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

Claim 20:
21. 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 method comprising the steps of:
during a commissioning process:
(i) determining the phone device location;
(ii) storing the unique identification number and the phone device location in a relay database;
subsequent to the commissioning process, 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, the phone device transmitting the unique identification number associated with the phone device to the relay, the relay using the identification number to access the phone device location in the relay database and to associate the phone device with a particular jurisdiction.