Methods, systems and computer program products for enabling emergency 911 calls in voice over internet protocol (VOIP) systems
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1. A method For providing emergency services to a voice over internet protocol subscriber, comprising:
- Determining that a connection cannot be established between a voice over internet protocol router and a voice over interact protocol service provider network;
requesting that a mobile terminal physically coupled to the voice over internet protocol router dial the emergency services only responsive to the determining that the connection cannot be established; and
automatically initiating a call from the mobile terminal physically coupled to the voice over internet protocol router to the emergency services responsive to the requesting that the mobile terminal associated with the voice over internet protocol router dial the emergency services;
wherein requesting is preceded by querying the VoIP router for presence of a mobile terminal; and
wherein querying is followed by;
determining if the mobile terminal is powered on if it is determined that a mobile terminal is present; and
powering on the mobile terminal if it is determined that the mobile terminal is not powered on.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for providing emergency services to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscribers. It is determined that a connection cannot be established between a VoIP router and a VoIP service provider network. A mobile terminal associated with the VoIP router is requested to dial the emergency services responsive to the determination that the connection cannot be established. A call is initiated from the mobile terminal to the emergency services responsive to the request. Related systems and computer program products are also provided herein.
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1. A method For providing emergency services to a voice over internet protocol subscriber, comprising:
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Determining that a connection cannot be established between a voice over internet protocol router and a voice over interact protocol service provider network; requesting that a mobile terminal physically coupled to the voice over internet protocol router dial the emergency services only responsive to the determining that the connection cannot be established; and automatically initiating a call from the mobile terminal physically coupled to the voice over internet protocol router to the emergency services responsive to the requesting that the mobile terminal associated with the voice over internet protocol router dial the emergency services; wherein requesting is preceded by querying the VoIP router for presence of a mobile terminal; and wherein querying is followed by;
determining if the mobile terminal is powered on if it is determined that a mobile terminal is present; and
powering on the mobile terminal if it is determined that the mobile terminal is not powered on. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for providing emergency services to a voice over internet protocol subscriber, comprising:
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a mobile terminal that is configured to receive positioning information; and
a voice over internet protocol router physically coupled to the mobile terminal and configured to determine that a connection cannot be established between the voice over internet protocol router and a voice over internet protocol service provider network and request that the mobile terminal dial the emergency services only when the connection cannot be established, wherein the mobile terminal is further configured to automatically initiate a call from the mobile terminal to the emergency services responsive to the request that the mobile terminal dial the emergency services;wherein the voice over internet protocol router further comprises a universal serial bus port configured to couple the voice over internet protocol router to the mobile terminal and wherein the voice over internet protocol router is further configured to query the voice over internet protocol router for presence of the mobile terminal if the connection cannot be established between the voice over internet protocol router and a voice over internet protocol service provider; and wherein the voice over internet protocol router is further configured to;
determine if the mobile terminal is powered on if the mobile terminal is present; and
power on the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal is not powered on. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for providing emergency services to a voice over internet protocol subscriber, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code, when executed by a processor, performing a method comprising; determining that a connection cannot be established between a voice over internet protocol router and a voice over internet protocol service provider network; requesting that a mobile terminal physically coupled to the voice over internet protocol-router dial the emergency services only responsive to the determining that the connection cannot be established; and automatically initiating a call from the mobile terminal to the emergency services responsive to the requesting that the mobile terminal physically coupled m the voice over internet protocol router dial the emergency services; querying the voice over interact protocol router for presence of the mobile terminal; and determining if the mobile terminal is powered on if the mobile terminal is present; and
powering on the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal is not powered on. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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