Patent ID: 8311036

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving call data at a computer, the call data comprising number data indicative of a first telephone number associated with a call connection request that originated from an internet protocol (IP) device over a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) network, the call data further comprising location data indicative of a geographical location of the IP device from which the call connection request originated instead of a geographical location that is assigned to a user of the IP device, where the first telephone number is indicative of a first emergency telephone number associated with the geographical location assigned to the user of the IP device; translating, with the computer, the number data into translated number data indicative of a second telephone number based on the location data indicative of the geographical location of the IP device from which the call connection request originated instead of the geographical location that is assigned to the user of the IP device, where the second telephone number is indicative of a second emergency telephone number associated with the geographical location of the IP device; and forwarding the call connection request with the computer to the second telephone number.