Mapping of IP phones for E911

• US 8,265,068 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2009
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Olshansky, Robert, Sporel, Eric R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Hemant
• Application Number:
  US12/537,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20090310602A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 370351-356, 370259-271, 4554221-4262, 4555501-560, 4554121-417, 455/521.6, 455/526.2, 709201-207, 709217-244
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

A system including a first network configured to receive IP device data from an IP device and to provide one or more IP addresses of the IP device based on the IP device data; a second network comprising: a second network location database configured to store physical location information, and a second network location server configured to receive the one or more IP addresses of the IP device from the first network, and query the second network location database to determine physical location information of the IP device based on the one or more IP addresses.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a network server of a first network configured to monitor a register message from an Internet Protocol (IP) device and detect whether a source IP address of the register message or a second IP address of the register message has changed, wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address; and

a location database of a second network configured to store physical location information, and

a location server of the second network configured to receive at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address from the network server based on the network server detecting a change in at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address, acquire physical location information from the location database by using at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address, and provide the physical location information, wherein the provided physical location information can be used for locating the IP device,

wherein the second network includes at least one switch of a plurality of switches that is associated with a switch IP address, and

wherein the location database is configured to store the switch IP address of the at least one switch, wherein the physical location information includes a physical location of the at least one switch.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the location server is configured to query the location database for identifying a switch of the plurality of switches that supports the IP device according to the switch IP address of the identified switch and provide the physical location of the identified switch.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one switch can be a router.

5. The system of claim 1 or 4, wherein the private IP address is located in a Session Initiation Protocol header within the register message.

7. The system of claim 1, 4, or 6, wherein the location server can provide the physical location information to the network server or a service bureau for locating the IP device.

8. The system of claim 1, 4, or 6, wherein the second network is an enterprise network or a broadband access network.

9. The system of claim 1, 4, or 6, wherein the physical location information includes an emergency number identifier.

4. A system comprising:

a network server of a first network configured to monitor a register message from an Internet Protocol (IP) device and detect whether a source IP address of the register message or a second IP address of the register message has changed, wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address;

a location database of a second network configured to store physical location information wherein the network server of the first network is shared with the second network; and

a location server of the second network configured to receive at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address from the network server based on the network server detecting a change in at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address, acquire physical location information from the location database by using at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address, and provide the physical location information, wherein the provided physical location information can be used for locating the IP device.

6. A system comprising:

a network server of a first network configured to monitor a register message from an Internet Protocol (IP) device and detect whether a source IP address of the register message or a second IP address of the register message has changed, wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address and wherein the private IP address is located in a via header within the register message;

a location database of a second network configured to store physical location information; and

a location server of the second network configured to receive at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address from the network server based on the network server detecting a change in at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address, acquire physical location information from the location database by using at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address, and provide the physical location information, wherein the provided physical location information can be used for locating the IP device.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a notification that at least one of a source IP address of a register message or a second IP address of the register message has changed, wherein the register message originates from an IP device;

acquiring physical location information from a location database by using at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address; and

providing the physical location information, wherein the provided physical location information can be used for locating the IP device wherein providing includes transmitting the physical location to a service bureau that updates the physical location information of the IP device.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address.

16. The method of claim 10, 11, 12, or 15, wherein the physical location information includes an emergency number identifier.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 10.

11. A method comprising:

receiving a notification that at least one of a source IP address of a register message or a second IP address of the register message has changed, wherein the register message originates from an IP device and wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address;

acquiring physical location information from a location database by using at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address; and

providing the physical location information, wherein the provided physical location information can be used for locating the IP device, wherein providing includes transmitting the physical location to a network server that updates the physical location information of the IP device.

14. The method of claims 11, 12, or 13, wherein the private IP address is located in a Session Initiation Protocol header within the register message.

23. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 11.

12. A method comprising:

receiving a notification that at least one of a source IP address of a register message or a second IP address of the register message has changed, wherein the register message originates from an IP device and wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address;

acquiring physical location information from a location database by using at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address; and

providing the physical location information, wherein the provided physical location information can be used for locating the IP device, wherein acquiring includes using at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address to identify a switch of a plurality of switches that supports the IP device according to a switch IP address of the identified switch.

24. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 12.

15. A method comprising:

receiving a notification that at least one of a source IP address of a register message or a second IP address of the register message has changed, wherein the register message originates from an IP device, wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address, and wherein the private IP address is located in a via header within the register message;

acquiring physical location information from a location database by using at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address; and

providing the physical location information, wherein the provided physical location information can be used for locating the IP device.

25. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 15.

18. A method for acquiring location information of an IP device at a first network, the method comprising:

monitoring messages from an Internet Protocol (IP) device, wherein at least some of the messages include a source IP address and a second IP address, wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address, and wherein the private IP address is located in a via header within the message;

determining whether at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address of a selected message has changed; and

acquiring, based on the determination, physical location information from a second network having location information that may correlate to the physical location of the IP device, wherein the physical location information corresponds to at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address and the acquired physical location information can be provided for assisting with locating the IP device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the physical location information includes an emergency number identifier.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 18.

21. A system comprising:

a location database of a first network configured to store physical location information; and

a location server of the first network configured to receive, from a network server of a second network, a notification that at least one of a source IP address of a register message from an Internet Protocol (IP) device and a second IP address of the register message has changed, acquire physical location information from the location database by using, based on the notification, at least one of the source IP address and the second IP address, and provide the physical location information, wherein the provided physical location information can be used for locating the IP device, wherein the source IP address is a public IP address and the second IP address is a private IP address.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the network server of the second network is shared with the first network.