Address validation for personal emergency response systems
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, from a moveable landline device and at a server, a Voice over Internet Protocol (“
VoIP”
) telephone call, the moveable landline device being connected to a VoIP adapter that is configured to provide the moveable landline device with a telephony service over the Internet;
responsive to obtaining a telephone number associated with an origin of the telephone call, obtaining an address associated with the moveable landline device;
when the telephone call is received, requesting a verification for the address associated with the moveable landline device from a wireless network servicing a wireless device within proximity of the moveable landline device;
receiving, from the wireless network, address information for a location of the wireless device responsive to the address verification request; and
comparing the address information for the location of the wireless device with the address associated with the moveable landline device to determine whether or not the address of the moveable landline device is accurate.
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Abstract
A server verifies that an address of record for a personal emergency response (PERS) device is in agreement with a current address of the PERS device. The PERS device has a docking station and a wearable unit. At start-up, the docking station places a call to the server and the server receives coordinates of the wearable unit. The coordinates are reverse-mapped into the current address and compared with the address of record. If the current address and the address of record differ, the address of record is updated to reflect the current address.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a moveable landline device and at a server, a Voice over Internet Protocol (“
VoIP”
) telephone call, the moveable landline device being connected to a VoIP adapter that is configured to provide the moveable landline device with a telephony service over the Internet;responsive to obtaining a telephone number associated with an origin of the telephone call, obtaining an address associated with the moveable landline device; when the telephone call is received, requesting a verification for the address associated with the moveable landline device from a wireless network servicing a wireless device within proximity of the moveable landline device; receiving, from the wireless network, address information for a location of the wireless device responsive to the address verification request; and comparing the address information for the location of the wireless device with the address associated with the moveable landline device to determine whether or not the address of the moveable landline device is accurate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium; and programming instructions embodied in the at least one medium for execution by one or more computers, wherein the programming instructions configures the one or more computers to be capable of performing functions, the functions comprising; receiving, from a moveable landline device and at the one or more computers, a Voice over Internet Protocol (“
VoIP”
) telephone call, the moveable landline device being connected to a VoIP adapter that is configured to provide the moveable landline device with a telephony service over the Internet;responsive to obtaining a telephone number associated with an origin of the telephone call, obtaining an address associated with the moveable landline device; when the telephone call is received, requesting a verification for the address associated with the moveable landline device from a wireless network servicing a wireless device within proximity of the moveable landline device; receiving, from the wireless network, address information for a location of the wireless device responsive to the address verification request; and comparing the address information for the location of the wireless device with the address associated with the moveable landline device to determine whether or not the address of the moveable landline device is accurate. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system comprising at least one server, the at least one server comprising:
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an interface for communication through a network; a processor for controlling operations of the at least one server, including communications through the interface; storage for user records and programming executable by the processor, wherein the programming configures the processor so that the system is capable of implementing functions including functions to; receive, from a moveable landline device and at the at least one server, a Voice over Internet Protocol (“
VoIP”
) telephone call, the moveable landline device being connected to a VoIP adapter that is configured to provide the moveable landline device with a telephony service over the Internet;responsive to a telephone number associated with an origin of the telephone call, obtain an address associated with the moveable landline device; when the telephone call is received, request an address verification for the moveable landline device from a wireless network servicing a wireless device within proximity of the moveable landline device; receive, from the wireless network, address information for a location of the wireless device responsive to the address verification request; and compare the address information for the location of the wireless device with the address associated with the moveable landline device to determine whether or not the address of the moveable landline device is accurate. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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