communicatively coupled to an input port of the network access device. The network access device is adapted to assign a physical location identifier to an input port, to authenticate the VoIP telephone, wherein the authentication includes receiving a unique device identifier from the VoIP telephone, and to transmit the location identifier and the unique device identifier to the E911 database management system. The E911 database management system is permitted to store the physical location identifier in association with the unique device identifier.
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77 Claims
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40. A method of supporting enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services in a network access device, comprising:
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assigning a physical location identifier to an input port of the network access device;
detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to said input port;
authenticating said VoIP telephone, wherein said authenticating comprises receiving a unique device identifier from said VoIP telephone;
transmitting an automatic report to an E911 database management system (DBMS);
transmitting said unique device identifier to an E911 database management system in response to said detecting; and
transmitting said physical location identifier of said user device to said E911 DBMS in response to a query from said E911 DBMS. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of supporting enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services in a network access device, comprising:
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assigning a physical location identifier to an input port of the network access device;
detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to said input port;
authenticating said VoIP telephone, wherein said authenticating comprises receiving a unique device identifier from said VoIP telephone;
transmitting an automatic report to an E911 database management system (DBMS);
transmitting said unique device identifier to said E911 DBMS in response to a query from said E911 DBMS; and
transmitting said physical location identifier to an E911 database management system in response to said detecting and said authenticating. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A network access device that supports enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services, comprising:
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an input port;
a switching fabric for routing data received via said input port to at least one output port; and
control logic adapted to assign a physical location identifier to said input port;
detect a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to said input port;
authenticate said VoIP telephone, wherein said authenticating comprises receiving a unique device identifier from said VoIP telephone;
transmit an automatic report to an E911 database management system (DBMS);
transmit said unique device identifier to an E911 database management system in response to said detecting; and
transmit said physical location identifier of said user device to said E911 DBMS in response to a query from said E911 DBMS. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A network access device that supports enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services, comprising:
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an input port;
a switching fabric for routing data received via said input port to at least one output port; and
control logic adapted to assign a physical location identifier to said input port;
detect a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to said input port;
authenticate said VoIP telephone, wherein said authenticating comprises receiving a unique device identifier from said VoIP telephone;
transmit an automatic report to an E911 database management system (DBMS);
transmit said unique device identifier to said E911 DBMS in response to a query from said E911 DBMS; and
transmit said physical location identifier to an E911 database management system in response to said detecting and said authenticating. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. An apparatus of supporting enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services in a network access device, comprising:
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means for assigning a physical location identifier to an input port of the network access device;
means for detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to said input port;
means for authenticating said VoIP telephone, wherein said authenticating comprises receiving a unique device identifier from said VoIP telephone;
means for transmitting an automatic report to an E911 database management system (DBMS);
means for transmitting said unique device identifier to an E911 database management system in response to said detecting; and
means for transmitting said physical location identifier of said user device to said E911 DBMS in response to a query from said E911 DBMS. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A apparatus of supporting enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services in a network access device, comprising:
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means for assigning a physical location identifier to an input port of the network access device;
means for detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to said input port;
means for authenticating said VoIP telephone, wherein said authenticating comprises receiving a unique device identifier from said VoIP telephone;
means for transmitting an automatic report to an E911 database management system (DBMS);
means for transmitting said unique device identifier to said E911 DBMS in response to a query from said E911 DBMS; and
means for transmitting said physical location identifier to an E911 database management system in response to said detecting and said authenticating. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of supporting enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services in a network access device, the method comprising:
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assigning a physical location identifier to an input port of the network access device;
detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to said input port;
authenticating said VoIP telephone, wherein said authenticating comprises receiving a unique device identifier from said VoIP telephone;
transmitting an automatic report to an E911 database management system (DBMS);
transmitting said unique device identifier to an E911 database management system in response to said detecting; and
transmitting said physical location identifier of said user device to said E911 DBMS in response to a query from said E911 DBMS.
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77. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of supporting enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services in a network access device, the method comprising:
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assigning a physical location identifier to an input port of the network access device;
detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to said input port;
authenticating said VoIP telephone, wherein said authenticating comprises receiving a unique device identifier from said VoIP telephone;
transmitting an automatic report to an E911 database management system (DBMS);
transmitting said unique device identifier to said E911 DBMS in response to a query from said E911 DBMS; and
transmitting said physical location identifier to an E911 database management system in response to said detecting and said authenticating.
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Specification