Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Techniques for providing location data in emergency calls
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Application No.: US16122059Application Date: 2018-09-05
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Publication No.: US10440188B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Jay Slater , Larry Reeder
- Applicant: Bandwidth, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Raleigh
- Assignee: BANDWIDTH, INC.
- Current Assignee: BANDWIDTH, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Raleigh
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04M7/14
- IPC: H04M7/14 ; H04M7/00 ; H04M3/51 ; H04W4/90 ; H04W4/02 ; H04M3/42

Abstract:
Disclosed are techniques for handling emergency calls via an emergency call routing system. A Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) emergency call server may be configured to receive a session initiation protocol (SIP) INVITE for an emergency call from a telephone number serviced by a telecommunication service provider (TSP) SIP call server. The SIP INVITE message header may include multiple location objects including a registered geo-coded address location object associated with the telephone number placing the emergency call, and a location object comprised of lat-long coordinates determined at the time the emergency call is placed. The emergency call server may determine whether the registered geo-coded address and the lat-long coordinates are within a specified distance of one another. When the registered geo-coded address and the lat-long coordinates are within a specified distance of one another, the emergency call server may use the geo-coded address as the location object when handling the emergency call. However, when the registered geo-coded address and the lat-long coordinates are not within a specified distance of one another, the emergency call server may use the lat-long coordinates as the location object when handling the emergency call.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190098140A1 TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING LOCATION DATA IN EMERGENCY CALLS Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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