Enhanced wireless home phone for an emergency call service network

• US 9,622,061 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2014
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Morris, IV, William, Zermeno, Juan, Gonzalez, Lizbet, Ali, Liaqat, Knittel, Debbie, Dammrose, John Mark, Davis, Richard Warburton
• Primary Examiner(s): Prez-Gutirrez, Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pannell, Mark G.
• Application Number:
  US14/311,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 3405391-53913, 4554041-4042, 4554141, 4554561-457
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

An enhanced wireless home phone (WHP) component for use in an emergency call service network is presented herein. A method can include in response to determining that address information representing an address corresponding to a subscriber identity associated with a wireless service has been included in a data store corresponding to an emergency telecommunication service, determining whether a location of a wireless communication device associated with the subscriber identity satisfies a defined condition with respect to a distance of the wireless communication device from the address; and in response to determining that the location of the wireless communication device satisfies the defined condition, and in response to determining that a communication corresponding to the emergency telecommunication service has been received from the wireless communication device, sending the address information directed to a public safety answering point device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to determining, during a validation associated with a point of sale of a wireless communication device corresponding to a subscriber identity associated with a wireless service, that address information representing an address corresponding to the subscriber identity has not been included in a data store corresponding to an emergency telecommunication service, periodically determining, by a system comprising a processor based on a defined period of time, whether the address information has been included in the data store;

in response to the address information being determined to have been included in the data store, determining, by the system, whether a location of a wireless communication device associated with the subscriber identity satisfies a first defined condition with respect to a distance of the wireless communication device from the address;

in response to the location of the wireless communication device being determined to satisfy the first defined condition with respect to the distance of the wireless communication device from the address, and in response to a communication corresponding to the emergency telecommunication service being determined to have been received from the wireless communication device, sending, by the system, the address information directed to a public safety answering point device; and

in response to the address information being determined not to have been included in the data store, and in response to the communication being determined to have been received from the wireless communication device, sending, by the system directed to the public safety answering point device, location information comprising a longitude and a latitude associated with the location of the wireless communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the address information has been included in the data store comprises:

sending an address request directed to a service provider device configured to enable access to a master street address guide; and

receiving, based on address request, the address information from the service provider device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the location of the wireless communication device satisfies the first defined condition comprises:

sending a location request directed to a service provider device; and

receiving, based on the location request, the location information from the service provider device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the location information comprises global positioning system information comprising the longitude and the latitude.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

periodically reconfirming, by the system based on a defined frequency, whether the location of the wireless communication device satisfies the first defined condition with respect to the distance of the wireless communication device from the address.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the address information has not been included in the data store, sending, by the system, a notice, directed to the subscriber identity, indicating an inability to support submittal of the address during the emergency telecommunication service.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the location of the wireless communication device does not satisfy the first defined condition with respect to the distance of the wireless communication device from the address, and in response to determining that the communication corresponding to the emergency telecommunication service has been received from the wireless communication device, performing the sending of the location information directed to the public safety answering point device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the location of the wireless communication device does not satisfy the first defined condition with respect to the distance of the wireless communication device from the address, determining, by the system, whether the location of the wireless communication device satisfies a second defined condition with respect to the distance of the wireless communication device from the address.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to determining that the location of the wireless communication device satisfies the second defined condition with respect to the distance of the wireless communication device from the address, periodically determining, by the system based on a defined schedule, whether the location of the wireless communication device satisfies the first defined condition with respect to the distance of the wireless communication device from the address.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

in response to determining, based on the defined schedule, that the location of the wireless communication device does not satisfy the first defined condition with respect to the distance of the wireless communication device from the address, sending, by the system, a message directed to the subscriber identity associated with the wireless service.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

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

in response to determining, during a validation corresponding to a transaction at a point of sale of a wireless communication device associated with a subscriber identity representative of a subscriber that has subscribed to a wireless service, that an address corresponding to the subscriber identity has not been included in a data store associated with an emergency telecommunication service, periodically determining whether the address has been included in the data store;

in response to the information representing the address being determined to have been included in the data store, determining whether a distance from the wireless communication device to a geolocation corresponding to the address satisfies a first defined condition;

in response to the distance from the wireless communication device to the geolocation being determined to satisfy the first defined condition, and in response to a communication corresponding to the emergency telecommunication service being determined to have been received from the wireless communication device, sending the information representing the address directed to a public safety answering point device; and

in response to the information representing the address being determined not to have been included in the data store, and in response to the communication being determined to have been received from the wireless communication device, sending location information directed to the public safety answering point device, wherein the location information comprises a longitude and a latitude representing the geolocation.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

periodically determining, based on a defined period, whether the distance from the wireless communication device to the geolocation corresponding to the address satisfies the first defined condition.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the information representing the address has not been included in the data store, sending a message directed to the subscriber identity stating an inability to support submittal of the address during the emergency telecommunication service.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the distance from the wireless communication device to the geolocation corresponding to the address does not satisfy the first defined condition, and in response to determining that the communication corresponding to the emergency telecommunication service has been received from the wireless communication device, performing the sending of the location information directed to the public safety answering point device.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the distance from the wireless communication device to the geolocation corresponding to the address does not satisfy the first defined condition, determining whether the distance from the wireless communication device to the geolocation corresponding to the address satisfies a second defined condition.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the distance from the wireless communication device to the geolocation corresponding to the address satisfies the second defined condition, and in response to determining, based on a defined schedule, that the distance from the wireless communication device to the geolocation corresponding to the address does not satisfy the first defined condition, sending a message directed to the subscriber identity.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

in response to determining during a validation associated with a point of sale of a wireless communication device that an address corresponding to a subscriber identity associated with a wireless service has not been included in a data store corresponding to an emergency telecommunication service, periodically determining whether the address has been included in the data store;

in response to the address being determined to have been included in the data store, determining whether a location of a wireless communication device associated with the subscriber identity satisfies a defined condition with respect to a distance from a first geolocation of the wireless communication device to a second geolocation of the address;

in response to the location of the wireless communication device being determined to satisfy the defined condition, and in response to a communication corresponding to the emergency telecommunication service being determined to have been received from the wireless communication device, sending information representing the address directed to a public safety answering point device; and

in response to the address being determined not to have been included in the data store, and in response to the communication being determined to have been received from the wireless communication device, sending location information comprising a longitude and a latitude representing the location directed to the public safety answering point device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the address corresponding to the subscriber identity has not been included in the data store, sending a message directed to the subscriber identity, wherein the message indicates an inability to support submittal of the address during the emergency telecommunication service.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the location of the wireless communication device does not satisfy the defined condition, and in response to determining that the communication corresponding to the emergency telecommunication service has been received from the wireless communication device, performing the sending of the location information representing the location of the wireless communication device directed to the public safety answering point device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the location information comprises global positioning system information comprising the longitude and the latitude.