EMERGENCY MESSAGING BETWEEN CITIZENS AND AUTHORITIES
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a message from a mobile station;
determining that the message contains an emergency service number;
determining an emergency service routing number usable to identify a public safety answering point;
substituting the emergency service number with the emergency service routing number in the message; and
forwarding the message for delivery to the public safety answering point, wherein the delivery of the message is based on the emergency service routing number.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media to support emergency messaging are described herein. Examples of the embodiments enable messaging, such as SMS text messaging, sent from a mobile station to be routed to a public safety answering point (PSAP) that services the area where the mobile station is currently located. In one example embodiment, the Mobile services Switching Center (MSC) filters message for emergency numbers (e.g., 911 or 112) and reroutes the message to an emergency service provider using an emergency services routing number such as an ESRK or ESRD provided by a gateway server such as a GMLC or MPC.
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45 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a message from a mobile station; determining that the message contains an emergency service number; determining an emergency service routing number usable to identify a public safety answering point; substituting the emergency service number with the emergency service routing number in the message; and forwarding the message for delivery to the public safety answering point, wherein the delivery of the message is based on the emergency service routing number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A device, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to receive a message from a mobile station; and a processor configured to; determine that the message contains an emergency service number; determine an emergency service routing number usable to identify a public safety answering point; and substitute the emergency service number with the emergency service routing number in the message; the transceiver further configured to forward the message for delivery to the public safety answering point, wherein the delivery of the message is based on the emergency service routing number. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium coupled to a processor, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises instructions executable by the processor, comprising:
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receiving a message from a mobile station; determining that the message contains an emergency service number; determining an emergency service routing number usable to identify a public safety answering point; substituting the emergency service number with the emergency service routing number in the message; and forwarding the message for delivery to the public safety answering point, wherein the delivery of the message is based on the emergency service routing number.
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45. A device, comprising:
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means for receiving a message from a mobile station; means for determining that the message contains an emergency service number; means for determining an emergency service routing number usable to identify a public safety answering point; means for substituting the emergency service number with the emergency service routing number in the message; and means for forwarding the message for delivery to the public safety answering point, wherein the delivery of the message is based on the emergency service routing number.
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