GEOGRAPHICAL CALL ROUTING FOR A NON-EMERGENCY CALLING SERVICE
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1. A method for location-based communicating, comprising:
- defining a first service area and a second service area for a service provider; and
associating, at a memory apparatus accessible to a networked data processing apparatus, the first service area with multiple addresses within the first service area and the second service area with multiple addresses within the second service area,wherein which of the first service area and the second service area a communicating party is in is determined by the networked data processing apparatus when the communicating party is at one of the multiple addresses within the first service area or the second service area, and information specific to the determined first service area or second service area the communicating party is in is forwarded.
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Abstract
A method for location-based communicating includes defining a first service area and a second service area for a service provider. The method also includes associating, at a memory apparatus accessible to a networked data processing apparatus, the first service area with multiple addresses within the first service area and the second service area with multiple addresses within the second service area.
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1. A method for location-based communicating, comprising:
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defining a first service area and a second service area for a service provider; and associating, at a memory apparatus accessible to a networked data processing apparatus, the first service area with multiple addresses within the first service area and the second service area with multiple addresses within the second service area, wherein which of the first service area and the second service area a communicating party is in is determined by the networked data processing apparatus when the communicating party is at one of the multiple addresses within the first service area or the second service area, and information specific to the determined first service area or second service area the communicating party is in is forwarded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for location-based communicating, comprising:
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defining a first service area and a second service area for a service provider; and associating, at a memory apparatus accessible to a networked data processing apparatus, the first service area with multiple addresses within the first service area and the second service area with multiple addresses within the second service area, wherein the service provider is identified, by the networked data processing apparatus, based on information received from a communicating party at a networked communications apparatus, wherein a location of the communicating party relative to a predefined service area for a service provider is determined when the communicating party is at one of the multiple addresses within the first service area or the second service area, and one of a plurality of service provider locations is selected based on the determined location of the communicating party relative to the predefined service area, and wherein information specific to the selected service provider location is forwarded. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for location-based communicating, comprising:
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defining a first service area and a second service area for a service provider; and associating, at a memory apparatus accessible to a networked data processing apparatus, the first service area with multiple addresses within the first service area and the second service area with multiple addresses within the second service area, wherein the service provider is identified based on information received from a communicating party at a networked communications apparatus, wherein a location of the communicating party relative to at least one service area is determined when the communicating party is at one of the multiple addresses within the first service area or the second service area, and a service provider location is selected based on the determined location of the communicating party relative to the at least one service area, and wherein information specific to the selected service provider location is forwarded. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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