Patent ID: 8693976
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a service control point (SCP), notification that a call has been placed from a mobile device; determining, by the SCP, that the call is an emergency call; in response to determining that the call is an emergency call, suspending, by the SCP, a subset of restrictions associated with the mobile device while maintaining another subset of restrictions associated with the mobile device; receiving, by the SCP, a callback from an emergency call center in response to the call being disconnected; authorizing the callback from the emergency call center, to the mobile device, that would otherwise be restricted by the suspended subset of restrictions; receiving, by the SCP, a request to access the mobile device that is restricted by an unsuspended restriction in the other subset of restrictions; denying the request to access the mobile device; and notifying a restricting entity about the suspended subset of restrictions.