PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION AND INTERACTIVE DEVICE FOR INTERNET-BASED TEXT AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION SERVICES

• US 20140029472A1
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Michaelis, Paul Roller, Toennis, Roger L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,369,578 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/259
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42391 where the subscribers are hearing-impaired persons, e.g. telephone devices for the deaf
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method and device for assigning a telephone number to a browsing session and for providing physical location information to a public safety answering point in association with a web-based chat or relay session.

Claims

1-6. -6. (canceled)

7. A method, comprising:

(a) providing, at a first time, in response to a selected stimulus, and by a telephone network, a data network address and a corresponding telephone number, the data network address and corresponding telephone number being associated with a contactor; and

(b) initiating, at a second time, from the data network address, and over a data network, a communication requesting emergency assistance, wherein one or more of a physical location of the contactor and contactor information is determined using the telephone number.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, in the providing step (a), at least one of the following is also provided:

an identifier of a relay service associated with the contactor, the contactor'"'"'s physical location, a type of physical impairment of the contactor, a severity of physical impairment of the contactor, and healthcare information associated with the contactor.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the call is initiated by an address assignment module, the address assignment module comprising a subscriber identity agent comprising a unique service-subscriber key to identify a user and a satellite-based location agent.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the contactor is one of hard-of-hearing, deaf, speech-impaired, and mute and wherein step (a) is performed in response to at least one of the following:

power up of a module and/or device associated with at least one of the telephone number and data network address, initiation of an Internet communication, a change of data network address, and a self-identification request.

11. A tangible and non-transient computer readable medium comprising microprocessor executable instructions operable to perform, when executed by the microprocessor, the steps of claim 7.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein, in the providing step (a), at least one of the following is also provided:

an identifier of a relay service associated with the contactor, the contactor'"'"'s physical location, a type of physical impairment of the contactor, a severity of physical impairment of the contactor, and healthcare information associated with the contactor.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the call is initiated by an address assignment module, the address assignment module comprising a subscriber identity agent comprising a unique service-subscriber key to identify a user and a satellite-based location agent.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the contactor is one of hard-of-hearing, deaf, speech-impaired, and mute and wherein step (a) is performed in response to at least one of the following:

power up of a module and/or device associated with at least one of the telephone number and data network address, initiation of an Internet communication, a change of data network address, and a self-identification request.

23. A system comprising a microprocessor operable to perform the steps of claim 7.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein, in the providing step (a), at least one of the following is also provided:

an identifier of a relay service associated with the contactor, the contactor'"'"'s physical location, a type of physical impairment of the contactor, a severity of physical impairment of the contactor, and healthcare information associated with the contactor.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the call is initiated by an address assignment module, the address assignment module comprising a subscriber identity agent comprising a unique service-subscriber key to identify a user and a satellite-based location agent.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein the contactor is one of hard-of-hearing, deaf, speech-impaired, and mute and wherein step (a) is performed in response to at least one of the following:

power up of a module and/or device associated with at least one of the telephone number and data network address, initiation of an Internet communication, a change of data network address, and a self-identification request.

12-19. -19. (canceled)