Patent ID: 11936809
Assignee: ULTRATEC, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for use with a VOIP captioned phone device and a remote captioning relay to establishing the jurisdiction of a VOIP captioned phone device, the VOIP captioned device associated with a device unique identifier, the method comprising the steps of:
during a commissioning process:
(i) determining a location of the phone device within a particular jurisdiction; and
(ii) storing the device location and the device unique identifier in a database;
subsequent to the commissioning process:
(i) during a communication session between the phone device and a hearing user's (HU's) communication device, upon the phone device connecting to the relay to facilitate VOIP captioning, the phone device transmitting the device unique identifier associated with the phone device to the relay, the relay using the device unique identifier to access the phone device location in the relay database and to associate the phone location with the phone device.