Emergency call handling
First Claim
1. A user terminal for use with a communications system, the user terminal comprising:
- a non-volatile memory;
a subscriber identity authentication unit configured in use to communicate with a removable subscriber identity module and with said communications system in order to authenticate a subscriber identity stored in said subscriber identity module;
a recording unit for recording a used and authenticated subscriber identity in said non-volatile memory; and
an emergency call initiation unit configured to initiate an unauthenticated emergency call in the absence of a subscriber identity module, to provide a user terminal identity in place of the subscriber identity in a call setup request during the initiation, and to retrieve said used and authenticated subscriber identity from said non-volatile memory and to provide the retrieved subscriber identity to the communications system during the initiation,wherein the unauthenticated emergency call is an emergency call in which a subscriber is not fully authenticated or registered,wherein said user terminal identity is an International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) identity.
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Abstract
A user terminal for use with a communications system. The user terminal comprises a non-volatile memory and a subscriber identity authentication unit configured in use to communicate with a removable subscriber identity module and with said communications system in order to authenticate a subscriber identity stored in said subscriber identity module. A recording unit is provided for recording a used and authenticated subscriber identity in said non-volatile memory, while an emergency call initiation unit is configured to initiate an unauthenticated emergency call in the absence of a subscriber identity module, and to retrieve said used and authenticated subscriber identity from said non-volatile memory and to provide the retrieved subscriber identity to the communications system during the initiation.
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17 Claims
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1. A user terminal for use with a communications system, the user terminal comprising:
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a non-volatile memory;
a subscriber identity authentication unit configured in use to communicate with a removable subscriber identity module and with said communications system in order to authenticate a subscriber identity stored in said subscriber identity module;a recording unit for recording a used and authenticated subscriber identity in said non-volatile memory; and an emergency call initiation unit configured to initiate an unauthenticated emergency call in the absence of a subscriber identity module, to provide a user terminal identity in place of the subscriber identity in a call setup request during the initiation, and to retrieve said used and authenticated subscriber identity from said non-volatile memory and to provide the retrieved subscriber identity to the communications system during the initiation, wherein the unauthenticated emergency call is an emergency call in which a subscriber is not fully authenticated or registered, wherein said user terminal identity is an International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) identity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A user terminal for use with a communications system, the user terminal comprising:
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a non-volatile memory; a subscriber identity authentication unit configured in use to communicate with a removable subscriber identity module and with said communications system in order to authenticate a subscriber identity stored in said subscriber identity module; a recording unit for recording in said non-volatile memory, details of unauthenticated emergency calls made from the terminal in the absence of a subscriber identity module; and a data handling unit configured, following re-installation of a subscriber identity module into the user terminal and at or following authentication of a subscriber to said system, to retrieve any emergency call details from said non-volatile memory, and to provide these to said system, wherein each of the unauthenticated emergency calls is an emergency call in which a subscriber is not fully authenticated or registered. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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12. A method of handling unauthenticated emergency calls in a communication system that requires authentication of subscriber identities for non-emergency calls, the method comprising:
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upon authentication of a subscriber identity stored on a subscriber identity module installed in a user terminal, storing the subscriber identity in a non-volatile memory of the user terminal outside of said subscriber identity module; and following removal of the subscriber identity module from the user terminal, initiating an unauthenticated emergency call from the terminal, providing a user terminal identity in place of the subscriber identity in a call setup request during the initiation, retrieving the used and authenticated subscriber identity from said non-volatile memory and providing this to the communications system during the initiation, wherein the unauthenticated emergency call is an emergency call in which a subscriber is not fully authenticated or registered, wherein said user terminal identity is an International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) identity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method of handling unauthenticated emergency calls in a communication system that requires authentication of subscriber identities for non-emergency calls, the method comprising:
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following removal of a subscriber identity module from a user terminal, storing within a non-volatile memory of the terminal, details of unauthenticated emergency calls made from the terminal in the absence of the subscriber identity module; and following re-installation of a subscriber identity module into the user terminal and at or following authentication of a subscriber to said system, retrieving any emergency call details from said non-volatile memory, and providing these to said system, wherein each of the unauthenticated emergency calls is an emergency call in which a subscriber is not fully authenticated or registered. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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