System and method for an emergency location information service (E-LIS)
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1. A method for locating a wireless device using existing wireless communication networks, comprising:
- sending from a wireless access point with one or more processors a plurality of outbound signals to a plurality of wireless network devices each with one or more processors connected to a wireless communications network;
receiving on the wireless access point a plurality of inbound signals from the plurality of wireless network devices, wherein location information in (X,Y,Z) geo-space is determined by and stored on, the plurality of wireless network devices and wherein the location information in (X,Y,Z) geo-space is updated in real-time on the plurality of wireless network devices whenever any of the plurality of wireless network devices changes a position in (X,Y,Z) geo-space;
determining on the wireless access point a set of current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates for the plurality of wireless network devices from the plurality of inbound signals, wherein the set of current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates are determined from a set of Extensible Markup Language (XML) objects or a set of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) pre-assigned to the plurality of wireless network devices that are unique across any network an assigned URI is used on; and
determining a plurality of current physical geographic locations and positions in (X,Y,Z) space at the plurality of physical geographic locations for the plurality of wireless network devices using the set of determined current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates, wherein the plurality of current physical geographic locations are used to locate the plurality of wireless network devices when an emergency event occurs.
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Abstract
A method and system for determining a location of mobile and non-mobile devices in emergency situations. The method and system provide a current physical geographic location for a mobile or non-mobile device (e.g., building address, a building floor, a room on a building floor, campus, enterprise, city, state, region, country, continent, etc.) in an emergency situation. The method and system can also be used to provide a physical geographic location for a device for non-emergency situations.
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1. A method for locating a wireless device using existing wireless communication networks, comprising:
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sending from a wireless access point with one or more processors a plurality of outbound signals to a plurality of wireless network devices each with one or more processors connected to a wireless communications network; receiving on the wireless access point a plurality of inbound signals from the plurality of wireless network devices, wherein location information in (X,Y,Z) geo-space is determined by and stored on, the plurality of wireless network devices and wherein the location information in (X,Y,Z) geo-space is updated in real-time on the plurality of wireless network devices whenever any of the plurality of wireless network devices changes a position in (X,Y,Z) geo-space; determining on the wireless access point a set of current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates for the plurality of wireless network devices from the plurality of inbound signals, wherein the set of current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates are determined from a set of Extensible Markup Language (XML) objects or a set of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) pre-assigned to the plurality of wireless network devices that are unique across any network an assigned URI is used on; and determining a plurality of current physical geographic locations and positions in (X,Y,Z) space at the plurality of physical geographic locations for the plurality of wireless network devices using the set of determined current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates, wherein the plurality of current physical geographic locations are used to locate the plurality of wireless network devices when an emergency event occurs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An emergency location information system (E-LIS), comprising in combination:
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sending from a wireless access point with one or more processors a plurality of outbound signals to a plurality of wireless network devices each with one or more processors connected to a wireless communications network, for receiving on the wireless access point a plurality of inbound signals from the plurality of wireless network devices, wherein location information in (X,Y,Z) geo-space is determined by and stored on the plurality of wireless network devices and wherein the location information in (X,Y,Z) geo-space is updated in real-time on the plurality of wireless network devices whenever any of the plurality of wireless network devices changes a position in (X,Y,Z) geo-space, for determining on the wireless access point a set of current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates for the plurality of wireless network devices from the plurality of inbound signals, wherein the set of current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates are determined from a set of Extensible Markup Language (XML) objects or a set of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) pre-assigned to the plurality of wireless network devices that are unique across any network an assigned URI is used on and for determining a plurality of current physical geographic locations and positions in (X,Y,Z) space at the plurality of physical geographic locations for the plurality of wireless network devices using the set of determined current (X,Y,Z) geo-space coordinates, wherein the plurality of current physical geographic locations are used to locate the plurality of wireless network devices when an emergency event occurs; means for receiving on a network server device with one or more processors an emergency message from a target network device with one or more processors via a communications network indicating an emergency event has occurred, for translating on the network server device information from the emergency message into a current physical geographic location for the target network device, wherein the emergency message includes a unique identifier for the target network device and the unique identifier is used to access information about the target network device and for returning from the network server device the current physical geographic location for the target network device in a signal via the communications network; and means determining on the network server a device type for a plurality of target network devices each with one or more processors, wherein the device type for an individual target network device is used to determine a physical geographic location for the individual target network device when an emergency event occurs. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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27. The system of 26 wherein the plural inbound and outbound signals include Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Internet Protocol (IP), Media Access Control (MAC), Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS), cellular telephone, Personal Communications Services network (PCS), Packet Cellular Network (PCN), Global System for Mobile Communications, (GSM), Generic Packet Radio Services (GPRS), Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) or Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), IEEE 802.11xx, Global Positioning System (GPS) and GPS map, Digital GPS (DGPS), Instant Messaging (IM), Short Message Services (SMS), Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) or Zigbee signals.
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