Patent ID: 7783020

Claim:
A method of sending call center data representative of a location of a communication terminal, the method comprising: generating and then sending to the call center the following messages: a signaling message requesting the setting up of a call between the terminal and the call center, wherein the signaling message comprises an unambiguous call identifier, and a location message comprising data representative of the location of the calling terminal and the unambiguous call identifier, and in the call center, associating the signaling message with the and a location message received by the call center and comprising the unambiguous call identifier, wherein generating the signaling message comprising the unambiguous call identifier comprises generating the unambiguous call identifier in a network node receiving the signaling message sent by the terminal and requesting the setting up of a call, wherein the unambiguous call identifier is integrated into the signaling message aimed at the call center and requesting the setting up of a call, and wherein generating the location message comprising the unambiguous call identifier comprises generating the location message and integrating the unambiguous call identifier into the location message; wherein said signaling message is a text message; wherein said text message includes a field dedicated to data representative of the nature of the unambiguous call identifier followed by a field dedicated to said unambiguous call identifier; and wherein said text message includes at least three fields dedicated to location data, a first field being dedicated to a latitude measurement, a second field being dedicated to a longitude measurement and a third field being dedicated to an altitude measurement.