Patent ID: 9712956
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for determining a physical location associated with an Internet phone having a network identifier and a phone identifier, the system comprising: a first module including a port having a port identifier and configured to receive the phone identifier and network identifier via the port; a second module configured to receive the phone identifier; and a third module configured to store a mapping of the phone identifier with the network identifier, a mapping of the port identifier with the network identifier, and a mapping of the port identifier with the physical location associated with the Internet phone to permit the determination of the physical location associated with the Internet phone based on the phone identifier, wherein the first module is further configured to, in response to receiving via the port the phone identifier and network identifier without the port identifier, detect the port identifier associated with the port and communicate the network identifier and port identifier to the third module to update the mappings.