Method and apparatus for packetized supplemental wireless distress signaling
First Claim
1. A method in a public wireless communications system comprising:
- at a mobile terminal;
in response to a triggering event initiated by an occurrence of a certain type of situation, transmitting a message on a signaling channel that comprises previously stored user-specific information that is associated with the type of situation that has occurred, information that identifies the mobile terminal, and information that identifies a type of destination to which the message is directed and which is also associated with the type of situation that has occurred, wherein when a mobile switching center in the public wireless communications system receives the message, it determines an actual destination endpoint to which the message should be routed from the type of destination information in the message and routes the message to the actual destination endpoint, the message being routed to the actual destination endpoint without establishing an end-to-end connection between the mobile terminal and the actual destination endpoint.
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Abstract
In response to the triggering of a user'"'"'s mobile terminal, such as through pushing a dedicated button, by inputting a predetermined sequence of digits, through a menu selection, or automatically in response to an external input, a digital record containing user-specific information that is stored in the mobile terminal is packetized and transmitted over a signaling channel through the public wireless network, where the one or more packets are marked as being emergency 911 (E911) packets. From the header information in these packets, a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in the wireless network, recognizes these E911 packets as being destined to that MSC'"'"'s nearest Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), and transmits the information contained in those packets to that PSAP.
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24 Claims
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1. A method in a public wireless communications system comprising:
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at a mobile terminal; in response to a triggering event initiated by an occurrence of a certain type of situation, transmitting a message on a signaling channel that comprises previously stored user-specific information that is associated with the type of situation that has occurred, information that identifies the mobile terminal, and information that identifies a type of destination to which the message is directed and which is also associated with the type of situation that has occurred, wherein when a mobile switching center in the public wireless communications system receives the message, it determines an actual destination endpoint to which the message should be routed from the type of destination information in the message and routes the message to the actual destination endpoint, the message being routed to the actual destination endpoint without establishing an end-to-end connection between the mobile terminal and the actual destination endpoint. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method in a public wireless communications system comprising:
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at a mobile switching center; receiving on a signaling channel a message that was sent by a mobile terminal in response a triggering event that was initiated in response to an occurrence of a certain type of situation, the message comprising user-specific information that was previously stored at the mobile terminal and is associated with the type of situation that has occurred, information that identifies the mobile terminal, and information that identifies a type of destination to which the message is directed and which is also associated with the type of situation that has occurred, determining an actual destination endpoint from the type of destination information in the message; and routing the message to the actual destination endpoint, the message being routed to the actual destination endpoint without establishing an end-to-end connection between the mobile terminal and the actual destination endpoint. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer readable media tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer to perform a method at a mobile terminal operating on a public wireless communications system, the method comprising:
in response to a triggering event initiated by an occurrence of a certain type of situation, transmitting a message on a signaling channel that comprises previously stored user-specific information that is associated with the type of situation that has occurred, information that identifies the mobile terminal, and information that identifies a type of destination to which the message is directed and which is also associated with the type of situation that has occurred, wherein when a mobile switching center in the public wireless communications system receives the message, it determines an actual destination endpoint to which the message should be routed from the type of destination information in the message and routes the message to the actual destination endpoint, the message being routed to the actual destination endpoint without establishing an end-to-end connection between the mobile terminal and the actual destination endpoint.
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24. A computer readable media tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer to perform a method at a mobile switching center in a public wireless communications system, the method comprising:
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receiving on a signaling channel a message that was sent by a mobile terminal in response to a triggering event that was initiated in response to an occurrence of a certain type of situation, the message comprising user-specific information that was previously stored at the mobile terminal and is associated with the type of situation that has occurred, information that identifies the mobile terminal, and information that identifies a type of destination to which the message is directed and which is also associated with the type of situation that has occurred, determining an actual destination endpoint from the type of destination information in the message; and routing the message to the actual destination endpoint, the message being routed to the actual destination endpoint without establishing an end-to-end connection between the mobile terminal and the destination endpoint.
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