SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING E911 EMERGENCY SERVICES IN A DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- by a network access device having an input port, detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to the input port, the network access device comprising a memory for storing a physical location identifier that identifies a physical location of a termination point of the input port;
authenticating the VoIP telephone, the authenticating comprising receiving a unique device identifier from the VoIP telephone;
when the network access device detects the VoIP telephone coupled to the input port, transmitting an automatic report towards an enhanced 911 (E911) database management system (DBMS); and
transmitting the physical location identifier of the user device towards the E911 DBMS in response to a query from the E911 DBMS.
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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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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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by a network access device having an input port, detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to the input port, the network access device comprising a memory for storing a physical location identifier that identifies a physical location of a termination point of the input port; authenticating the VoIP telephone, the authenticating comprising receiving a unique device identifier from the VoIP telephone; when the network access device detects the VoIP telephone coupled to the input port, transmitting an automatic report towards an enhanced 911 (E911) database management system (DBMS); and transmitting the physical location identifier of the user device towards the E911 DBMS in response to a query from the E911 DBMS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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an input port; a memory for storing a physical location identifier that identifies a physical location of a termination point of the input port; a switching fabric configured to route data received via the input port towards at least one output port of the apparatus; and control logic adapted to; detect a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to the input port; authenticate the VoIP telephone, the authenticating comprising receiving a unique device identifier from the VoIP telephone; when the apparatus detects the VoIP telephone coupled to the input port, transmit an automatic report towards an enhanced 911 (E911) database management system (DBMS); and transmit the physical location identifier of the user device towards the E911 DBMS in response to a query from the E911 DBMS. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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an input port; a memory for storing a physical location identifier that identifies a physical location of a termination point of the input port; means for detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to the input port; means for authenticating the VoIP telephone, the authenticating comprising receiving a unique device identifier from the VoIP telephone; means for, when the apparatus detects the VoIP telephone coupled to the input port, transmitting an automatic report towards an enhanced 911 (E911) database management system (DBMS); and means for transmitting the physical location identifier of the user device towards the E911 DBMS in response to a query from the E911 DBMS. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A nontransitory program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:
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by a network access device having an input port, detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to the input port, the network access device comprising a memory for storing a physical location identifier that identifies a physical location of the input port; authenticating the VoIP telephone, the authenticating comprising receiving a unique device identifier from the VoIP telephone; when the network access device detects the VoIP telephone coupled to the input port, transmitting an automatic report towards an enhanced 911 (E911) database management system (DBMS); and transmitting the physical location identifier of the user device towards the E911 DBMS in response to a query from the E911 DBMS.
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