Methods and apparatus for providing emergency telephone service to IP-based telephone users
First Claim
1. A method of servicing an IP call from an IP telephony device, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a telephone number associated with the physical location from which the IP call originated, wherein said determined telephone number;
i) is a telephone number that is not used for call routing purposes is a non-routing telephone number, ii) includes a sequence of numbers which distinguishes said non-routing telephone numbers from telephone numbers used to route telephone calls, and iii) is stored in a location information database in association with an address corresponding to the determined physical location; and
transmitting said call to a telephone call service center with call origination information including said determined telephone number.
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Abstract
For purposes of servicing emergency calls, such as 911 calls, a telephone number is associated with each edge router port used to provide IP service to a customer premise location. A telephone number is associated with the edge router port and the corresponding customer location. The telephone number and location information are stored in a database used for providing emergency calling party location information. When a switch used for routing IP calls detects a telephone call to an emergency call center it determines the edge router port from which the call was placed and the telephone number associated with the port for emergency call purposes. The call is then forwarded to the emergency call service center with the determined telephone number being supplied as the calling party number. Performing a lookup operation using the supplied telephone number the emergency service operator determines the location from which the call was placed.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of servicing an IP call from an IP telephony device, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a telephone number associated with the physical location from which the IP call originated, wherein said determined telephone number;
i) is a telephone number that is not used for call routing purposes is a non-routing telephone number, ii) includes a sequence of numbers which distinguishes said non-routing telephone numbers from telephone numbers used to route telephone calls, and iii) is stored in a location information database in association with an address corresponding to the determined physical location; andtransmitting said call to a telephone call service center with call origination information including said determined telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A communications system comprising:
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a soft switch coupled to an edge router, the soft switch being for routing calls from said IP telephony devices; a call service center for servicing telephone calls; a location information database coupled to said call service center, the location information database including; telephone numbers corresponding to landline telephones, a physical location being associated in said database with each landline telephone number; and non-routing telephone numbers corresponding to locations of IP service subscribers, a physical location being associated in said database with each non-routing telephone number, each of said non-routing telephone numbers includes a sequence of numbers which distinguishes said non-routing telephone numbers from telephone numbers used to route telephone calls; and wherein said soft switch includes; means for determining a telephone number associated with the physical location from which an IP call originated; and means for transmitting IP calls to said call service center with call origination information including said determined telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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