Patent ID: 7016478

Claim:
A 911 emergency voice/data telecommunication network, including: a caller device originating a 911 emergency call having a voice portion and a data portion, wherein the caller device captures sound and image information from the vicinity of the caller device and communicates the captured sound and image information in the 911 emergency call, at least part of the captured sound and image information being communicated in the data portion of the 911 emergency call; a local service interface in communication with the caller device and adapted to receive the 911 emergency call and separately route the voice portion and the data portion through the 911 emergency voice/data telecommunication network to an appropriate emergency service organization; a public voice network in communication with the local service interface and adapted to receive the voice portion of the 911 emergency call from the local service interface; a public data network in communication with the local service interface and adapted to receive the data portion of the 911 emergency call from the local service interface; and an emergency services network in communication with the public voice network and the public data network and adapted to receive the voice portion of the 911 emergency call from the public voice network and the data portion of the 911 emergency call from the public data network, wherein the emergency services network determines the appropriate emergency service organization to receive the 911 emergency call, communicates the appropriate emergency service organization for receiving the 911 emergency call to the local service interface via at least one of the public voice network and public data network, and dispatches the voice portion and data portion of the 911 emergency call to the appropriate emergency service organization.