Unique Global Identifier Header for Minimizing Prank Emergency 911 Calls
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Abstract
A prank call server that performs 911 prank call filtering over a 911 emergency call system, prior to routing a 911 call to a PSAP. The inventive prank call server identifies prank calling devices, regardless of current service subscription, by retrieving and analyzing emergency call data pertaining to detected prank 911 calls. The prank call server assigns a unique global identifier to each 911 call detected on the 911 emergency call system. Unique global identifiers enable a PSAP to uniquely identify prank 911 calls that are identified thereon. A PSAP transmits a prank call signal and a relevant unique global identifier to the prank call server, for each prank 911 call that is detected. A prank call signal/unique global identifier combination triggers the prank call server to store all available call data for a referenced prank 911 call in to a prank call database, for subsequent prank call filtering analysis.
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21. A method of detecting a prank emergency call, comprising:
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logging, to a physical prank call database, a first prank emergency call from a given wireless device; logging, to said physical prank call database, a first current location of said given wireless device initiating said first prank emergency call; subsequently receiving a subsequent emergency call; obtaining a subsequent current location of a subsequent wireless device while making said subsequent emergency call; querying said physical prank call database for a correlation between said subsequent emergency call and said first prank emergency call; and dropping said subsequent emergency call when said correlation is established between said first prank emergency call and said subsequent emergency call. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. Apparatus to detect a prank emergency call, comprising:
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means for logging, to a physical prank call database, a first prank emergency call from a given wireless device; means for logging, to said physical prank call database, a first current location of said given wireless device initiating said first prank emergency call; means for subsequently receiving a subsequent emergency call; means for obtaining a subsequent current location of a subsequent wireless device while making said subsequent emergency call; means for querying said physical prank call database for a correlation between said subsequent emergency call and said first prank emergency call; and means for dropping said subsequent emergency call when said correlation is established between said first prank emergency call and said subsequent emergency call. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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