GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCED TELEPHONE SWITCHING
First Claim
1. A system for providing emergency call routing, said system comprising:
- database for coordinating current physical location of a caller with a geographically sensitive called party; and
a matching circuit for matching an incoming call from a caller currently located at a particular location with a proper called party based upon said geographically sensitive matching data, when said caller has called an emergency calling number.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed generally to geographic referenced telephone switching. Geospatial (e.g., XY or XYZ) coordinates are created in order to route 911 emergency telephone calls based on the caller'"'"'s location in relation to the proper emergency service provider. Essentially the router gathers and verifies customer user information, matches transmission formats with telephone company provided equipment for 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), routes calls based on their existing location, and terminates the phone call in the PSAP with the proper ANI (Automatic Number Identification) and ALI (Automatic Location Information) provided. In addition, due to the capabilities of the geographic referenced system, in certain embodiments, the movement of emergency service needs can be anticipated (or predicted) and PSAPs may be conferenced together so that they can respond as a single unit to someone who may be traveling.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for providing emergency call routing, said system comprising:
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database for coordinating current physical location of a caller with a geographically sensitive called party; and a matching circuit for matching an incoming call from a caller currently located at a particular location with a proper called party based upon said geographically sensitive matching data, when said caller has called an emergency calling number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for call routing, said method comprising:
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receiving an emergency call from a calling party, said call identified by said calling party dialing a universally known calling number; determining a present physical location of said calling party, said determining based upon a knowledge of physical coordinates of said calling party; and completing said emergency call to a service center pre-identified as serving said present physical location based upon said determined present physical location of said calling party. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for emergency call routing, said system comprising:
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an interface for receiving an emergency call placed by a caller; a geospatial coordinate generator for determining a geospatial coordinate for the location of the caller; and identifying logic for identifying a proper Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to which the emergency call is to be routed based upon said determined geospatial coordinate. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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