Patent · US Active

Emergency data message router database

US8320871B2 · kind B2 · utility

17Cited by
32References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 24, 2008
Grant dateNov 27, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 12, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D30/70
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing information associated with public safety answering points may include storing a set of records including information associated with a plurality of PSAPs, each record may include (i) an identifier indicative of a PSAP available to service emergency communications, (ii) at least one cell code identifier indicative of cell sites in which the associated PSAP services, and (iii) at least one network address capable of receiving certain emergency data message types. In response to receiving a request, a PSAP local to a wireless communications device of a user who sent an emergency data message may be identified, and a network address associated with the identified local PSAP may be provided.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.