Patent ID: 6078804
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G08B,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for establishing an emergency call connection within a telecommunications system, said emergency call connection established to a particular one of a plurality of emergency service terminals in response to a transmission by a mobile station of an emergency call setup request signal, said method comprising the steps of:storing subscriber specified data associated with said mobile station in a register, said subscriber specified data comprising language preference data;receiving said emergency call setup request signal from said mobile station;retrieving said subscriber specified data associated with said mobile station;analyzing said retrieved subscriber specified data to identify the particular one of the plurality of emergency service terminals preferred for serving said mobile station based on the retrieved subscriber specified data, said step of analyzing comprising analyzing said language preference data to identify said particular emergency service terminal preferred for handling an emergency call connection with said mobile station based on a language specified by said language preference data; andestablishing an emergency call connection between said mobile station and said identified particular one of the emergency service terminals.