Systems for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client remotely coupled to a PBX

US6678356B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Peggy M. Stumer · Boca Raton, US
• Nissim Ozery · Coral Springs, US
• David J. Swartz · Sunrise, US
• David A. Vander Meiden · Boca Raton, US
• Charles A. Goodman · Garden Grove, US
• Joseph Budziak · Boca Raton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2242/30
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client according to the invention include apparatus that implement the steps of detecting at a teleworking client when an emergency number is dialed, disconnecting the teleworking client from the PBX/MLTS, connecting the teleworking client to the PSTN, and dialing an associated stored number. Though the invention is described with reference to a teleworking client, it may also be applied to any other dialup network connection.