Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device, system and method for duplicate call handling at a public-safety answering point device
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Application No.: US16697887Application Date: 2019-11-27
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Publication No.: US10742809B1Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Francesca Schuler , James C. Duran , Allen F. Bonney , Christopher E. Blackshear
- Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Perry + Currier, Inc.
- Main IPC: H04M3/51
- IPC: H04M3/51 ; G06F40/30 ; G10L15/18 ; G10L15/22

Abstract:
A device, system and method for duplicate call handling at a public-safety answering point (PSAP) device is provided. The PSAP device: routes a call from a caller to a call-taker, the call associated with an incident; receives, via an input device of the call-taker, information related to the incident to populate a record associated with the call; prior to the record being complete, receives, via the input device, input to handover the call to an information collection application, the input indicative of the call being a duplicate call; determines, via the information collection application, remaining information to be collected based on one or more of: a duplicate call policy and the information already received; receives, via the information collection application to verbally communicating with the caller on the call, at least a portion of the remaining information to continue to populate the record; and ends the call.
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