EMERGENCY NUMBER INTEGRATED INFORMATION ASSIMILATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for processing an emergency call, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a switch, voice information and Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information associated with a telephone;
routing, with the switch, the voice information and ANI information to an emergency number answering point;
dividing the voice information from the ANI information;
transmitting the voice information to a emergency number controller;
transmitting the ANI information to a transponding device;
referencing, with the transponding device, an Automatic Location Information (ALI) database to retrieve ALI information associated with the telephone;
referencing, with the transponding device, a detailed information storage device to retrieve detailed information associated with the telephone;
merging the ALI information with the detailed information to produce modified data;
transmitting the modified data from the transponding device to the emergency number answering point.
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Abstract
An information transponding device in communication with an emergency number answering point, an ALI database and a remote storage device. The information transponding device receives ANI information from the emergency number answering point and accesses corresponding information in the ALI database and the remote storage device and assimilates the information into a readable format utilized at the emergency number answering point and transmits to the readable format to the emergency number answering point. The detailed information is updated and modified by authorized users via a secure Web portal on the World Wide Web. An automatic notification device automatically informs predetermined contacts that an emergency number was dialed from a particular line.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for processing an emergency call, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a switch, voice information and Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information associated with a telephone; routing, with the switch, the voice information and ANI information to an emergency number answering point; dividing the voice information from the ANI information; transmitting the voice information to a emergency number controller; transmitting the ANI information to a transponding device; referencing, with the transponding device, an Automatic Location Information (ALI) database to retrieve ALI information associated with the telephone; referencing, with the transponding device, a detailed information storage device to retrieve detailed information associated with the telephone; merging the ALI information with the detailed information to produce modified data; transmitting the modified data from the transponding device to the emergency number answering point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for processing an emergency call, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a switch, voice information and Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information associated with a telephone; routing, with the switch, the voice information and ANI information to an emergency number answering point; dividing the voice information from the ANI information; transmitting the voice information to a emergency number controller; transmitting the ANI information to a transponding device; referencing, with the transponding device, an Automatic Location Information (ALI) database to retrieve ALI information associated with the telephone; referencing, with the transponding device, a detailed information storage device to retrieve detailed information associated with the telephone; merging the ALI information with the detailed information to produce modified data; transmitting the modified data from the transponding device to the emergency number answering point; and displaying the modified data at a work station, including both the ALI information and the detailed information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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