Browser emergency call method, system, and mobile device in real-time communication

• US 20150358795A1
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: You, Shilin, Hao, Zhenwu
• Application Number:
  US14/442,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20150358795A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

Disclosed is an emergency call method for a real-time communication browser. A signaling server acquires location information of a user who makes an emergency call through a browser, determines an emergency communication server connected between the signaling server and a PSAP nearest to the user according to the location information, and sends an emergency service request to the emergency communication server or returns an emergency call request response to the browser that then sends an emergency service request to the emergency communication server. The emergency communication server forwards the emergency service request to the PSAP. An emergency call system for a real-time communication browser and a mobile device are disclosed. Through solutions of the disclosure, an emergency communication server may be deployed or a mobile communication network may be selected to initiate a browser emergency call, so as to implement a cross-region emergency call for an RTCWEB system.

Claims

1. An emergency call method for a real-time communication browser, comprising:

acquiring, by a signaling server, location information of a user who makes an emergency call through a browser, determining an emergency communication server connected between the signaling server and a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) nearest to the user according to the location information, and sending an emergency service request to the emergency communication server or returning an emergency call request response to the browser that then sends an emergency service request to the emergency communication server; and

forwarding, by the emergency communication server, the emergency service request to the PSAP.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring location information of a user who makes an emergency call through a browser comprises:

receiving, by the signaling server, an emergency call request which is sent by the user through the browser, wherein the emergency call request includes an IP address of the user, longitude and latitude of a location of the browser, or a location parameter of a mobile user; and

acquiring the location information of the user according to the emergency call request.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring location information of a user who makes an emergency call through a browser comprises:

receiving, by the signaling server, an ordinary call request which is sent by a user through the browser, wherein the ordinary call request includes a service code and one of the following;

an IP address of the user, longitude and latitude of a location of the browser, and a location parameter of a mobile user;

determining whether the ordinary call request is an emergency call request by determining whether the service code is an emergency call service code; and

when the ordinary call request is an emergency call request, acquiring the location information of the user according to the emergency call request.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring location information of a user who makes an emergency call through a browser comprises:

receiving, by the signaling server, an emergency call request which is sent by the user through the browser; and

acquiring the location information of the user through a location server.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining an emergency communication server connected between the signaling server and the PSAP nearest to the user according to the location information comprises:

searching for the PSAP nearest to the user through the Internet according to the location information; and

determining an IP address of the emergency communication server connected between the signaling server and the PSAP according to an route of the PSAP.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the emergency service request includes at least one of the following:

information about the PSAP and the location information of the user, wherein the information about the PSAP is an IP address of the PSAP or number of the PSAP.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responding to the emergency service request by the PSAP after the emergency service request is received, and returning an emergency service request response by the PSAP.

8. An emergency call system for a real-time communication browser, comprising:

a browser, a signaling server, an emergency communication server, and a PSAP, wherein

the browser is configured to initiate an emergency call, and to send an emergency service request to the emergency communication server after receiving an emergency call request response;

the signaling server is configured to acquire location information of a user who makes an emergency call through the browser, to determine the emergency communication server connected between the signaling server and the PSAP nearest to the user according to the location information, and to send an emergency service request to the emergency communication server or return an emergency call request response to the browser;

the emergency communication server is configured to forward the emergency service request to the PSAP; and

the PSAP is configured to receive the emergency service request from the emergency communication server.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the signaling server is configured to:

receive the emergency call request which is sent by the user through the browser, wherein the emergency call request includes an IP address of the user, longitude and latitude of a location of the browser, or a location parameter of a mobile user; and

acquire the location information of the user who makes an emergency call through the browser according to the emergency call request.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the signaling server is configured to:

receive an ordinary call request which is sent by a user through the browser, wherein the ordinary call request includes a service code and one of the following;

an IP address of the user, longitude and latitude of a location of the browser, and a location parameter of the mobile user;

determine whether the ordinary call request is an emergency call request by determining whether the service code is an emergency call service code; and

, when the ordinary call request is an emergency call request, acquire the location information of the user who makes an emergency call through the browser according to the emergency call request.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the signaling server is configured to receive an emergency call request which is sent by the user through the browser and acquire the location information of the user through a location server.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the emergency service request includes at least one of the following:

information about the PSAP, and the location information of the user, wherein the information about the PSAP is an IP address or number of the PSAP.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the PSAP is further configured to, after receiving the emergency service request, respond to the emergency service request and return an emergency service request response.

14. An emergency call method for a real-time communication browser, comprising:

sending, by a browser, an emergency service request to a mobile communication module by using a Java script function when an emergency call is to be initiated; and

initiating, by the mobile communication module, an emergency call in a mobile communication system according to the emergency service request.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step, before the sending the emergency service request to the mobile communication module by using the Java script function, of:

determining, by the browser, that a call request is an emergency service request according to a service code in the call request;

or

sending, by the browser, a call request to a signaling server, and determining, by the signaling server, that the call request is an emergency service request according to a service code in the call request and returning an emergency service request with an emergency call identifier to the browser.

16. A mobile device, comprising:

a browser module, a call module and a mobile communication module, wherein

the browser module is configured to send an emergency service request to the call module when an emergency call is to be initiated;

the call module is configured to send the emergency service request to the mobile communication module by using a Java script function; and

the mobile communication module is configured to initiate an emergency call in a mobile communication system according to the emergency service request.

17. The mobile device according to claim 16, wherein the browser module is further configured to:

before sending the emergency service request to the call module,

determine that a call request is an emergency service request according to a service code in the call request;

or

send a call request to a signaling server and receive an emergency service request with an emergency call identifier from the signaling server.