SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING 9-1-1 SERVICES TO NOMADIC INTERNET TELEPHONY CALLERS

• US 20090110154A1
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: COLUNGA, Elizabeth Anita
• Granted Patent: US 8,073,111 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• 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

A system for facilitating 9-1-1 service delivery to internet telephony customers is provided. The system includes a server device for receiving a 9-1-1 call from a user device via a data network, where the 9-1-1 call are based on “9-1-1” digits dialed at the user device. The server device is configured to forward the received 9-1-1 call to an operator services interface operatively connected to the server device.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating 9-1-1 service delivery to internet telephony customers, comprising:

a server device for receiving a 9-1-1 call from a user device via a data network, the 9-1-1 call being based on “

9-1-1”

digits dialed at the user device,

wherein the server device is configured to forward the received 9-1-1 call to an operator services interface operatively connected to the server device.

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