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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 01, 2006
Stuart O. Goldman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Richard E. Krock, Naperville, IL (US);
Karl F. Rauscher, Emmaus, PA (US);
James P. Runyon, Wheaton, IL (US);
Stuart O. Goldman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Richard E. Krock, Naperville, IL (US);
Karl F. Rauscher, Emmaus, PA (US);
James P. Runyon, Wheaton, IL (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of administering an emergency call service in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) () includes: receiving a call at a switching facility () from an end user terminal (EUT) () served by the facility (), the facility () providing the EUT () access to a telephone service feature; disabling the telephone service feature for the EUT () in response to the facility () recognizing the received call as an emergency call; routing the emergency call to a public safety answering point (PSAP) () serving a geographic region in which the EUT () is located; and, providing a call taker () at the PSAP () control over the telephone service feature, such that the call taker () can selectively enable the telephone service feature.