Patent ID: 8682281
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to be performed by a disabled telecommunications device for notifying a telecommunications network component of an emergency communication session between the disabled telecommunications device and an emergency responder, the notification allowing communication with the disabled telecommunications device to be re-established in the event that the emergency communication session is terminated, the method comprising: detecting, at a disabled telecommunications device, an attempt to establish an emergency communication session between the disabled telecommunications device and an emergency responder over a telecommunications network, determining whether the telecommunications network is capable of completing the emergency communication session between the disabled telecommunications device and the emergency responder; if the telecommunications network is not capable of completing the emergency communication session between the disabled telecommunications device and the emergency responder, not attempting to establish the emergency communication session; and if the telecommunications network is capable of completing the emergency communication session between the disabled telecommunications device and the emergency responder, transmitting a message to a network component associated with the disabled telecommunications device via a messaging channel,