Method to implement E911 services in IMS (IP multimedia subsystem)

• US 9,380,440 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2014
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Crawford, Dwayne, Khan, Richard L., Lu, Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Sabouri, Mazda
• Application Number:
  US14/567,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20150094016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 565 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/306 Route determination based on the nature of the carried application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices

Abstract

Efficient processing and/or routing of emergency calls in an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) for VoIP (Voice over IP) subscribers can be enabled. In one aspect, an E911 profile is generated, for example, by an application server, for each VoIP subscriber based in part on current location information associated with the subscriber, such as, the subscriber'"'"'s IP address. The E911 profile is pushed to the HSS (Home Subscriber Server) of the IMS. The E911 profile can then be stored in the HSS and can be queried by an E-CSCF (Emergency Call Session Control Function) during emergency call processing. Moreover, when an emergency call is received from the subscriber, the E-CSCF can retrieve the E911 profile associated with the subscriber from the HSS and route the call to an appropriate PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) based on an analysis of the information in the E911 profile.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

based on registration data received from a user equipment during a coupling of the user equipment to a communication network device, determining address data representing an internet protocol address of the user equipment,

based on the address data, verifying that the user equipment is not located at a home location associated with the user equipment and that the user equipment is not located at a tenant location associated with a business account to which the user equipment has an authorized subscription, and

in response to the verifying, populating emergency service profile data of the user equipment,

wherein the populating comprises assigning null values to a temporary telephone number and an emergency services routing number, and assigning a value to a location routing functionality indicator, and wherein the value indicates that a location routing function device is to be queried for routing data in response to determining that an emergency call has been received from the user equipment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

directing the emergency service profile data to a network data store that is employable to store subscriber information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the address data is first address data, the internet protocol address is a first internet protocol address, and the verifying comprises comparing the first address data with second address data representing a second internet protocol address associated with the home location.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the verifying comprises determining, based on the comparing, that the first address data does not match the second address data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the address data is first address data, the internet protocol address is a first internet protocol address, and the verifying comprises comparing the first address data with second address data representing a second internet protocol addresses associated with the tenant location.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the verifying comprises determining, based on the comparing, that the first address data does not match the second address data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the routing data comprises information indicative of a non-null value for the emergency services routing number.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the emergency services routing number is employable to route the emergency call via a selected router device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the routing data comprises information indicative of an emergency services query key that is employable by an emergency service device as a calling party number for the user equipment.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the emergency services query key is employable to select a public safety answering point device that is utilized to service the emergency call.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the emergency call is a voice over internet protocol call.

12. A method, comprising:

during a registration of a user equipment with a communication network device, receiving, by a system comprising a processor, address data representing an internet protocol address of the user equipment;

based on the address data, determining, by the system, that the user equipment is not located at a home location associated with the user equipment and that the user equipment is not located at a tenant location associated with a business account to which an identity associated with the user equipment has subscribed; and

in response to the determining, updating, by the system, emergency service profile data associated with the user equipment that is employable to facilitate a routing of an emergency call has been received from the user equipment,

wherein the updating comprises assigning null values to a temporary telephone number associated with the user equipment and an emergency services routing number associated with the user equipment, and assigning a value to a location routing functionality indicator, and wherein the value indicates that routing data that facilitates the routing is to be requested from a location routing function device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

facilitating, by the system, a transmission of the emergency service profile data to a network data store that stores subscriber information.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the address data is first address data, the internet protocol address is a first internet protocol address, and the determining comprises determining that the first address data does not match second address data representing a second internet protocol address associated with the home location.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the address data is first address data, the internet protocol address is a first internet protocol address, and the determining comprises determining that the first address data does not match second address data representing a second internet protocol address associated with the tenant location.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the assigning the value facilitates receiving, from the location routing function device, information indicative of a non-null value for the emergency services routing number that is employable to select a router device for facilitating the routing.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the assigning the value facilitates receiving, from the location routing function device, information indicative of an emergency services query key that is employable to select a public safety answering point device that is utilized to service the emergency call.

18. A computer-readable storage device comprising computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

based on address data representing an internet protocol address of a user equipment that is received during a registration of the user equipment with a communication network device, verifying that the user equipment is not located at a first location assigned to the user equipment and that the user equipment is not located at a second location assigned to a business account to which the user equipment is subscribed; and

in response to the verifying, assigning null values to a temporary telephone number and an emergency services routing number associated with the user equipment, wherein the temporary telephone number and the emergency services routing number are utilized to facilitate a routing of an emergency call received from the user equipment; and

in response to the verifying, assigning a value to a location routing functionality indicator, wherein the value indicates that routing data that facilitates the routing is to be received from a location routing function device.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the routing data is indicative of a non-null value for the emergency services routing number that is employable to select a router device for facilitating the routing.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the routing data is indicative of an emergency services query key that is employable to select a public safety answering point device that is utilized to service the emergency call.