Internet protocol based 911 system

• US 9,282,187 B1
• Filed: 07/18/2006
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: K.Mizra LLC
• Original Assignee: Ip911 Resource
• Inventors: Martino, Monica Rose, Smith, Michael Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Charles C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kamara, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US11/488,271
• Time in Patent Office: 3,521 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/231, 370/328, 370/320, 379/45, 379/49, 379/201
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/17 Emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42357 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using an IP enabled device having GPS capability. The IP enabled device is monitored for one or more emergency criteria. If the emergency criteria are satisfied, global positioning data is obtained using the GPS capability and the emergency IP request is sent to an address server. The address server receives the emergency IP request, obtains local emergency services data based on the global positioning data, dials a call center station based on the local emergency services data and passes an emergency call from the IP enabled device to the call center station. This invention can be implemented as a computer program embedded in a computer readable medium wherein the steps are performed by one or more code segments.

Claims

1. A method for initiating an emergency Internet Protocol request using an Internet Protocol enabled device having Global Positioning Systems capability, the method comprising:

monitoring software on the Internet Protocol enabled device for one or more emergency criteria;

obtaining global positioning data using the Global Positioning Systems capability;

embedding the global positioning data into the emergency Internet Protocol request;

sending the emergency Internet Protocol request when the one or more emergency criteria are satisfied, the emergency criteria comprising sensor data retrieved from at least one sensor in proximity to the Internet Protocol device;

transmitting the emergency Internet Protocol request to a server; and

accessing a database that cross references at least one emergency services direct dial number with the global positioning data.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising passing a voice call and the available direct dial number to a call center.

3. The method of claim 2 comprising handling, by the call center, an emergency voice interface with the person who entered the emergency criteria.

4. The method of claim 3 comprising determining by a call center operator which emergency service to dial after speaking with the person.

5. The method of claim 3 comprising defaulting by a call center operator to a fire rescue number.

6. An apparatus configured to initiate an emergency Internet Protocol request, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives one or more emergency criteria from an Internet Protocol enabled device, the emergency criteria comprising sensor data retrieved from at least one sensor in proximity to the Internet Protocol device;

a processor that obtains global positioning data and sends the emergency Internet Protocol request when the one or more emergency criteria are satisfied, and wherein the global positioning data is embedded into the emergency Internet Protocol request; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the emergency Internet Protocol request to a server.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor accesses a database that cross references at least one emergency services direct dial number with the global positioning data.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor accesses a database that cross references at least one emergency services direct dial number with the global positioning data.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor sends the emergency Internet Protocol request responsive to obtaining the global positioning data.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the receiver receives one or more emergency criteria from an Internet Protocol enabled device responsive to the processor receiving the global positioning data.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:

monitoring software on an Internet Protocol enabled device for one or more emergency criteria, the emergency criteria comprising sensor data retrieved from at least one sensor in proximity to the Internet Protocol device;

obtaining global positioning data using a Global Positioning Systems capability;

embedding the global positioning data into the emergency Internet Protocol request; and

sending an emergency Internet Protocol request to a server when the one or more emergency criteria are satisfied; and

accessing a database that cross reference at least one emergency services direct dial number with the global positioning data.