Method and system for routing emergency communications
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1. A method, comprising the following steps:
- receiving a communications address from a voice-over internet protocol communications device;
responsive to receiving the communications address, associating the communications address with a database of multiple user identified emergency communications addresses to determine if the communications address is a user identified emergency communications address;
if the communications address is a user identified emergency communications address, then;
using a positioning system to determine the location co-ordinates of the voice-over internet protocol communications device,associating the location co-ordinates and an emergency communications profile with an emergency communications signal of the voice-over internet protocol communications device, the emergency communications profile comprises (1) emergency data, (2) an emergency data communications address for accessing the emergency data, and (3) at least one emergency communications address,assessing the emergency data communications address and associating the emergency data with the emergency communications signal,communicating the emergency communications signal to at least one communications network, wherein the communications network detects, decodes, and matches the location co-ordinates to a public safety access provider for the user identified emergency communications address,connecting the emergency communications signal to the public safety answering point of the user identified emergency communications address,updating the location co-ordinates, andcommunicating the updated co-ordinates to the public safety answering point of the emergency communications address,wherein connecting the emergency communications signal to the public safety answering point of the user identified emergency communications address comprises connecting the emergency communications signal to an emergency internet protocol communications address of the public safety answering point.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided to locate, route, and/or otherwise process an emergency communications signal from a VoIP communication device equipped with a location positioning system and an emergency communications computer software product. The software identifies an emergency communications address, activates the location positioning system, and communicates location coordinates and other emergency information with the emergency communications signal to a communications network.
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1. A method, comprising the following steps:
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receiving a communications address from a voice-over internet protocol communications device; responsive to receiving the communications address, associating the communications address with a database of multiple user identified emergency communications addresses to determine if the communications address is a user identified emergency communications address; if the communications address is a user identified emergency communications address, then; using a positioning system to determine the location co-ordinates of the voice-over internet protocol communications device, associating the location co-ordinates and an emergency communications profile with an emergency communications signal of the voice-over internet protocol communications device, the emergency communications profile comprises (1) emergency data, (2) an emergency data communications address for accessing the emergency data, and (3) at least one emergency communications address, assessing the emergency data communications address and associating the emergency data with the emergency communications signal, communicating the emergency communications signal to at least one communications network, wherein the communications network detects, decodes, and matches the location co-ordinates to a public safety access provider for the user identified emergency communications address, connecting the emergency communications signal to the public safety answering point of the user identified emergency communications address, updating the location co-ordinates, and communicating the updated co-ordinates to the public safety answering point of the emergency communications address, wherein connecting the emergency communications signal to the public safety answering point of the user identified emergency communications address comprises connecting the emergency communications signal to an emergency internet protocol communications address of the public safety answering point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communications system, comprising:
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a communications device having a position locating system and an emergency communications module stored in memory, the emergency communications module accessing a database of a plurality of emergency communications profiles responsive to receiving a communications address from a voice-over internet protocol communications device, wherein the emergency communications profile comprises (1) an emergency communications address, (2) emergency data, and (3) an emergency data communications address for accessing the emergency data; and a communications interface having the means to communicate an emergency communication signal between the communications device and a communications network, wherein the emergency communication signal comprises (1) one location co-ordinate of the position locating system, (2) an emergency service communications address, (3) a communications signal, (4) the emergency data, (5) the emergency data communications address for accessing the emergency data, and (6) an updated location co-ordinate of the position locating system and means to connect the emergency communication signal to the public safety answering point of the emergency communications address by connecting the emergency communications signal to an emergency internet protocol communications address of the public safety answering point, wherein the database of emergency communications profiles includes at least one user identified communications address. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium; and an emergency communications module stored on the computer-readable medium, the emergency communications module detecting an emergency communications address, activating a positioning system to determine location co-ordinates, associating the location co-ordinates and an emergency communications profile with an emergency communications signal, communicating the emergency communications signal to at least one communications network, connecting the emergency communications signal to the public safety answering point of the emergency communications address by connecting the emergency communications signal to an emergency internet protocol communications address of the public safety answering point, updating the location co-ordinates, and communicating the updated co-ordinates to the public safety answering point of the emergency communications address, wherein the emergency communications address comprises a user identified emergency communications address, and wherein detecting the emergency communications address comprises; receiving a communications address from a voice-over internet protocol communications device; and responsive to receiving the communications address, associating the communications address with a database of multiple user identified emergency communications addresses to determine if the communications address is a user identified emergency communications address. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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