Patent ID: 8165273
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. Customer premises equipment at a customer premises, the customer premises equipment comprising: a memory at the customer premises, wherein the memory is configured to store an address for a public safety answering point corresponding to the customer premises; a modem at the customer premises wherein the modem is configured to provide a data connection between the customer premises equipment at the customer premises and a data network; a communication device at the customer premises and coupled to the modem, wherein the communications device is configured to detect a request for an emergency call being placed from the customer premises equipment, to retrieve the address for the public safety answering point corresponding to the customer premises from the memory responsive to detecting the request for the emergency call, and to establish a voice communication through the modem between the customer premises equipment and the public safety answering point corresponding to the customer premises after retrieving the address for the public safety answering point; wherein the communications device is further configured to provide a location of the customer premises to a public safety answering point directory database before detecting the request for the emergency call, to receive the address for the public safety answering point corresponding to the customer premises at the customer premises equipment from the public safety answering point directory database over the data network, and to store the address for the public safety answering point corresponding to the customer premises in the memory at the customer premises.