Method of notifying a party of an emergency

• US 7,016,477 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2003
• Issued: 03/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Contractor, Sunil H.
• Primary Examiner(s): BARNIE, REXFORD N
• Application Number:
  US10/457,684
• Publication Number:
  US 20030194061A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: 379/142.15, 379/142.16, 379/142.11, 379/142.04, 379/142.06, 379/127.01, 379 37- 51, 379/221.08, 455/403, 455/404.1
• US Class Current: 379/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5191 interacting with the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13163 Fault alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1325 Priority service
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1337 Operator, emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

An emergency notification system. The system includes a first server for receiving an emergency communication from a telecommunications network and for transmitting a message to a subscriber of the emergency notification system. The system also includes a second server in communication with the first server, the second server for supplying the first server with information associated with a subscriber.

Claims

1. An emergency notification system, comprising:

a telecommunications network providing telecommunications services, the telecommunications network receiving an emergency communication placed from a telecommunication device;

a switch in communication with the telecommunications network, the switch generating a query message in response to the emergency communication;

a network element receiving the query message and forwarding the query message to a database server, the database server generating a response message for the switch to route the emergency communication to an emergency service center;

the database server further transmitting identification information from the query message to a message server;

the message server transmitting the identification information to a web server, the web server determining if a user placing the emergency communication is a subscriber to an emergency notification service;

if the user is a subscriber to the emergency notification service, the message server receiving provisioned subscriber information from the web server and transmitting a notification that the emergency communication was placed from the telecommunication device to provisioned recipients.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification information includes a telephone number associated with the telecommunication device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification information includes a name of a person associated with the telecommunication device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification information includes a date the emergency communication was placed.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification information includes a time the emergency communication was placed.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the provisioned subscriber information includes a provisioned telephone number.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the provisioned telephone number includes a plurality of provisioned telephone numbers.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the provisioned subscriber information includes a provisioned electronic mail address.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the provisioned electronic mail address includes a plurality of electronic mail addresses.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein transmitting the notification includes placing a telephone call.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein placing the telephone call includes placing a plurality of telephone calls.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein transmitting the notification includes sending an electronic message.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein sending the electronic message includes sending a plurality of electronic messages.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the message server receives the identification information over a first network and transmits the identification information to the web server over the first network, and

the web server is remotely provisioned with the subscriber information over a second network, separate from the first network.