Private notification system for communicating 9-1-1 information
First Claim
1. A private notification system for communicating 911 information to preselected recipients by a subscriber to the system comprising:
- (a) a public safety answering point notification bridge separate from a 911 trunk and operating in conjunction with a public safety answering point having an E-911 controller, said PSAP notification bridge in communication with the public safety answering point and which obtains the identifying information from the E-911 controller of the public safety answering point receiving the 911 call;
(b) a communications bridge in communication with said public safety answering point notification bridge and receiving identifying information from at least one of an ANI and ALI database respecting a person placing a 911 call from the public safety answering point notification bridge;
(c) a private command control center in communication with said communications bridge, said private command control center having a plurality of dispatch workstations, dispatch software, and a notification database access point, said private command control center receiving the identifying information from said communications bridge; and
(d) a notification database separate from said ANI and ALI databases accessible by said command control center through the notification database access point, the database including data corresponding to at least one subscriber, the database being accessible by the dispatch software to provide subscriber data corresponding to the identifying information to said private command control center through the notification database access point.
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Abstract
A private notification system designed to communicate 9-1-1 information to preselected recipients, such as family and friends, identified by a subscriber to the system. The system includes a communications bridge receiving identifying information about a person placing a 9-1-1 call, a private command control center receiving the identifying information from the communications bridge, and a notification database accessible by the command control center to provide subscriber data corresponding to the identifying information. One embodiment of the system operates in conjunction with a public safety access point.
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23 Claims
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1. A private notification system for communicating 911 information to preselected recipients by a subscriber to the system comprising:
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(a) a public safety answering point notification bridge separate from a 911 trunk and operating in conjunction with a public safety answering point having an E-911 controller, said PSAP notification bridge in communication with the public safety answering point and which obtains the identifying information from the E-911 controller of the public safety answering point receiving the 911 call; (b) a communications bridge in communication with said public safety answering point notification bridge and receiving identifying information from at least one of an ANI and ALI database respecting a person placing a 911 call from the public safety answering point notification bridge; (c) a private command control center in communication with said communications bridge, said private command control center having a plurality of dispatch workstations, dispatch software, and a notification database access point, said private command control center receiving the identifying information from said communications bridge; and (d) a notification database separate from said ANI and ALI databases accessible by said command control center through the notification database access point, the database including data corresponding to at least one subscriber, the database being accessible by the dispatch software to provide subscriber data corresponding to the identifying information to said private command control center through the notification database access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 22)
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9. A method for communicating 911 information through a private notification system separate from a 911 trunk, said private notification system operating in conjunction with a public safety answering point having an E-911 controller, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing data corresponding to a subscriber to the private notification system in a notification database separate from ANI and ALI databases; (b) obtaining identifying information from at least one of an ANI and ALI database respecting a person placing a 911 call from the E-911 controller of the public safety answering point receiving the 911 call through a public safety answering point notification bridge; (c) communicating the identifying information from the public safety answering point notification bridge to a communications bridge in communication with said public safety answering point notification bridge; (d) conmmunicating the identifying information from said communications bridge to a private command control center, said private command control center having a plurality of dispatch workstations, dispatch software, and an emergency care information database access point in communication with said communications bridge; (e) searching the notification database using the notification database access point and the identifying information to determine whether the 911 call was placed by a subscriber to the private notification system; (e) if the 911 call was placed by a subscriber, identifying the subscriber based on the identifying information and retrieving the data stored in the notification database corresponding to the subscriber; and (f) notifying persons identified as preselected recipients of the emergency. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23)
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