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Call agents and systems and methods for providing emergency call services on heterogeneous networks

  • US 6,466,651 B1
  • Filed: 07/12/2000
  • Issued: 10/15/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing emergency service on a heterogeneous network comprising a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a packet based network to a local user, the packet based network having a bandwidth, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a request for telephony service wherein the telephony service will be provided over the packet based network;

    determining if a portion of the bandwidth of the packet based network which is allocated to telephony is fully utilized;

    determining if the request for telephony service is a request for emergency service;

    obtaining a portion of the bandwidth of the packet based network to provide the requested telephony service if the request for telephony service is a request for emergency service and the portion of the bandwidth of the packet based network which is allocated to telephony is fully utilized; and

    providing the requested emergency service using the obtained portion of the bandwidth of the packet based network.

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