Communication network for providing emergency services
First Claim
1. A communication network for providing emergency services, said communication network including a packet network, the communication network comprising:
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a plurality of emergency services, anda plurality of response gateways connected to the emergency services and connected to the packet network; and
a plurality of conforming emergency systems connected to the packet network, each conforming emergency system (CES) of the plurality of conforming emergency systems is configured to establish a media channel over the packet network with one of the plurality of response gateways responsive to an emergency event, and is configured to transmit a retrieval key over the media channel to the one response gateway;
wherein each response gateway is configured to transmit queries for information corresponding with the retrieval key responsive to receipt of the retrieval key from one of the plurality of CES'"'"'s, is configured to receive the information originating from the emergency services corresponding with the retrieval key, and is configured to transmit the information over the media channel to the one conforming emergency system to provide the CES with information for handling an emergency event.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a communication network that includes a plurality of conforming emergency systems, a packet network, and an emergency services network. The emergency services network includes a plurality of response gateways and a plurality of emergency services. Each of the conforming emergency systems facilitates the establishment of a media channel with one of the response gateways. In any one of the conforming emergency systems, responsive to establishing a media channel over the packet network with a response gateway and responsive to an emergency event (e.g., a 9-1-1 call, a 1-1-2 call, etc), the conforming emergency system transmits a retrieval key for the emergency event over the established media channel to the response gateway. The response gateway transmits a query for information corresponding with the retrieval key. Responsive to receiving the information originating from the individual emergency services corresponding with the retrieval key, the response gateway transmits the information over the media channel to the conforming emergency system.
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1. A communication network for providing emergency services, said communication network including a packet network, the communication network comprising:
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an emergency services network comprising; a plurality of emergency services, and a plurality of response gateways connected to the emergency services and connected to the packet network; and a plurality of conforming emergency systems connected to the packet network, each conforming emergency system (CES) of the plurality of conforming emergency systems is configured to establish a media channel over the packet network with one of the plurality of response gateways responsive to an emergency event, and is configured to transmit a retrieval key over the media channel to the one response gateway; wherein each response gateway is configured to transmit queries for information corresponding with the retrieval key responsive to receipt of the retrieval key from one of the plurality of CES'"'"'s, is configured to receive the information originating from the emergency services corresponding with the retrieval key, and is configured to transmit the information over the media channel to the one conforming emergency system to provide the CES with information for handling an emergency event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of operating a communication network for providing emergency services, the communication network comprising an emergency services network and a plurality of conforming emergency systems connected to a packet network, the emergency services network comprising a plurality of emergency services and a plurality of response gateways connected to the emergency services and to the packet network, the method comprising the steps of:
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in each of the conforming emergency systems, establishing a media channel with one of the response gateways; in one of the conforming emergency systems (CES), responsive to establishing a media channel with one of the response gateways over the packet network and responsive to an emergency event, transmitting a retrieval key over the media channel to the one response gateway; receiving the retrieval key in the one response gateway, and transmitting a query for information corresponding to the retrieval key to at least one of the plurality of emergency services; and receiving the information in the one response gateway originating from the emergency services corresponding with the retrieval key, and transmitting the information over the media channel to the CES to provide the CES with information for handling the emergency event. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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