Method and system for providing a service at a current location

• US 9,756,494 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• 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: Parlamas, Stephanie, Kadi, Sergio, Buyukdura, Feza, Patel, Vimal, Crawford, Dwayne
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): GENACK, MATTHEW W
• Application Number:
  US14/633,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20160255483A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041-4042, 4554141, 4554351
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A processor receives a request to access the service via the software client. The processor sends to a network service provider a request for validation of a current location as to a coverage of an emergency service, when the current location was not previously validated for the coverage of the emergency service. The processor determines whether a response is received from the network service provider, indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the response includes an address identifier associated with the current location for accessing the emergency service. The processor performs a registration with the network service provider via the software client at the current location, when the response is received indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service and enables the user to access the service via the software client at the current location.

Claims

1. A method for providing a non-emergency service to a user via a software client of an endpoint device, the method comprising:

receiving, via a processor of the endpoint device, a request from the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client, wherein the non-emergency service comprises a voice over long term evolution network service;

sending, via the processor, to a network service provider in response to receiving the request from the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client, a request for validation of a current location as to a coverage of an emergency service, when the current location was not previously validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the processor is in communication with the network service provider via a non-cellular access network;

determining, via the processor, whether a response is received, from the network service provider, indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the response includes an address identifier associated with the current location for accessing the emergency service;

performing, via the processor, a registration with the network service provider via the software client at the current location, when the response is received indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service; and

enabling, via the processor, the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client at the current location when the registration is performed.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, via the processor, whether an emergency number is dialed, wherein the emergency number is for accessing the emergency service; and

originating, via the processor, a call request, wherein the call request comprises the address identifier associated with the current location, when the emergency number is dialed.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, via the processor, a request for storage to a web security function of the network service provider, when the response is received indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the request for storage comprises the current location and the address identifier associated with the current location.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, via the processor, a second response to the request for storage from the web security function, wherein the second response to the request for storage comprises a list of a previously validated address and a respective address identifier for the previously validated address, wherein the list of the previously validated address comprises at least one address that is validated for the emergency service.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving, via the processor, a list of a previously validated address from a web security function of the network service provider.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the retrieving the list of the previously validated address from the web security function is performed when a request to retrieve the list of the previously validated address is received from the user.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining, via the processor, whether the current location was previously validated for the coverage of the emergency service by determining whether the current location comprises a location selected from the list of the previously validated address received from the network service provider.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining, via the processor, whether the current location was previously validated for the coverage of the emergency service by determining whether the current location comprises a default location that was previously validated.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the current location is a location received as an input from the user.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

preventing, via the processor, the registration with the network service provider at the current location, when the response is received indicating that the current location is not validated for the coverage of the emergency service.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing the registration with the network service provider comprises performing a session initiation protocol registration.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for validation of the current location for the coverage of the emergency service is sent by the network service provider to an i2 service provider.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the request for validation of the current location for the coverage of the emergency service sent by the network service provider to the i2 service provider comprises the address identifier associated with the current location.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the response indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service comprises a response received by the network service provider from the i2 service provider.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the i2 service provider stores the current location and the address identifier associated with the current location.

16. An apparatus for providing a non-emergency service to a user via a software client of the apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a request from the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client, wherein the non-emergency service comprises a voice over long term evolution network service;

sending to a network service provider in response to receiving the request from the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client, a request for validation of a current location as to a coverage of an emergency service, when the current location was not previously validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the processor is in communication with the network service provider via a non-cellular access network;

determining whether a response is received from the network service provider, indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the response includes an address identifier associated with the current location for accessing the emergency service;

performing a registration with the network service provider via the software client at the current location, when the response is received indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service; and

enabling the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client at the current location when the registration is performed.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, the operations further comprising:

determining whether an emergency number is dialed, wherein the emergency number is for accessing the emergency service; and

originating a call request, wherein the call request comprises the address identifier associated with the current location, when the emergency number is dialed.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of an endpoint device, cause the processor to perform operations for providing a non-emergency service to a user via a software client of the endpoint device, the operations comprising:

receiving a request from the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client, wherein the non-emergency service comprises a voice over long term evolution network service;

sending to a network service provider in response to receiving the request from the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client, a request for validation of a current location as to a coverage of an emergency service, when the current location was not previously validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the processor is in communication with the network service provider via a non-cellular access network;

determining whether a response is received from the network service provider, indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the response includes an address identifier associated with the current location for accessing the emergency service;

performing a registration with the network service provider via the software client at the current location, when the response is received indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service; and

enabling the user to access the non-emergency service via the software client at the current location when the registration is performed.