Patent ID: 8787870

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a first network device, a message associated with a registration event of a device to a communication session, the message including: a parameter having information indicative of a geographic location of the device at a time of the registration event, information indicating a time when the message is received, and information identifying a type of the device; providing, by the first network device, the message to a second network device; receiving, by the first network device, a communication from the second network device, the communication indicating whether the geographic location of the device, at the time of the registration event, corresponds to a geographic location where an emergency service dispatch is supportable, and a determination of whether the geographic location of the device corresponds to the geographic location where the emergency service dispatch is supportable being based on the parameter, the information indicating the time when the message is received, and the information identifying the type of the device; and suspending, based on the communication from the second network device, a user account, associated with the device, until another geographic location of the device corresponds to the geographic location where the emergency service dispatch is supportable, when the geographic location of the device at the time of the registration event does not correspond to the geographic location where the emergency service dispatch is supportable.