Web server for emergency services call

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016014587-A1
Application number	US-201514858915-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Feb 12, 2007
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A web server, the web server can be configured to receive a request for a web page in a standard web protocol from a web browser operating at a third party emergency call service via a network. The web server can also be configured to receive a locator key corresponding to an emergency services call from an end-user device employed to initiate an emergency services call. The emergency services call is initially routed to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The web server can further be configured to provide a location request in a protocol compatible with an Automatic Locator Identifier (ALI) service via the network. The web server can still further be configured to convert location information for the end-user device provided from the ALI service in response to the location request into a standard web protocol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A non-transitory machine readable medium having machine executable instructions comprising a web server, the web server being configured to:
receive a request for a web page in a standard web protocol from a web browser operating at a third party emergency call service via a network; receive a locator key corresponding to an emergency services call from an end-user device employed to initiate an emergency services call, wherein the emergency services call is initially routed to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP); provide a location request in a protocol compatible with an Automatic Locator Identifier (ALI) service via the network; and convert location information for the end-user device provided from the ALI service in response to the location request into a standard web protocol.

2 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the standard web protocol is the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) protocol and the protocol compatible with the ALI service is the E2 protocol.

3 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the emergency services call is transferred to the third party emergency call service.

4 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the location information includes at least one of geographic coordinates, a street address and a cell-ID for a cell tower communicating with the end-user device.

5 . The medium of claim 4 , wherein the end-user device is a cell phone.

6 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the locator key is an Emergency Services Routing Key (ESRK) or an Emergency Services Query Key (ESQK).

7 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the locator key is a Pseudo Automatic Number Identifier (pANI).

8 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the third party emergency call service is a waterway emergency services call center.

9 . A web server comprising:
a non-transitory memory to store machine readable instructions; a processing unit to access the memory and execute the machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions comprising:
a web application server configured to:
provide a web interface to a web browser via a standard web protocol, wherein the web browser is operating at a third party emergency call service;
receive a locator key for an emergency services call initiated at an end-user device via the standard web protocol; and
generate a location request that includes the locator key; and

a location request engine configured to:
convert the location request into a protocol employable by an Automatic Location Identification (ALI) service to form a converted location request;
provide the converted location request to the ALI service;
convert location information received from the ALI service into a web format.

10 . The web server of claim 9 , wherein web application server is further configured to generate a web page that includes the location information.

11 . The web server of claim 10 , wherein the web format is the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format.

12 . The web server of claim 9 , wherein the protocol employable by the ALI service is the E2 protocol.

13 . The web server of claim 12 , wherein the standard web protocol is the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) protocol.

14 . The web server of claim 9 , wherein the emergency services call is routed to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and transferred to the third party emergency call service.

15 . The web server of claim 9 , wherein the end-user device is a cell phone.

16 . The web server of claim 9 , wherein the location information comprises at least one of geographic coordinates, a street address and a cell-ID for a tower communicating with the end-user device.

17 . The web server of claim 9 , wherein the third party emergency call service is one of a first responder, a waterway emergency service call center and a campus security desk.

18 . A method comprising:
receiving, from a user terminal operating at a third party emergency service call center, a locator key corresponding to an emergency services call routed to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), wherein the emergency services call has been transferred to the third party emergency service call center; converting a location request from a standard web format into a protocol employable by an Automatic Number Identifier (ALI) service; and converting a response to the location request into the standard web format.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the protocol employable by the ALI service is the E2 protocol.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the standard web format is the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format.

Assignees

• Hines Gordon John
• Telecomm Systems Inc

Inventors

• Hines Gordon John

Classifications

• H04M2242/04

  for emergency applications · CPC title

• H04M3/42357

  where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server · CPC title

• H04W4/90

  Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04M3/5116

  for emergency applications · CPC title