Apparatus and method for identifying a calling station
First Claim
1. A method of identifying a specific station of a plurality of stations initiating a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call, comprising the steps of:
- (a) permanently assigning a fixed designation to a geographically-defined station capable of initiating a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call;
(b) encoding said designation into an electronic format;
(c) providing means at the station for transmitting the encoded, fixed designation, to a public safety answering point (PSAP) responsible for a designated geographic area including the geographically-defined calling station;
(d) sensing, at the responsible PSAP, a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call by the geographically-defined station;
(e) polling the transmitting means in response to the "9-1-1" emergency call; and
(f) transmitting the encoded, fixed designation to the responsible PSAP in response to said polling.
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Abstract
A system for identifying a specific station, of a plurality of stations serviced by a telephone system, which has initiated a telephone call. The system includes means for providing designation indicia associated with each station within the system. A module at each station includes a control circuit for converting the designation indicia to an electronic format and, at an appropriate time, transmitting the electronically formatted designation indicia to a call-receiving station. In response to a call, the receiving station polls the calling station, and, in response, the calling station transmits the electronically formatted indicia to the call-receiving station.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of identifying a specific station of a plurality of stations initiating a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call, comprising the steps of:
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(a) permanently assigning a fixed designation to a geographically-defined station capable of initiating a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call; (b) encoding said designation into an electronic format; (c) providing means at the station for transmitting the encoded, fixed designation, to a public safety answering point (PSAP) responsible for a designated geographic area including the geographically-defined calling station; (d) sensing, at the responsible PSAP, a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call by the geographically-defined station; (e) polling the transmitting means in response to the "9-1-1" emergency call; and (f) transmitting the encoded, fixed designation to the responsible PSAP in response to said polling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of identifying a specific station of a plurality of stations initiating a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call, comprising the steps of:
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(a) permanently assigning an arbitrary, fixed designation to a geographically-defined station capable of initiating a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call; (b) encoding said arbitrary, fixed designation into an electronic format; (c) sensing, at a public safety answering point (PSAP) responsible for a designated geographic area including the calling station, a "9-1-1" emergency telephone call; (d) polling, by the responsible PSAP, the calling station in response to the sensing of the "9-1-1" emergency telephone call; and (e) transmitting the encoded, fixed designation to the responsible PSAP in response to said polling. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method of identifying a specific station of a plurality of geographically dispersed stations of a telephone system initiating a telephone call, comprising the steps of:
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(a) permanently assigning a fixed designation, based upon specific geographic location, to each station capable of initiating a telephone call within the system; (b) encoding said designation into an electronic format; (c) providing means at the calling station fore transmitting the encoded, fixed designation to a call-receiving office; (d) sensing, at the call-receiving office, the call by the calling station; (e) polling the transmitting means in response to the telephone call; and (f) transmitting the encoded, fixed designation to the call-receiving office in response to said polling. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. Apparatus for identifying one specific station, of a plurality of geographically-defined stations serviced by a telephone system, which has initiated a telephone call, comprising:
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(a) permanently, fixed designation indicia associated with each station capable of initiating a telephone call under the system; (b) means for encoding said designation indicia into an electronic format; (c) means, at each station, for transmitting said encoded, fixed designation indicia to a call-receiving location; (d) means for sensing, at the call-receiving location, the call by the calling station; (e) means for polling the transmitting means in response to the telephone call; and (f) means for transmitting the encoded, fixed designation indicia to the call-receiving location in response to said polling. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of identifying a specific station of a plurality of stations initiating a telephone call, comprising the step of:
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(a) permanently assigning a fixed designation to a geographically-defined station capable of initiating a telephone call; (b) encoding said designation into an electronic format; (c) providing means at the station for transmitting the encoded, fixed designation to an answering point; (d) sensing, at the answering point, the telephone call by the geographically-defined station; (e) disposing the answering point to receive the encoded designation; and (f) transmitting the encoded, fixed designation to the answering point.
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