Patent ID: 7054611

Claim:
A method for providing supplemental information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunication network that includes a mobile position determining unit and an Automatic Location Information (ALI) unit communicatively coupled to said special number service station; the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an information store for storing a body of information; said body of information including said supplemental information relating to said caller; (b) providing an interface unit communicatively coupled to said information store and said ALI unit; (c) operating said interface unit to respond to a query identifying said calling instrument from said ALI unit by retrieving said supplemental information from said information store; and (d) communicating said supplemental information to said ALI unit; (e) communicating said supplemental information to said special number service station from said ALI unit; said interface unit being communicatively coupled with said mobile position determining unit and cooperating with said mobile position determining unit to include an indication of location of said calling instrument with said supplemental information.