Personal identification and interactive device for internet-based text and video communication services
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1. A method, comprising:
- (a) receiving, via an address assignment module of a contactee and by a call over a telephone network, at least one of a Universal Resource Locator (“
URL”
) and a data network address of a computational device of a contactor;
(b) in response to the call over the telephone network, initiating, using the at least one of the URL and data network address and by a computational device of the contactee, at least one of a text- and video-based session with the contactor;
wherein step (a) comprises the sub-steps;
(A1) determining, by the telephone network, that the contactee has a communication disability or impairment;
(A2) in response, directing the call to a relay service; and
(A3) forwarding, by the relay service, the URL to the contactee'"'"'s computational device.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and device for assigning a telephone number to a browsing session and for providing physical location information to a public safety answering point in association with a web-based chat or relay session.
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13 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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(a) receiving, via an address assignment module of a contactee and by a call over a telephone network, at least one of a Universal Resource Locator (“
URL”
) and a data network address of a computational device of a contactor;(b) in response to the call over the telephone network, initiating, using the at least one of the URL and data network address and by a computational device of the contactee, at least one of a text- and video-based session with the contactor; wherein step (a) comprises the sub-steps; (A1) determining, by the telephone network, that the contactee has a communication disability or impairment; (A2) in response, directing the call to a relay service; and (A3) forwarding, by the relay service, the URL to the contactee'"'"'s computational device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A communication node, comprising:
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(a) a computational device having a network address on a data network; and (b) a portable address assignment module having a telephone number on a telephone network, the portable address assignment module being at least one of engaged physically and in communication wirelessly with the computational device and including; i. a subscriber identity agent comprising a unique service-subscriber key to identify a corresponding subscriber and ii. an assistive communication application to enable a user having a communication impairment to communicate, over the data network comprising the network address of the computational device being at least one of engaged physically and in communication wirelessly with the portable address assignment module, with another party. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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