Video E911

• US 8,520,805 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2007
• 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): Nguyen, Duc
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHARIFZADEH, IBRAHAM KALEL
• Application Number:
  US11/802,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20080273670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,287 Days
• Field of Search: 379 37- 51
• US Class Current: 379/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42076 where the identifier is a Uniform Resource Locator
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5191 interacting with the Internet
• 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

Abstract

E911 call routing technology that employs pseudo Automatic Number Indicators (pANI) is enhanced to provide video E911 services. Digital photos or video from a camera-equipped phone are associated with a pseudo Automatic Number Identification (pANI), e.g., an emergency service routing key (ESRK), or an emergency service query key (ESQK) in the VoIP scenario, and a dedicated email address is associated with each pseudo Automatic Number Indicator (pANI) for the emergency caller to email the image content to. A video E911 web database containing associations between pANIs and staged image content associated with the emergency caller relating to the pANI, is maintained at an appropriate video E911 web site hosted by a mobile positioning center (MPC) or VoIP positioning center (VPC).

Claims

1. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller, comprising:

associating a dedicated unique emergency E911 email address with each pseudo Automatic Number Indicator (pANI) in said emergency E911 network; and

staging digital video sourced by an emergency E911 caller identified by said dedicated unique emergency E911 email address.

2. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 1, further comprising:

staging additional data relating to the emergency E911 caller, along with said digital video sourced by said emergency E911 caller.

3. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 1, wherein:

said pANI is an emergency service routing key (ESRK).

4. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 1, wherein:

said pANI is an emergency service query key (ESQK).

5. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 1, wherein:

said digital video is sourced from a camera-equipped phone.

6. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 5, wherein:

said digital video is a video clip.

7. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 5, wherein:

said digital video is a live digital video data stream.

8. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 1, further comprising:

a stored digital photograph sourced by an emergency E911 caller identified by said dedicated unique emergency E911 email.

9. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 8, wherein:

said digital photograph is sourced from a camera-equipped phone.

10. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller, comprising:

means for associating a dedicated unique emergency E911 email address with each pseudo Automatic Number Indicator (pANI) in said emergency E911 network; and

means for staging digital video sourced by an emergency E911 caller identified by said dedicated unique emergency E911 email address.

11. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 10, further comprising:

means for staging additional data relating to the emergency E911 caller, along with said digital video sourced by said emergency E911 caller.

12. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 10, wherein:

said pANI is an emergency service routing key (ESRK).

13. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 10, wherein:

said pANI is an emergency service query key (ESQK).

14. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 10, wherein:

said digital video is sourced from a camera-equipped phone.

15. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 14, wherein:

said digital video is a video clip.

16. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 14, wherein:

said digital video is a live digital video data stream.

17. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 10, wherein said digital video comprises:

a digital photograph.

18. In an emergency E911 network, apparatus for associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 17, wherein:

said digital photograph is sourced from a camera-equipped phone.

19. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller, comprising:

associating a dedicated unique emergency E911 email address with each pseudo Automatic Number Indicator (pANI) in said emergency E911 network; and

staging, via a mobile positioning center, a digital video sourced by an emergency E911 caller identified by said dedicated unique emergency E911 email address.

20. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 19, further comprising:

staging additional data relating to the emergency E911 caller, along with said digital video sourced by said emergency E911 caller.

21. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 19, wherein:

said pANI is an emergency service routing key (ESRK).

22. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 19, wherein:

said pANI is an emergency service query key (ESQK).

23. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 19, further comprising:

staged digital video sourced by said emergency E911 caller identified by said dedicated unique emergency E911 email.

24. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 23, wherein:

said digital video is sourced from a camera-equipped phone.

25. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 23, wherein:

said digital video is a video clip.

26. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 23, wherein:

said digital video is a live digital video data stream.

27. A method of associating digital image content with an emergency E911 caller according to claim 26, wherein:

said digital photograph is sourced from a camera-equipped phone.