Patent ID: 9100237
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for storing a local telephone number for a voice over Internet protocol device of a user, the method comprising: detecting, by a processor, a network connection event of the voice over internet protocol device of the user; sending, by the processor, a request to the voice over internet protocol device for the user to provide the local telephone number; receiving, by the processor, in response to the request the local telephone number serving a location, wherein the local telephone number is received from the voice over internet protocol device, wherein the local telephone number has been entered using the voice over internet protocol device; storing, by the processor, the local telephone number in a database of a voice over internet protocol service provider, wherein the local telephone number is associated with a fixed address of the location that is also the location of the voice over internet protocol device, wherein the local telephone number is not a number of the voice over internet protocol device and not associated with the user, wherein the local telephone number is stored after the local telephone number has been entered using the voice over internet protocol device; determining, by the processor, the fixed address from a reverse lookup directory using the local telephone number; storing, by the processor, the fixed address, determined from the reverse lookup directory, in the database of the voice over internet protocol service provider; providing, by the processor, the local telephone number to an automatic location information database associated with an emergency response system; determining whether the voice over internet protocol device has been moved to a new location more proximate to a different fixed address than the fixed address stored in the database of the voice over internet protocol service provider; when the voice over internet protocol device has been moved to the new location, storing a new local telephone number of the different fixed address into the database of the voice over internet protocol service provider; and providing the new local telephone number to the automatic location information database.