E-911 Information Auto-Population for Wi-Fi Calling

• US 20130244609A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Velusamy, Senthil Kumar Mulluppadi, Hassan, Omar
• Granted Patent: US 9,749,827 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/00 Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Techniques for auto-populating emergency geo-location address information are described. Instances of geo-location address information may be acquired from a variety of different sources. The instances of geo-location address information may be prioritized based at least in part on each one'"'"'s respective source. A candidate geo-location address may be determined and may be used to auto-populate emergency address information.

Claims

1. A method of providing telecommunications services, the method comprising:

receiving a request for voice communications, over a wireless point-to-point network, by a telecommunications device configured to provide voice communications over a cellular telecommunications network;

determining whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith; and

auto-populating a geo-location address identifier for emergency services in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

granting the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, by the telecommunications device, in response to determining that the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith; and

denying the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, by the telecommunications device, in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the telecommunications device determines whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein another device, remote from the telecommunications device, determines whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a user of the telecommunications device with the auto-populated geo-location address identifier;

receiving verification of a geo-location address corresponding to the auto-populated geo-location address identifier; and

associating the geo-location address, as the verified emergency services address, with the telecommunications device in response to receiving the verification of the geo-location address.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving the geo-location address identifier from a memory device of the telecommunications device; and

storing the association of the verified emergency services address with the telecommunications device in the memory device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving the geo-location address identifier from a memory device that is remote from the telecommunications device; and

storing the association of the verified emergency services address with the telecommunications device in the memory device.

8. A method implemented on a telecommunications device by a processor configured to execute instructions that, when executed by the processor, direct the telecommunications device to perform acts comprising:

receiving a notification of a request for emergency services geo-location address information;

acquiring at least one instance of geo-location information;

determining a candidate geo-location address based at least in part on the at least one acquired instance of geo-location information; and

auto-populating a geo-location address identifier for emergency services in response to determining that the candidate geo-location address.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing a user of the telecommunications device with a user interface that includes the geo-location address identifier auto-populated therein.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving user input that verifies the of the geo-location address identifier as a valid geo-location address for receiving emergency services.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving user input for a valid geo-location address for receiving emergency services, wherein the valid geo-location address was not auto-populated in the user interface.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing a geo-location address for receiving emergency services to a device remote from the telecommunications device.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one instance of geo-location information comprises multiple instances of geo-location information that are acquired from different sources geo-location information, the method further comprising:

prioritizing the multiple instances of geo-location information based at least in part on different sources of geo-location information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein an instance of geo-location information corresponding to information manually entered by a user is prioritized highest.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the different sources of geo-location information include a user of the telecommunications device and a global positioning system module of the telecommunications device.

16. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the geo-location address identifier from a memory device that is remote from the telecommunications device; and

storing the association of the verified emergency services address with the telecommunications device in the memory device.

20. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 16, the method further comprising:

providing a geo-location address for receiving emergency services to a device remote from the telecommunications device.

17. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions thereon which, when executed by a computing device, implement a method of providing telecommunications services, the method comprising:

receiving a request for voice communications, over a wireless point-to-point network, by a telecommunications device configured to provide voice communications over a cellular telecommunications network;

determining whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith; and

auto-populating a geo-location address identifier for emergency services in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

18. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 17, the method further comprising:

granting the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, by the telecommunications device, in response to determining that the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith; and

denying the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, by the telecommunications device, in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

19. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 17, the method further comprising:

providing a user of the telecommunications device with the auto-populated geo-location address identifier;

receiving verification of a geo-location address corresponding to the auto-populated geo-location address identifier; and

associating the geo-location address, as the verified emergency services address, with the telecommunications device in response to receiving the verification of the geo-location address.