SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING SPECIAL TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICE CALLS ORIGINATING IN A TEMPORARILY DESIGNATED REGION
First Claim
1. A system for effecting special treatment of emergency service calls originating in a temporarily designated region;
- the system comprising;
(a) a geographic mapping unit;
(b) a polygon managing unit coupled with said geographic mapping unit;
at least one of said geographic mapping unit and said polygon managing unit being coupled with an emergency telephone network handling said emergency service calls;
said polygon managing unit and said geographic mapping unit cooperating to effect designation of said region; and
(c) a voice messaging unit coupled with said emergency telephone network and coupled with at least one of said geographic mapping unit and said polygon managing unit;
said voice messaging unit providing a voice message responsive to said emergency service calls originating in said region substantially while said region is designated.
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Abstract
A system for effecting special treatment of emergency service calls originating in a temporarily designated region includes: (a) a geographic mapping unit; (b) a polygon managing unit coupled with the geographic mapping unit; at least one of the geographic mapping unit and the polygon managing unit being coupled with an emergency telephone network handling the emergency service calls; the polygon managing unit and the geographic mapping unit cooperating to effect designation of the region; and (c) a voice messaging unit coupled with the emergency telephone network and coupled with at least one of the geographic mapping unit and the polygon managing unit; the voice messaging unit providing a voice message responsive to the emergency service calls originating in the region substantially while the region is designated.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for effecting special treatment of emergency service calls originating in a temporarily designated region;
- the system comprising;
(a) a geographic mapping unit; (b) a polygon managing unit coupled with said geographic mapping unit;
at least one of said geographic mapping unit and said polygon managing unit being coupled with an emergency telephone network handling said emergency service calls;
said polygon managing unit and said geographic mapping unit cooperating to effect designation of said region; and(c) a voice messaging unit coupled with said emergency telephone network and coupled with at least one of said geographic mapping unit and said polygon managing unit;
said voice messaging unit providing a voice message responsive to said emergency service calls originating in said region substantially while said region is designated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- the system comprising;
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8. A system for reducing numbers of repeat emergency service calls relating to an incident arriving via an emergency communication network at an emergency call taking facility;
- said incident occurring at an incident locus;
the system comprising;(a) at least one geographic mapping unit; (b) at least one polygon managing unit;
at least one of said at least one geographic mapping unit and said at least one polygon managing unit being coupled with said emergency communication network;
said at least one polygon managing unit cooperating with said at least one geographic mapping unit to effect designating an incident region substantially surrounding said incident locus; and(c) an alerting unit coupled with said emergency communication network and coupled with at least one of said at least one geographic mapping unit and said at least one polygon managing unit;
said alerting unit providing an alert indication responsive to said repeat emergency service calls originating from said incident region while said incident region is designated. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- said incident occurring at an incident locus;
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15. A method for effecting special treatment of emergency service calls handled by an emergency telephone network and originating in a temporarily designated region;
- the method comprising;
(a) in no particular order; (1) providing a geographic mapping unit; (2) providing a polygon managing unit; and (3) providing a voice messaging unit; (b) in no particular order; (1) coupling said polygon managing unit with said geographic mapping unit; (2) coupling at least one of said geographic mapping unit and said polygon managing unit with said emergency telephone network; and (3) coupling said voice messaging unit with said emergency telephone network and with at least one of said geographic mapping unit and said polygon managing unit; (c) operating said polygon managing unit and said geographic mapping unit cooperatively to effect designation of said region; and (d) operating said voice messaging unit to provide a voice message responsive to said emergency service calls originating in said region substantially while said region is designated. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
- the method comprising;
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20. A method for effecting special treatment of emergency service calls handled by an emergency telephone network and originating in a temporarily designated region as recited in claim 20 wherein said voice message further advises that a caller may effect a further step to connect the extant call with an emergency service call taking entity.
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