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Emergency call service with automatic third party notification and/or bridging

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  • US 8,041,017 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2007
  • Issued: 10/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a telecommunications network, a method for processing emergency calls, said method comprising:

  • (a) receiving a first call at a node of the telecommunications network from a calling party that originated the first call;

    (b) detecting that the received first call is an emergency call;

    (c) establishing a conference bridge in response to the detected emergency call;

    (d) connecting the emergency call over the conference bridge to a designated facility that handles emergency calls; and

    ,(e) automatically originating at least one second call associated with the conference bridge from the node to at least one predetermined third party that is different than the calling party and the facility, each third party being previously designated by the calling party along with suitable contact information for the corresponding third party in conjunction with a service feature provided to the calling party via the telecommunications network.

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