Patent ID: 9641679
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A method for delivery of emergency calls or data comprising: receiving a presence information data format-location object (PIDF-LO) containing location data; if said PIDF-LO includes a civic address, converting said civic address to a geodetic location; performing a query to identify at least one geographic polygon layer corresponding to said geodetic location, wherein said at least one geographic polygon layer contains one or more policy rules comprising routing criteria, routing rules, priority level, and expiration parameters each in the form of a set of instructions for routing emergency calls or data corresponding to said geodetic location, and wherein the one or more policy rules in each of said at least one geographic polygon layers differ from the one or more policy rules in the other at least one geographic polygon layers; selecting a one of said two or more policy rules; executing said set of instructions for routing emergency calls or data of said selected rule; if said selected policy rule has been processed within a predetermined interval of time, applying said set of instructions of a next unexecuted one of said one or more policy rules having a higher priority level within said geographic polygon; when a said selected policy rule results in a true routing condition wherein said emergency calls or data are routed, identifying said selected policy rule as a true rule, and returning a value of a uniform resource identifier.