System and method for providing emergency wireline telephone services to residences
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1. A method for providing emergency wireline telephone services, the method comprising:
- activating an emergency service plan for a wireline telephone line in response to a selection by a user;
providing emergency wireline telephone services to a residence to enable the user to place telephone calls using the wireline telephone line, in response to activation of the emergency service plan, wherein the wireline telephone line does not have an active non-emergency telecommunication service plan;
enabling the user to place emergency telephone calls to emergency services;
enabling the user to place telephone calls to parties other than emergency services in response to receiving an access code while restricting use of the wireline telephone line to emergency calls unless the access code is received;
temporarily assigning a telephone number from among a plurality of available telephone numbers to the user when placing a telephone call; and
billing the user for placing the emergency telephone calls and the telephone calls on a per-usage basis.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing wireline telephone services may include providing wireline telephone services to a residence to enable a user to place telephone calls. In response to receiving an access code, the user may be enabled to place telephone calls. The user may be billed for placing the telephone calls on a per-usage basis.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for providing emergency wireline telephone services, the method comprising:
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activating an emergency service plan for a wireline telephone line in response to a selection by a user; providing emergency wireline telephone services to a residence to enable the user to place telephone calls using the wireline telephone line, in response to activation of the emergency service plan, wherein the wireline telephone line does not have an active non-emergency telecommunication service plan; enabling the user to place emergency telephone calls to emergency services; enabling the user to place telephone calls to parties other than emergency services in response to receiving an access code while restricting use of the wireline telephone line to emergency calls unless the access code is received;
temporarily assigning a telephone number from among a plurality of available telephone numbers to the user when placing a telephone call; andbilling the user for placing the emergency telephone calls and the telephone calls on a per-usage basis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing emergency wireline telephone service, the system comprising:
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a storage unit;
at least one data repository stored on the storage unit; anda processing unit in communication with the storage unit and configured to communicate with said at least one data repository, said processing unit further configured to; activate an emergency service plan for a wireline telephone line in response to a selection by a user, wherein the wireline telephone line has no active non-emergency telecommunication service plan; receive a call request from the user in response to the emergency service plan being activated, implement the call request through a telecommunications network in response to the call request being associated with emergency services; request an access code to enable the user to access the telecommunications network in response to the call request being associated with parties other than the emergency services; implement the call request in response to determining that the access code is associated with the user as stored in said at least one data repository; restrict access to the wireline telephone line to emergency telephone calls unless the access code is received;
wherein said processing unit is further configured to temporarily assign a telephone number from among a plurality of available telephone numbers in said at least one repository to the user when placing a telephone call; andbill the user for the call request on a per-usage basis. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing backup wireline telephone services, the method comprising:
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activating a backup service plan for a wireline telephone line, in response to a selection by a user, wherein the wireline telephone line has no active non-emergency telecommunication service plan; providing wireline telephone services to a residence to enable a user to place emergency telephone calls in response to the user selecting to activate the backup service plan; restricting use of the wireline telephone line to emergency telephone calls unless an access code is received;
temporarily assigning a telephone number to the backup service plan for a time period in response to a telephone call being placed; andbilling the user exclusively for placing telephone calls.
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