Mobile automatic location identification (ALI) for first responders

• US 8,050,386 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2007
• Issued: 11/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Dickinson, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Jamal; Alexander
• Application Number:
  US11/705,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20080192731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,723 Days
• Field of Search: 379/45
• US Class Current: 379/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42357 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

Automatic Location Indication (ALI) data is digitally transferred from a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to a first responder via a web site accessed by the first responder. The web site lists each live E911 call within their jurisdiction, and appends the caller'"'"'s ALI and/or other location data relative to each call. Preferably the first responders (e.g., police car, paramedic, ambulance, fire truck, etc.) can view not only the emergency caller'"'"'s information for those E911 calls that they are responding to, but also information about other emergency callers that other first responders are responding to. This facilitates the actual response to individual emergency calls as well as the overall management of multiple responders to multiple emergency calls.

Claims

1. A method for providing location information to an emergency responder device, comprising:

obtaining, at a public safety answering point (PSAP), location information associated with an emergency caller device from an automatic location identification (ALI) database;

presenting said ALI location information with a web page accessible by an emergency responder device; and

permitting said emergency responder device access to said ALI location information via said web page;

wherein said ALI location information is displayed on said web page showing an association with a respective emergency call.

2. The method for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 1, wherein:

said web page displays a plurality of emergency calls, each of said plurality of emergency calls being associated with location information obtained by a respective PSAP, and each of said plurality of emergency calls being presented to said web page by said respective PSAP.

3. The method for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 1, wherein:

said web page is publicly accessible.

4. The method for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 1, wherein:

said emergency responder device is associated with a police car.

5. The method for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 1, wherein:

said emergency responder device is associated with an ambulance.

6. The method for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 1, wherein:

said emergency responder device is associated with a fire truck.

7. Apparatus for providing location information to an emergency responder device, comprising:

means for obtaining, at a public safety answering point (PSAP), location information associated with an emergency caller device from an automatic location identification (ALI) database;

means for presenting said ALI location information with a web page accessible by an emergency responder device; and

means for permitting said emergency responder device access to said ALI location information via said web page;

wherein said ALI location information is displayed on said web page showing an association with a respective emergency call.

8. The apparatus for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 7, wherein:

said web page displays a plurality of emergency calls, each of said plurality of emergency calls being associated with location information obtained by a respective PSAP, and each of said plurality of emergency calls being presented to said web page by said respective PSAP.

9. The apparatus for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 7, wherein:

said web page is adapted to be publicly accessible.

10. The apparatus providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 7, wherein:

said emergency responder device is associated with a police car.

11. The apparatus for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 7, wherein:

said emergency responder device is associated with an ambulance.

12. The apparatus for providing location information to an emergency responder device according to claim 7, wherein:

said emergency responder device is associated with a fire truck.