Patent ID: 8301109
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining routing of telephone calls from wireless devices to a 911 system, the method operable on a computer system, the method comprising: receiving 911 wireless call data, the 911 wireless call data comprising location information related to the geographic location of an origin of a telephone call, and comprising sector information related to an antenna sector which processed the telephone call; determining a jurisdiction corresponding to the geographic location of the origin of the telephone call; determining a number of telephone calls that originate in different jurisdictions over a predetermined period of time; for at least one antenna sector, determining if the number of telephone calls originating in a particular jurisdiction exceeds a predetermined threshold; and if the number of telephone calls exceeds the predetermined threshold, determining that the future telephone calls of different origins received by the at least one antenna sector should be routed to a 911 system associated with the particular jurisdiction.