Patent ID: 8437340

Claim:
A method comprising: by a network access device having an input port, detecting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone coupled to the input port, the network access device comprising a memory for storing a physical location identifier that identifies a physical location of a termination point of the input port; authenticating the VoIP telephone, the authenticating comprising receiving a unique device identifier from the VoIP telephone; when the network access device detects the VoIP telephone coupled to the input port, transmitting an automatic report towards an enhanced 911 (E911) database management system (DBMS); transmitting the unique device identifier towards the enhanced 911 (E911) DBMS in response to an identification query from the E911 DBMS; and transmitting the physical location identifier of the termination point towards the E911 DBMS in response to a physical location query from the E911 DBMS.