Internet protocol based 911 system

• US 9,729,714 B1
• Filed: 01/13/2016
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: K.Mizra LLC
• Original Assignee: Spectrum Patents, Inc. (Brian Yates)
• Inventors: Smith, Michael Gregory, Martino, Monica Rose
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamara, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US14/994,894
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 370352, 370231, 370328, 370320, 379 45, 379 49, 379201
• 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 where the service is an information service H04M2242/15; services independent of location H04M3/42229
• 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;

embedding global positioning data, using the Global Positioning Systems capability, into the emergency Internet Protocol request; and

sending the emergency Internet Protocol request to a server 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.

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

3. The method of claim 2 comprising handling, by the call center, an emergency voice interface with a 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. The method of claim 1 comprising obtaining the global positioning data using the Global Positioning Systems capability.

7. The method of claim 1 comprising accessing a database that cross references at least one emergency services number with the global positioning data.

8. 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; and

a processor that sends the emergency Internet Protocol request to a server when the one or more emergency criteria are satisfied, and wherein global positioning data is embedded, using the Global Positioning Systems capability, into the emergency Internet Protocol request.

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

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

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor sends the emergency Internet Protocol request responsive to obtaining the global positioning data.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the receiver receives one or more emergency criteria from an Internet Protocol enabled device responsive to the processor receiving the global positioning data.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor obtains the global positioning data.

14. 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;

embedding global positioning data, using a Global Positioning Systems capability, 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.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 configured to store instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform passing a voice call and the available number to a call center.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 configured to store instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform handling, by the call center, an emergency voice interface with a person who entered the emergency criteria.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 configured to store instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform determining by a call center operator which emergency service to dial after speaking with the person.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 configured to store instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform defaulting by a call center operator to a fire rescue number.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 configured to store instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform obtaining the global positioning data using the Global Positioning Systems capability.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 configured to store instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform accessing a database that cross references at least one emergency services dial number with the global positioning data.