Providing different routing treatments for emergency calls based on subscriber specified data
First Claim
1. A method for establishing an emergency call connection within a telecommunications system, said emergency call connection established to a particular one of a plurality of emergency service terminals in response to a transmission by a mobile station of an emergency call setup request signal, said method comprising the steps of:
- storing subscriber specified data associated with said mobile station in a register, said subscriber specified data comprising language preference data;
receiving said emergency call setup request signal from said mobile station;
retrieving said subscriber specified data associated with said mobile station;
analyzing said retrieved subscriber specified data to identify the particular one of the plurality of emergency service terminals preferred for serving said mobile station based on the retrieved subscriber specified data, said step of analyzing comprising analyzing said language preference data to identify said particular emergency service terminal preferred for handling an emergency call connection with said mobile station based on a language specified by said language preference data; and
establishing an emergency call connection between said mobile station and said identified particular one of the emergency service terminals.
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Abstract
Before routing an emergency call setup request signal received from a mobile subscriber toward a particular emergency service terminal, subscriber specified data associated with that particular subscriber are retrieved. By analyzing such retrieved data, the serving mobile switching center is better able to ascertain the individual need of the mobile subscriber and accordingly routes the emergency call towards the appropriate emergency service operator capable of providing effective assistance to the mobile subscriber in need.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for establishing an emergency call connection within a telecommunications system, said emergency call connection established to a particular one of a plurality of emergency service terminals in response to a transmission by a mobile station of an emergency call setup request signal, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing subscriber specified data associated with said mobile station in a register, said subscriber specified data comprising language preference data; receiving said emergency call setup request signal from said mobile station; retrieving said subscriber specified data associated with said mobile station; analyzing said retrieved subscriber specified data to identify the particular one of the plurality of emergency service terminals preferred for serving said mobile station based on the retrieved subscriber specified data, said step of analyzing comprising analyzing said language preference data to identify said particular emergency service terminal preferred for handling an emergency call connection with said mobile station based on a language specified by said language preference data; and establishing an emergency call connection between said mobile station and said identified particular one of the emergency service terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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6. A mobile switching center (MSC) for establishing an emergency call connection within a mobile telecommunications network to a particular one of a plurality of emergency service terminals, said MSC comprising:
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means for receiving an emergency call setup request; an application module for retrieving subscriber specified language preference data associated with a mobile subscriber station in response to said emergency call setup request, said subscriber specified language preference data associated with said mobile subscriber prior to a transmission of said call setup request; means for analyzing said subscriber specified language preference data to identify the particular one of the plurality of emergency service terminals preferred for handling an emergency call connection based on the retrieved subscriber specified language preference data; and means for establishing said emergency call connection between the mobile subscriber station and said identified particular one of the emergency service terminals. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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14. A method for establishing an emergency call connection within a telecommunications system, said emergency call connection established to a particular one of a plurality of emergency service terminals in response to a transmission by a mobile station of an emergency call setup request signal, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing subscriber specified data associated with said mobile station in a register, said subscriber specified data comprising subscriber medical data; receiving said emergency call setup request signal from said mobile station; retrieving said subscriber specified data associated with said mobile station; analyzing said retrieved subscriber specified data to identify the particular one of the plurality of emergency service terminals preferred for serving said mobile station based on the retrieved subscriber specified data, said step of analyzing comprising analyzing said subscriber medical data to identify said particular emergency service terminal preferred for handling an emergency call connection with said mobile station based on a medical condition specified by said subscriber medical data; and establishing an emergency call connection between said mobile station and said identified particular one of the emergency service terminals.
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