Patent ID: 8964945
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for providing address location information to a public safety answering point during a wireless 911 call, said system comprising: a plurality of WiFi network access points configured to wirelessly receive calls from wireless devices; a gateway in communication with said WiFi network access points, said gateway including: a first database in communication with said gateway and configured to store network address information of selective routers associated with the public safety answering points; and a second database in communication with said gateway and configured, prior to the receipt of a wireless 911 call, to receive a registration of each of said network access points and upon registration, store physical address location information of said WiFi network access points, said gateway configured to receive the wireless 911 call and, in response to receiving the emergency 911 call, (i) determine network address information of a selective router associated with a public safety answering point operating to service emergency 911 calls for an area in which said WiFi network access points are operating from the first database, (ii) determine a physical address location of the WiFi network access point that received the emergency 911 call from the second database, and (iii) send the physical address location of the WiFi network access point to the public safety answering point, in response to the public safety answering point going off-hook to answer the emergency 911 call.