Method and system for an emergency location information service (E-LIS)
US8755767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2033 |
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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 mobile and non-mobile devices in emergency situations. The method and system provide a current physical geographic location for a mobile device (e.g., building address, a building floor, a room on a building floor, campus, enterprise, city, state, region, country, continent, etc.), in an emergency situation such as an accident, fire, terrorist attack, military incident, etc. and forward the physical geographic location to a legacy 911 network or a Emergency Services IP networks (ESInet).
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