System and method for providing emergency services in a visited communications environment
First Claim
1. An apparatus for routing in a network environment, comprising:
- an application manager operable to;
interface with an access terminal in a visited network that makes an emergency call, the application manager residing in a home network of the access terminal;
receive an emergency call transmitted by the access terminal in the visited network;
in response to receiving the emergency call, perform one or more emergency services at the home network using information available in the home network but not in the visited network;
process the emergency call, the processing comprising determining an identity of a visited network emergency services application server that resides in the visited network; and
send the emergency call to the visited network emergency services application server such that the emergency call is routed through the home network.
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Abstract
An apparatus for routing in a network environment, is provided that includes an application manager residing in a home network and being operable to interface with an access terminal that makes an emergency call. When the call is placed, a call establishment message is transmitted and is marked as an emergency call, the home network recognizing an identity of a visited network emergency services application server that resides in a visited network. If the access terminal cannot reach the home network at the time the emergency call is made, the access terminal can make the emergency call directly through the visited network emergency services application server. In more particular embodiments, the home network knows the identity through configuration or through dynamic means. Alternatively, the home network knows the identity through a registration mechanism via the access terminal.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for routing in a network environment, comprising:
an application manager operable to; interface with an access terminal in a visited network that makes an emergency call, the application manager residing in a home network of the access terminal; receive an emergency call transmitted by the access terminal in the visited network; in response to receiving the emergency call, perform one or more emergency services at the home network using information available in the home network but not in the visited network; process the emergency call, the processing comprising determining an identity of a visited network emergency services application server that resides in the visited network; and send the emergency call to the visited network emergency services application server such that the emergency call is routed through the home network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for routing in a network environment, comprising:
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interfacing, by an application manager residing in a home network, with an access terminal in a visited network; receiving, by the application manager, an emergency call transmitted by the access terminal in the visited network; in response to receiving the emergency call, performing one or more emergency services at the home network using information available in the home network but not in the visited network; processing, by the application manager, the emergency call, the processing comprising determining an identity of a visited network emergency services application server that resides in the visited network; and sending, by the application manager, the emergency call to the visited network emergency services application server such that the emergency call is routed through the home network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Software for routing in a network environment, the software being embodied in at least one non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising code that, when executed, is operable to:
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interface, by an application manager residing in a home network, with an access terminal in a visited network; receive, by the application manager, an emergency call transmitted by the access terminal in the visited network; in response to receiving the emergency call, perform one or more emergency services at the home network using information available in the home network but not in the visited network; process, by the application manager, the emergency call, the processing comprising determining an identity of a visited network emergency services application server that resides in the visited network; and send, by the application manager, the emergency call to the visited network emergency services application server such that the emergency call is routed through the home network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for routing in a network environment, comprising:
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receiving, in a home network, an emergency call transmitted by an access terminal in a visited network; in response to receiving the emergency call, performing one or more emergency services at the home network using information available in the home network but not in the visited network; processing, at the home network, the emergency call, the processing comprising determining an identity of a visited network emergency services application server that resides in the visited network; and sending the emergency call to the visited network emergency services application server such that the emergency call is routed through the home network and processed by the visited network emergency services application server.
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20. A system comprising:
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means for interfacing, by an application manager residing in a home network, with an access terminal in a visited network; means for receiving, by the application manager, an emergency call transmitted by the access terminal in the visited network; means for performing one or more emergency services at the home network in response to receiving the emergency call using information available in the home network but not in the visited network; means for processing, by the application manager, the emergency call, the processing comprising determining an identity of a visited network emergency services application server that resides in the visited network; and means for sending, by the application manager, the emergency call to the visited network emergency services application server such that the emergency call is routed through the home network.
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