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Location Determination of a Roaming Subscriber Device Using SMS for Emergency Purposes

  • US 20130303107A1
  • Filed: 05/10/2013
  • Published: 11/14/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of determining a location of a roaming subscriber device using a short message service (SMS) to contact emergency services, comprising:

  • receiving an emergency SMS message on an emergency services SMSC;

    forwarding information regarding said emergency SMS message to an SMS to emergency services mediator;

    obtaining location information for said emergency SMS message;

    determining a uniform resource identifier (URI) for said emergency SMS message based on said location information; and

    sending said emergency SMS message to said URI.

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