Method and system for an emergency location information service (E-LIS) for Internet of Things (IoT) devices
US10511950B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W76/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for determining and verifying a location of network devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). The method and system provide a current physical geographic location for such IoT network devices and/or a user of the IoT network device in an emergency situation such as an accident, health, fitness, fire, terrorist attack, military incident, weather, flood event, etc. and forwarding the current physical geographic location to a legacy 911 network, NG-911 network, a Emergency Services IP networks (ESInet) or text-to-911 Short Message Services (SMS) networks to alert emergency responders.
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