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Automated emergency notification system

  • US 6,295,346 B1
  • Filed: 07/13/1998
  • Issued: 09/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for placing a plurality of phone calls to a first called party and to at least one of a pre-selected group of second called parties in response to a single phone call received from a calling party by a service provider network comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a phone call connection request from the calling party for establishing a phone call to the first called party at the service provider network;

    determining the identity of the calling party that has requested the phone call connection;

    correlating whether the phone call connection request to the first called party is to an emergency service provider, and if so;

    a) establishing a phone call between the calling party and the emergency service provider in response to said phone call connection request;

    b) determining whether the calling party has enabled a notification delay feature and, if so, delaying the phone call to the at least one second called party by a predetermined delay period; and

    c) automatically establishing at least one phone call with at least one of the pre-selected group of second called parties by said service provider network if a notification deactivation signal was not received from the calling party during the delay period.

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