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Cellular telecommunication switching system for providing public emergency call location information

US5388147A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1993
Grant dateFeb 7, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B25/006
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cellular telecommunication switching system responsive to an emergency call from a cellular telephone to request that the geo-coordinates be transmitted from the cellular telephone and to convert those coordinates into conventional municipality or rural address location information. In one embodiment, the cellular telecommunication switching system utilizes an internal database to convert the geo-coordinates to location information. In another embodiment, the cellular telecommunication switching system utilizes an external database to perform this conversion. In yet a third embodiment, a cellular telephone performs the conversion and transmits to the cellular telecommunication switching system the location information.

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