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Emergency telephone call notification service system and method
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP
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Filing: 1998-12-15
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Granted: 2001-03-13
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Expires: 2018-12-15
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for emergency telephone call notification. The system includes an AIN capable switch, a service control point (SCP) having a database of designated contact numbers associated with a service subscriber telephone number, and an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP for contacting the designated contact numbers. The method includes the steps of recognizing an N11 trigger and the SCP initiating telephone calls, via the IP, to each of the contact numbers corresponding to the telephone number of the subscriber making the emergency telephone call.
Inventors
- 👤 David Anthony Orwick
- 👤 Karen Jeanne Pelletier
- 👤 Laura Marie Griffith
- 👤 Todd August Bartels
- 👤 Thomas Joseph McBlain
- 👤 Dianna Inara Tiliks
- 👤 Gordon Lynn Blumenschein
- 👤 James Daniel Kovarik
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 20:55
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/0016; H04Q3/0029; H04M; H04M11/00; H04M11/04; H04M2242/00; H04M2242/04; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/13098; H04Q2213/13103; H04Q2213/13141; H04Q2213/13176; H04Q2213/13204; H04Q2213/13336; H04Q2213/13345; H04Q2213/1337; H04Q2213/13389
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
In a telecommunications system having at least one subscriber telephone in communication with an advanced intelligent network (AIN) capable switch, at least one intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the AIN capable switch, at least one service control point (SCP) in communication with the switch, and a public safety answering point (PSAP) in communication with the SCP and the switch, a method of notifying at least one designated telephone number that an emergency telephone call has been made from the subscriber telephone, the method comprising the steps of: recognizing an emergency telephone call at the switch; the switch informing the SCP of the emergency telephone call; the SCP instructing the IP to dial the at least one designated telephone number; the IP informing the at least one designated telephone number of the emergency telephone call from the subscriber telephone; and automatically placing a call from the at least one designated telephone number to the subscriber telephone if a person answers the at least one designated telephone number.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
In a telecommunications system having at least one subscriber telephone in communication with an advanced intelligent network (AIN) capable switch, at least one intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the AIN capable switch, at least one service control point (SCP) in communication with the switch, and a public safety answering point (PSAP) in communication with the SCP and the switch, a method of notifying at least one designated telephone number that an emergency telephone call has been made from the subscriber telephone, the method comprising the steps of: recognizing an emergency telephone call at the switch; the switch informing the SCP of the emergency telephone call; the SCP instructing the IP to dial the at least one designated telephone number; the IP informing the at least one designated telephone number of the emergency telephone call from the subscriber telephone; and automatically placing a call from the at least one designated telephone number to the subscriber telephone if a person answers the at least one designated telephone number.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the emergency telephone call is a 911 telephone call.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of recognizing an emergency telephone call trigger further comprises recognizing an N11 trigger.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
107 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the SCP further comprises a database having a list of subscriber telephones and a list of at least one designated telephone number associated with each of the subscriber telephones in the list of subscriber telephones, and wherein the step of the SCP instructing the IP to dial the at least one designated telephone number comprises the SCP retrieving a first of the at least one telephone number associated with the subscriber telephone number and instructing the IP to contact the first of the at least one telephone numbers that an emergency telephone call has been placed from the subscriber telephone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
85 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the SCP further comprises a database having a list of subscriber telephone numbers and a list of at least one designated telephone number associated with each of the subscriber telephone numbers, and wherein the step of the SCP instructing the IP to dial the at least one designated telephone number comprises the SCP retrieving all of the telephone numbers associated with the subscriber telephone number and instructing the IP to contact all of the designated telephone numbers simultaneously.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of the IP informing the at least one designated telephone number further comprises the step of the IP supplying a caller ID message to the at least one designated telephone number indicating an incoming call from an emergency call notification service.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of the IP informing at least one designated telephone number further comprises playing a prerecorded message if a person answers the emergency call notification call.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of the IP informing the at least one designated number comprises the IP dialing a first of the at least one designated numbers and waiting a predetermined number of rings before trying to contact a next one of the at least one designated numbers.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
153 words
An emergency call notification system comprising: a subscriber telephone; an AIN capable switch in communication with a public service access point (PSAP) and the subscriber telephone, the AIN switch configured to recognize an emergency telephone call; a service control point (SCP) in communication with the switch, the SCP comprising a database having a list of emergency call notification service subscribers, the SCP configured to determine if an emergency telephone call was made by an emergency call notification service subscriber and correlate the emergency call notification service subscriber number with a list of at least one designated contact number for the emergency call notification service subscriber; an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP, the IP responsive to an instruction from the SCP to contact the at least one designated contact number; and means for automatically connecting a designated contact number answered by a person to the emergency call notification service subscriber number.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
153 words
An emergency call notification system comprising: a subscriber telephone; an AIN capable switch in communication with a public service access point (PSAP) and the subscriber telephone, the AIN switch configured to recognize an emergency telephone call; a service control point (SCP) in communication with the switch, the SCP comprising a database having a list of emergency call notification service subscribers, the SCP configured to determine if an emergency telephone call was made by an emergency call notification service subscriber and correlate the emergency call notification service subscriber number with a list of at least one designated contact number for the emergency call notification service subscriber; an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP, the IP responsive to an instruction from the SCP to contact the at least one designated contact number; and means for automatically connecting a designated contact number answered by a person to the emergency call notification service subscriber number.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 9 further comprising a caller ID generator comprising a predesignated message stored in memory.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 10 wherein the answer verification logic comprises a call repetition timer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 10 wherein the answer verification logic further comprises a live answer detector.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 10 wherein the answer verification logic comprises a prerecorded message for transmission to an answering machine.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the IP comprises answer verification logic.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 9 , wherein the IP is in communication with the SCP via a wide area network.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of the SCP instructing the IP comprises sending a message via a wide area network connection to the IP.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 16 , wherein the message comprises a TCP/IP message.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 9 , wherein the IP further comprises a plurality of prerecorded message templates.
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