System and method for determining a telecommunications address

• US 8,284,914 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2008
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Services Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Heffington, Sidney
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khai N
• Application Number:
  US12/006,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20090168979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,742 Days
• Field of Search: 379/142.1, 379/201.01, 379/221.01, 379/265.01
• US Class Current: 379/201.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/08 specially adapted for optional reception of entertainment or informative matter
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and system for determining a telecommunications address of a location. A telephone call from a caller located at the location is received. Location data associated with the received telephone call is then obtained. The telecommunications address can then be determined from the location data.

Claims

1. A method for determining common language location identifier codes for a plurality of locations comprising:

receiving a request for service from an end user;

transmitting an instruction to the end user to make a first telephone call from a first location;

receiving the first telephone call from the end user located at the first location;

receiving a second telephone call from the end user located at a second location;

determining a call type being one of a landline or cellular associated with each of the first telephone call and the second telephone call;

determining location data and related data associated with the first telephone call;

determining location data and related data associated with the second telephone call;

determining, by a processor, a common language location identifier code, a street address, and vertical and horizontal coordinates for the first location using the location data and related data associated with the first call;

determining, by the processor, a common language location identifier code, a street address, and vertical and horizontal coordinates for the second location using the location data and related data associated with the second call;

plotting on a map the location data associated with the first call and the location data associated with the second call.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining the common language location identifier code for the location further comprises querying a database with the location data.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining location data further comprises determining one of a phone number of the end user, a date that the telephone call was placed, and a time that the telephone call was placed.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining location data further comprises determining global positioning system coordinates of the location.

5. A system for determining common language location identifier codes for a plurality of locations comprising:

means for receiving a request for service from an end user;

means for transmitting an instruction to the end user to make a first telephone call from a first location;

means for receiving the first telephone call from the end user located at the first location

means for receiving a second telephone call from the end user located at a second location;

means for determining a call type being one of a landline or cellular associated with each of the first telephone call and the second telephone call;

means for determining location data and related data associated with the first telephone call;

means for determining location data and related data associated with the second telephone call;

means for determining a common language location identifier code, a street address, and vertical and horizontal coordinates for the first location using the location data and related data associated with the first call;

means for determining a common language location identifier code, a street address, and vertical and horizontal coordinates for the second location using the location data and related data associated with the second call;

means for plotting on a map the location data associated with the first call and the location data associated with the second call.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the means for determining the common language location identifier code further comprises means for querying a database with the location data.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the means for determining location data further comprises means for determining one of a phone number of the caller, the date that the telephone call was placed, and the time that the telephone call was placed.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the means for determining location data further comprises means for determining global positioning system coordinates of the first location and the second location.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request for service from an end user;

transmitting an instruction to the end user to make a first telephone call from a first location;

receiving the first telephone call from the end user located at the first location;

receiving a second telephone call from the end user located at a second location;

determining a call type being one of a landline or cellular associated with each of the first telephone call and the second telephone call;

determining location data and related data associated with the first telephone call;

determining location data and related data associated with the second telephone call;

determining, by a processor, a common language location identifier code, a street address, and vertical and horizontal coordinates for the first location using the location data and related data associated with the first call;

determining, by the processor, a common language location identifier code, a street address, and vertical and horizontal coordinates for the second location using the location data and related data associated with the second call;

plotting on a map the location data associated with the first call and the location data associated with the second call.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the determining a common language location identifier code, a street address, and vertical and horizontal coordinates for the first location further comprises the querying a database with the location data and related data associated with the first call.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the determining location data and related data associated with the first telephone call further comprises determining one of a phone number of the caller, the date that the telephone call was placed, and the time that the telephone call was placed.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the determining location data and related data associated with the first telephone call further comprises determining global positioning system coordinates of the first location.