Patent ID: 9042298
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a service provider, notification of an activation of a wireless access node configured to provide data connectivity to one or more wireless devices; certifying by the service provider, in response to the notification, location information of the wireless access node as part of an emergency response service for packetized voice calls; and storing the certified location information in a database that includes a plurality of certified location information of a respective plurality of certified wireless access nodes including the activated wireless access node, and a plurality of uncertified wireless access nodes for which location information is uncertified, wherein the database is accessed for one of the wireless devices in response to an emergency call to assist with determination of position information of the one of the wireless devices based on a corresponding one of the location information of the wireless access node that detects presence of the one wireless device, wherein certified location information is location information that the service provider has certified as being an actual location of the certified wireless access node, wherein the location information of each wireless access node that detects the presence of the one wireless device is accompanied by reliability rating information and a signal strength indicator for presentation on a display of one wireless device, and wherein the reliability rating is a metric for indicating the extent of reliability of a certified wireless access node for conveying position information regarding the one wireless device to a public safety access point (PSAP).