Patent ID: 9749827
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of providing telecommunications services, the method comprising: receiving a request for voice communications, over a wireless point-to-point network, by a telecommunications device configured to provide voice communications over a cellular telecommunications network; determining whether the telecommunications device has a verified emergency services address associated therewith, wherein the verified emergency services address is an address that emergency services are directed to in the event of an emergency; and auto-populating a geo-location address identifier for emergency services in response to determining that the telecommunications device does not have a verified emergency services address associated therewith, the geo-location address identifier to serve as the verified emergency services address, wherein the auto-populating includes selecting the geo-location address identifier from a list including multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information based on the priorities of those instances, wherein the list including the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information is specific to a user of the telecommunications device, and wherein each of the multiple, prioritized instances of geo-location information is a location of the user of the telecommunications device.