Patent ID: 7783013

Claim:
A method, comprising the following steps: receiving a communications address from a voice-over internet protocol communications device; responsive to receiving the communications address, associating the communications address with a database of multiple user identified emergency communications addresses to determine if the communications address is a user identified emergency communications address; if the communications address is a user identified emergency communications address, then: using a positioning system to determine the location co-ordinates of the voice-over internet protocol communications device, associating the location co-ordinates and an emergency communications profile with an emergency communications signal of the voice-over internet protocol communications device, the emergency communications profile comprises (1) emergency data, (2) an emergency data communications address for accessing the emergency data, and (3) at least one emergency communications address, assessing the emergency data communications address and associating the emergency data with the emergency communications signal, communicating the emergency communications signal to at least one communications network, wherein the communications network detects, decodes, and matches the location co-ordinates to a public safety access provider for the user identified emergency communications address, connecting the emergency communications signal to the public safety answering point of the user identified emergency communications address, updating the location co-ordinates, and communicating the updated co-ordinates to the public safety answering point of the emergency communications address, wherein connecting the emergency communications signal to the public safety answering point of the user identified emergency communications address comprises connecting the emergency communications signal to an emergency internet protocol communications address of the public safety answering point.