Patent ID: 7974388

Claim:
A method for providing emergency location information to an emergency service provider, comprising: providing an enterprise network comprising: a wireless access point; a wireless communication device in communication with the wireless access point; an Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) switch in communication with the wireless access point; an enterprise switch; wherein the enterprise network corresponds to a plurality of Emergency Location Information Numbers (ELINs) associated with differing segments of the enterprise network, and wherein the OSI switch serves at least one of the differing segments; when a predetermined first event occurs, the wireless access point obtaining a wireless access point identifier and an electronic address of the wireless communication device serviced by the wireless access point; and when at least one of the predetermined first event and a predetermined second event occurs, the enterprise switch obtaining at least one of the wireless access point identifier and a wireless communication device unique identifier, wherein the first and second events are unrelated to the initiation of a contact to a universal emergency number.