Emergency telephone call notification service system and method
First Claim
1. In a telecommunications system having at least one subscriber telephone in communication with an advanced intelligent network (AIN) capable switch, at least one intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the AIN capable switch, at least one service control point (SCP) in communication with the switch, and a public safety answering point (PSAP) in communication with the SCP and the switch, a method of notifying at least one designated telephone number that an emergency telephone call has been made from the subscriber telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
- recognizing an emergency telephone call at the switch;
the switch informing the SCP of the emergency telephone call;
the SCP instructing the IP to dial the at least one designated telephone number;
the IP informing the at least one designated telephone number of the emergency telephone call from the subscriber telephone; and
automatically placing a call from the at least one designated telephone number to the subscriber telephone if a person answers the at least one designated telephone number.
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Abstract
A system and method for emergency telephone call notification. The system includes an AIN capable switch, a service control point (SCP) having a database of designated contact numbers associated with a service subscriber telephone number, and an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP for contacting the designated contact numbers. The method includes the steps of recognizing an N11 trigger and the SCP initiating telephone calls, via the IP, to each of the contact numbers corresponding to the telephone number of the subscriber making the emergency telephone call.
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18 Claims
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1. In a telecommunications system having at least one subscriber telephone in communication with an advanced intelligent network (AIN) capable switch, at least one intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the AIN capable switch, at least one service control point (SCP) in communication with the switch, and a public safety answering point (PSAP) in communication with the SCP and the switch, a method of notifying at least one designated telephone number that an emergency telephone call has been made from the subscriber telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
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recognizing an emergency telephone call at the switch;
the switch informing the SCP of the emergency telephone call;
the SCP instructing the IP to dial the at least one designated telephone number;
the IP informing the at least one designated telephone number of the emergency telephone call from the subscriber telephone; and
automatically placing a call from the at least one designated telephone number to the subscriber telephone if a person answers the at least one designated telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17)
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9. An emergency call notification system comprising:
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a subscriber telephone;
an AIN capable switch in communication with a public service access point (PSAP) and the subscriber telephone, the AIN switch configured to recognize an emergency telephone call;
a service control point (SCP) in communication with the switch, the SCP comprising a database having a list of emergency call notification service subscribers, the SCP configured to determine if an emergency telephone call was made by an emergency call notification service subscriber and correlate the emergency call notification service subscriber number with a list of at least one designated contact number for the emergency call notification service subscriber;
an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP, the IP responsive to an instruction from the SCP to contact the at least one designated contact number; and
means for automatically connecting a designated contact number answered by a person to the emergency call notification service subscriber number. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18)
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Specification