System and method for supporting multiple call centers
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1. An emergency services communication system, comprising:
- a plurality of remote terminals for enabling emergency services operators to receive incoming calls and to dispatch emergency service personnel in response to said incoming calls;
a wide area network interfaced with each of the plurality of remote terminals;
a central data manager configured to receive said incoming calls and to route said incoming calls to said plurality of remote terminals over said wide area network;
wherein each of said incoming calls is associated with Automated Number Information and Automatic Location Information data identifying a communication device from which said incoming call originated and wherein each of said incoming calls is delivered over said Wide Area Network to a particular one of said remote terminals by said central data manager based on said associated Automatic Number Information of said incoming call and wherein said central data manager is located in a centralized secure facility with on-site server capability for analyzing and recording said Automatic Number information and said Automatic Location Information for each of said incoming calls; and
wherein said centralized secure facility serves a plurality of Public Safety Answering Points, each of which comprise multiple individual members of said plurality of remote terminals.
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Abstract
A system and method for routing calls from multiple call centers using remote terminals for receiving incoming calls, a wide area network interfaced with the remote terminals, and a central data manager configured to receive the incoming calls from a communication network and to route them to the remote terminals over the wide area network. The remote terminals enable operators to receive incoming calls and to dispatch personnel in response to the incoming calls. Each of the incoming calls is associated with an automatic number identification identifying a communication device from which the incoming call originated. Additionally, each of the incoming calls is routed over the wide area network to a particular remote terminal based on the associated automatic number identification of the incoming call.
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5 Claims
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1. An emergency services communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of remote terminals for enabling emergency services operators to receive incoming calls and to dispatch emergency service personnel in response to said incoming calls;
a wide area network interfaced with each of the plurality of remote terminals;
a central data manager configured to receive said incoming calls and to route said incoming calls to said plurality of remote terminals over said wide area network;
wherein each of said incoming calls is associated with Automated Number Information and Automatic Location Information data identifying a communication device from which said incoming call originated and wherein each of said incoming calls is delivered over said Wide Area Network to a particular one of said remote terminals by said central data manager based on said associated Automatic Number Information of said incoming call and wherein said central data manager is located in a centralized secure facility with on-site server capability for analyzing and recording said Automatic Number information and said Automatic Location Information for each of said incoming calls; and
wherein said centralized secure facility serves a plurality of Public Safety Answering Points, each of which comprise multiple individual members of said plurality of remote terminals.
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2. An emergency services communication method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of remote terminals;
providing a central data manager;
receiving, at said central data manager, incoming calls, wherein each of said incoming calls is associated with an Automatic Number Information and Automatic Location Information data packet identifying a communication device from which said incoming call originated;
selecting one of the remote terminals based on the Automatic Number Information and Automatic Location Information data associated with said incoming call;
routing said incoming call from the central data manager to the selected remote terminal over a wide are network thereby enabling an emergency service operator at the selected remote terminal to dispatch emergency service personnel in response to the one incoming call wherein said central data manager is located in a centralized secure facility with on-site server capability for analyzing and recording said data for each of said incoming calls; and
wherein said centralized secure facility serves a plurality of Public Safety Answering Points, each of which comprise multiple individual members of said plurality of remote terminals.
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3. A method for handling incoming emergency services calls having both voice and data signals associated with said calls, the method comprising the steps of:
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presenting an incoming emergency call from a remote caller to a central data manager;
accessing data associated with said incoming call;
selecting a call center for said incoming call depending on said data associated with said incoming call delivered by digital circuits via voice over IP to said call center; and
routing the incoming call from said central data manager to said selected call center thereby enabling an emergency service operator at said selected call center to dispatch emergency service personnel in response to said incoming call;
wherein said central data manager is located in a centralized secure facility with on-site server capability for analyzing and recording said data for each of said incoming calls; and
wherein said centralized secure facility serves a plurality of Public Safety Answering Points, each of which comprise multiple individual members of said plurality of remote terminals. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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