E-911 information auto-population for Wi-Fi calling

• US 9,749,827 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Velusamy, Senthil Kumar Mulluppadi, Hassan, Omar
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US13/827,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20130244609A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141, 4554042, 4554041, 4554561, 4554562, 4554566, 370352, 379 45
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/00 Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Techniques for auto-populating emergency geo-location address information are described. Instances of geo-location address information may be acquired from a variety of different sources. The instances of geo-location address information may be prioritized based at least in part on each one'"'"'s respective source. A candidate geo-location address may be determined and may be used to auto-populate emergency address information.

Claims

1. A method of providing telecommunications services, the method comprising:

receiving a request for voice communications, over a wireless point-to-point network, by a telecommunications device configured to provide voice communications over a cellular telecommunications network;

determining whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith, wherein the verified emergency services address is an address that emergency services are directed to in the event of an emergency; and

auto-populating a geo-location address identifier for emergency services in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith, the geo-location address identifier to serve as the verified emergency services address, wherein the auto-populating includes selecting the geo-location address identifier from a list including multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information based on the priorities of those instances,

wherein the list including the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information is specific to a user of the telecommunications device, and

wherein each of the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information is a location of the user of the telecommunications device.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

granting the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, by the telecommunications device, in response to determining that the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith; and

denying the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, by the telecommunications device, in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein another device, remote from the telecommunications device, determines whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the user of the telecommunications device with the auto-populated geo-location address identifier;

receiving verification of a geo-location address corresponding to the auto-populated geo-location address identifier; and

associating the geo-location address, as the verified emergency services address, with the telecommunications device in response to receiving the verification of the geo-location address.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving the geo-location address identifier from a memory device of the telecommunications device; and

storing an association of the verified emergency services address with the telecommunications device in the memory device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving the geo-location address identifier from a memory device that is remote from the telecommunications device; and

storing an association of the verified emergency services address with the telecommunications device in the memory device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information are prioritized based on their respective sources.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein an instance of geo-location information corresponding to information manually entered by the user is prioritized highest.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information include a primary residence geo-location address, a secondary residence geo-location address, a work geo-location address, a geo-location address of a friend or relative, or a geo-location address of a location frequented by the user.

10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions thereon which, when executed by a computing device, implement a method of providing telecommunications services, the method comprising:

receiving a request for voice communications, over a wireless point-to-point network, by a telecommunications device configured to provide voice communications over a cellular telecommunications network;

determining whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith, wherein the verified emergency services address is an address that emergency services are directed to in the event of an emergency; and

auto-populating a geo-location address identifier for emergency services in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith, the geo-location address identifier to serve as the verified emergency services address, wherein the auto-populating includes selecting the geo-location address identifier from a list including multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information based on the priorities of those instances,

wherein the list including the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information is specific to a user of the telecommunications device, and

wherein each of the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information is a location of the user of the telecommunications device.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 10, the method further comprising:

granting the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, by the telecommunications device, in response to determining that the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith; and

denying the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, by the telecommunications device, in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 10, the method further comprising:

providing the user of the telecommunications device with the auto-populated geo-location address identifier;

receiving verification of a geo-location address corresponding to the auto-populated geo-location address identifier; and

associating the geo-location address, as the verified emergency services address, with the telecommunications device in response to receiving the verification of the geo-location address.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 10, the method further comprising:

providing a geo-location address for receiving emergency services to a device remote from the telecommunications device.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information are prioritized based on their respective sources.

15. A telecommunication device configured to provide voice communications over a cellular telecommunications network, comprising:

a processor; and

a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the telecommunication device to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request for voice communications, over a wireless point-to-point network;

determining whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith, wherein the verified emergency services address is an address that emergency services are directed to in the event of an emergency; and

auto-populating a geo-location address identifier for emergency services in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith, the geo-location address identifier to serve as the verified emergency services address, wherein the auto-populating includes selecting the geo-location address identifier from a list including multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information based on the priorities of those instances,

wherein the list including the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information is specific to a user of the telecommunication device, and

wherein each of the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information is a location of the user of the telecommunications device.

16. The telecommunication device of claim 15, wherein the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information are prioritized based on their respective sources.

17. The telecommunication device of claim 16, wherein an instance of geo-location information corresponding to information manually entered by the user is prioritized highest.

18. The telecommunication device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

granting the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, in response to determining that the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith; and

denying the request for voice communications, over the wireless point-to-point network, in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith.

19. The telecommunication device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing the user of the telecommunications device with the auto-populated geo-location address identifier;

receiving verification of a geo-location address corresponding to the auto-populated geo-location address identifier; and

associating the geo-location address, as the verified emergency services address, with the telecommunications device in response to receiving the verification of the geo-location address.