Supplemental location information for an emergency services call

US10104528B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-10104528-B2
Application numberUS-201715656615-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 21, 2017
Priority dateFeb 1, 2017
Publication dateOct 16, 2018
Grant dateOct 16, 2018

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An emergency gateway can receive carrier location information from a carrier location server for an end-user device that initiated an emergency services call. The emergency gateway can also receive supplemental location information for the end-user device from a supplemental location server and select one of the carrier location information and the supplemental location information. The emergency gateway can generate routing information for the emergency services call based on the selected location information, wherein the routing information identifies a given Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for the emergency services call. Further, the emergency gateway can route the emergency services call to the given PSAP based on the routing information.

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What is claimed is: 1. An emergency gateway comprising one or more computing devices that: receives carrier location information from a carrier location server for an end-user device that initiated an emergency services call; receives supplemental location information for the end-user device from a supplemental location server; selects one of the carrier location information and the supplemental location information based on a comparison of an accuracy and precision of the car…

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What does patent US10104528B2 cover?
An emergency gateway can receive carrier location information from a carrier location server for an end-user device that initiated an emergency services call. The emergency gateway can also receive supplemental location information for the end-user device from a supplemental location server and select one of the carrier location information and the supplemental location information. The emergen…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mitchell Jr Donald L, Marshall Roger S, Burton Victor C, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W4/90. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Oct 16 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 5 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).