Patent ID: 8565383

Claim:
A method for processing an emergency call, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at a switch, voice information and Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information associated with a telephone; routing, with the switch, the voice information and ANI information to an emergency number answering point; dividing the voice information from the ANI information; transmitting the voice information to a emergency number controller; transmitting the ANI information to a transponding device; referencing, with the transponding device, an Automatic Location Information (ALI) database to retrieve ALI information associated with the telephone; referencing, with the transponding device, a detailed information storage device to retrieve detailed information associated with the telephone; merging the ALI information with the detailed information to produce modified data; transmitting the modified data from the transponding device to the emergency number answering point; and experiencing a delay receiving either the ALI information or the detailed information; transmitting non-delayed information; subsequently receiving delayed information; storing the delayed information in a memory of the transponding device for a predetermined period of time; transmitting the stored, delayed information to the emergency number answering point.