Emergency video calls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9020106-B2
Application number	US-201313948959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2013
Priority date	Jul 23, 2013
Publication date	Apr 28, 2015
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015

Abstract

A device is configured to identify an emergency call from a user device, determine that the user device is to be connected on a video call, and obtain first video call information associated with the user device, where the first video call information includes information that permits the video call to be established. The device is configured to receive emergency information associated with the emergency call, and to identify an emergency guidance device to which the user device is to be connected via the video call. The device is configured to obtain second video call information associated with the emergency guidance device, where the second video call information includes information that permits the video call to be established, and to provide information to connect the user device and the emergency guidance device via the video call, based on the first video call information and the second video call information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, connected to the one or more memories, to:
identify a first emergency call from a first user device;
receive information that identifies that the first user device is to be connected on a video call;
obtain first video call information associated with the first user device,
the first video call information including information that permits the video call to be established;

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Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Gupta Neer
• Mckiel Jr Frank A

Classifications

• H04N7/141

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M3/5116 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M2201/50

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N7/147

  Electricity · mapped topic